Aleta Blanche Singhi

1880 - 1943  (62 years)

• Name	Aleta Blanche Singhi
  Birth	20 Jun 1880	Linneus, Aroostook, ME
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1922	Boston, Suffolk, MA ; Aleta Driscoll, teacher dancing 295 Huntington av rm 211 h at Weston
  Census	23 Apr 1930	Newton, Middlesex, MA ; age 49, born ME, 1st marr at 42, independent author, parents born ME/ME
  Census	22 Apr 1940	Newton, Middlesex, MA ; age 59, born ME, gr8 ed, residing here in 1935, Arita Graves, 42, b. ME in house as maid (possible sister?)
  Death	19 Jan 1943	Miami, Dade, FL
  Burial		Newton Cemetery, Newton, MA
  Person ID	I16037	Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Martin Singhi
  Mother	Loryea Jackson
  Family ID	F10561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Leslie Talbot Baker,   b. 6 Sep 1875, Newport, Newport, RI d. 20 Dec 1955, Waltham, Middlesex, MA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1924	Brookline, Suffolk, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970" (ancestry.com) Likely marriage on 1924 in Brookline MA of Aleta B (Signhi) Driscoll and Talbot Baker.
  Family ID	F6105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Michael J Driscoll,   b. 6 Jul 1874, Portland, Cumberland, ME d. 27 Apr 1910, Portland, Cumberland, ME (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F10560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023

  
  

• Photos		Order of the Portal Ad Found in "The Boston Globe", 22 Mar 1924 (genealogybank.com)
  		Early Aleta B Baker Photo? Caption: Dancers at the Kermesse Falmande, Mme Aleta and A.C. Jones Possible Aleta B Baker photo when she was a dancer known as Madam Aleta (from 22 Jan 1915 of the Boston Globe)

  
  

• Notes

  from Biography on "Yale Digital Content" (discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc) Aleta Blanche Baker, American author, was born in Maine in 1880, and died in Miami, Florida, on January 19, 1943. Baker was the founding director of the Order of the Portal, a Christian occultist group headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1924 she married Leslie Talbot Baker (born 1875), who earned both his AB (1900) and MD (1906) degrees from Harvard University. from "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957" (ancestry.com) On ship Columbus arriving NY on 25 Oct 1925 Aleta Blanche Baker, born 20 Jun 1880 in Linnius ME was travelling with Talbot Baker, born 8 Sep 1775 in RI. from "The Boston Herald", 24 Jan 1943 (genealogybank.com) BAKER Of Newton Highlands, in Miami, Florida, Jan 19, Aleta B. Baker, wife of Dr. Talbot Baker. Services at the residence, 12 Sagamore rd. Newton Highlands, Sunday, Han 24, at 2:30 P.M. from "The Miami News" 20 Jan 1943 (newspapers.com) Mrs. Aleta B. Baker, 63, founder and head of the Order of Portal, Boston, a non-sectarian religious organization wiht schools and groups all over the country, died at her home, 12000 Biscayne blvd., Tuesday. She had been coming here for the last five years for her health and arrived here a month ago from Newton, Mass. Without remuneration, she devoted herself to the religious work and the teaching of metaphysical science. She had written many books on astrology and religion and her best seller was entitled "Man and His Counter Partner - Woman." She is survived by her husband, Talbot Baker of Newton. Her body will be sent to Boston by David Lithgow mortuary.