William Brooks Baker

1879 - 1951  (72 years)

• Name	William Brooks Baker
  Birth	10 Jan 1879	Danvers, Essex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	18 Jun 1880	Danvers, Essex, MA ; age 1 born MA, living with parents
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Danvers, Essex, MA ; age 21, born Jan 1879 in MA, student, living with mother
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Danvers, Essex, MA ; age 31, born MA, clerk at lawyer's office, living with stepfather & mother
  WW1 Reg Card	9 Sep 1918	West Newton, Middlesex, MA ; age 39, born 10 Jan 1879, manager of real estate for Williams & Bangs, NOK Mrs. John Hynd of Danvers, has artificial foot
  Census	7 Jan 1920	Newton, Middlesex, MA ; age 40, born MA, real estate agent, parents born MA/MA
  Census	8 Apr 1930	Newton, Middlesex, MA ; age 51, born MA, marr at 31, real estate attorney, parents born MA/SCT
  Census	16 Apr 1940	Newton, Middlesex, MA ; age 61, born MA, C4 ed, residing here in 1935, trustee
  WW2 Reg Card	1942	Newton, Middlesex, MA ; age 63, born 10 Jan 1879 in Danvers MA, employed by Minot Williams - Bangs Inc, NOK Mabel K. Baker
  Death	8 Oct 1951	Newton, Middlesex, MA
  Burial		Newton Cemetery, Newton, MA
  Person ID	I14205	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	George Ward Baker,   b. 21 Jan 1852, Danvers, Essex, MA d. 21 Jun 1899, Danvers, Essex, MA (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Craig,   b. Jun 1856, Essex Co, MA d. 1928, Danvers, Essex, MA (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1877	Danvers, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) On 25 Jan 1877 in Danvers MA, Geo W Baker, a shoemaker, born Danvers to D.B Baker & Sarah Putnam, married Lizzie Craig, 19, born Danvers to James & Mary Craig. 1st marriage for both.
  Family ID	F5304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Keniston,   b. 8 Jun 1877, Edgartown, Dukes, MA d. 22 Nov 1956, Newton, Middlesex, MA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1910	Newton, Middlesex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) On 11 Oct 1910 in Newton MA, William Brooks Baker, 31, a lawyer residing Newton MA, born Danvers MA o George W Baker and Elizabeth Craig, married Mabel Keniston, 31, residing Boston MA, born Edgartown MA to Samuel Keniston and Adelaide J Pease. 1st marriage for both.
  Children	+ 1. William Brooks Baker,   b. 26 Oct 1917, Newton, Middlesex, MA d. 26 Jul 1989, New Haven, New Haven, CT (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F5311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) William Brooks Baker was born 10 Jan 1879 in Danvers MA to Geo W Baker and Lizzie Craig. from "The Boston Herald", 9 Oct 1951 (genealogybank.com) William B. Baker, 72, of 399 Waltham street, West Newton, died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon during a board meeting at Simmons College, of which he was a trustee and clerk of corporation. Mr. Baker was born in Danvers, was graduated from Amherst College in 1901, and received his law degree from Northeastern University in 1909. He was an attorney, manager of a Boston real estate business and president of the West Newton Co-operative Bank. He was a member of Brae Burn Country Club and the Union Club of Boston. He served as alderman in Newton from 1924-28 and as a State representative from Newton from 1929-40. In World War II he was head of the OPA in Newton. From more than 20 years he was moderator of the First Unitarian Church in West Newton. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mabel (Keniston) Baker; a son, William B., and three grandchildren.