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Charles Henry Baker

Male 1852 - 1911  (58 years)


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  • Name Charles Henry Baker 
    Birth 6 Dec 1852  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 11 Jun 1860  Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 9, born CAN, living with parents
    Census 5 Jul 1870  Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 18, born MI, apprentice to jeweler, living with parents
    Census 3 Jun 1880  Williamston, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 28, born MI, jeweler, parents born NY/CAN
    Census 1901  Parry Sound, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 47, born 3 Dec 1853 in US, imm in 1878, jeweler
    Census 30 Apr 1910  Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; C.H., age 58, born MI, mx1 for 23 yrs, on own income, parents born NY/CAN
    Death 22 Apr 1911  Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   Mount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I15282  Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2017 

    Father AncestorsEdward Waldo Baker,   b. 1820, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1889, Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother AncestorsMaria W Hardiker,   b. 1823, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1884, Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Family ID F5752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsVirginia Xenette “Jennie” Read,   b. 1 Jan 1855, Dewitt, Clinton, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1921, Malin, Klamouth, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Fred Rufus Baker,   b. 27 May 1871, Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1947, San Angelo, Tom Green, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Frank L Baker,   b. 1875, Williamston, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1881, Williamston, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)
    Married3. Maude Ruth Baker,   b. 12 Jan 1877, Williamston, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1923, Parry Sound, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     4. Charles Henry Baker,   b. Nov 1881, Williamston, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1897, Parry Sound, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 15 years)
    Family ID F5754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2017 

    Family 2 AncestorsMary Atwood Smith,   b. May 1863, Grey Co, ONT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1946, Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1888  Collingwood, Simcoe, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934"
      On 29 Mar 1888 in Collingwood ONT, Charles Henry Baker, 26, a jeweller residing Meaford, born Jackson MI to Edward W & Maria Baker, married Minnie Smith, 22. residing Meaford, born Grey Co to William Smith
    Children 
    Married1. Beryl Beatrice Baker,   b. 6 Dec 1891, Meaford, Grey, ONT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1974, Lansing, Ingham, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Married2. Gladys Vesta Baker,   b. 20 Jan 1899, Parry Sound, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2017 

  • Headstones
    Edward W & Maria (Hardiker) Family Gravestone
    Edward W & Maria (Hardiker) Family Gravestone
    Side 1: E. W. Baker, Born 1820, Died 1889 / His Wife, Maria W. Baker, Born 1823, Died 1884 / "Father and Mother"
    Side 2: C. H. Baker, Born 1852
    Side 3: Wm. H. Baker, Born 1848
    Side 4: E. L. W. Baker, Born 1844, Died 1871 / J. H. Baker, Born 1846, Died 1875 / "Children of E. W. & M. W. Baker"
    Nearby:
    Frank L., Son of G. L. & Jennie Baker, Died Nov. 4, 1881, Aged 7 yrs. & 11 days
    E.L.W. Baker, Co. B, 21st Mich. Inf.
    Edward W & Maria (Hardiker) Baker Gravestone Inscription Side 2
    Edward W & Maria (Hardiker) Baker Gravestone Inscription Side 2
    C. H. Baker, Born 1852
    Charles H & Mary (Smith) Baker Gravestone
    Charles H & Mary (Smith) Baker Gravestone
    Plot: Section C
    Charles H Baker Headstone
    Charles H Baker Headstone
    CHARLES H. / 1853 - 1911
    Plot: Section C

  • Notes 
    • from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950" (ancestry.com)
      Charles H Baker, married, born 6 Dec 1852 in MI to Edward W Baker b. NY and M. Hardicar b. NY, died on 22 Apr 1911 in Lansing MI of aortic stenosis & hypertrophy of left heart. Burial on 25 Apr at Mt Hope Cemetery, Lansing MI. Informant Mary Baker of Lansing
    • from "The Lansing State Journal", 31 May 1911
      WAS LANSING JEWELER
      C.H. BAKER, DECEASED, WAS IN BUSINESS WITH FATHER
      A former wife of C.H. Baker, deceased, who formerly lived in Lansing, but who now resides in Malin, Ore., has sent the following facts regarding Mr. Baker: Mr. Baker lived in Lansing many years. At the age of 20 he married Miss Jennie Read, daughter of R.R. Read of the auditor general's office. He was in the jewelry business with his father, E.W. Baker, they have their store in connection with Hitchcok & Co. in 1870. Mrs. and Mrs. Baker lived with the former's parents in the old family home on River st, where their son, Fred, was born. Later they moved to Williamston, Mich., where Mr. Baker engaged in the jewelry business for several years. Two other sons were born there, Frank L. and Charles H. Jr., and one daughter, Maude R., now Mrs. William Taylor, Jr., of Parry Sound, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Baker eventually moved to Seaforth, Ontario, where they engaged in the jewelry business again. Their son, Frank, had died while they were yet in Williamston, and Charles H., Jr., was drowned. Mr. Baker married Mary Atwood Smith in Canada. Byrl and Gladys Baker were born to them.