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Roswell Farnum Baker

Male 1843 - 1906  (63 years)


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  • Name Roswell Farnum Baker 
    Birth 1 Jan 1843  Bradford, Orange, VT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 13 Aug 1850  Charlestown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 6, born VT, living with parents
    Census 1855  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 11, born NH, living with parents
    Census 7 Jul 1860  Charlestown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 16, born VT, living with parents
    Military Service 22 Sep 1862  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location ; Company E, Massachusetts 47th Infantry Regiment Mustered out 1 Sep 1863
    Military Service 18 Jun 1864  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location ; Commissioned as an officer in the UN Navy. Mustered out on 18 Sep 1868.
    Census 1 May 1865  Charlestown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 21, born Bradford VT, engineer, living with parents
    Census 13 Jun 1870  Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 26, born MA, civil engineer, living in inlaws' house
    Census 9 Jun 1880  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location ; Rodges, age 36, born VT, engineer, parents born NH/VT
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Somerville, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 55, born Jan 1845 in VT, marr 13 yrs, president of mining co, parents born VT/VT
    Death 24 Feb 1906  Somerville, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial 28 Feb 1906  Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I14286  Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2019 

    Father AncestorsSamuel Harrison Baker,   b. 9 Sep 1813, Charleston, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1883, Cambridgeport, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Flanders,   b. 20 Nov 1821, Warren, Grafton, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1870, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1843  Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908" (ancestry.com)
      On 1 Jan 1843, Samuel H Baker of Bradford married Mary Ann Flanders
    Family ID F5336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsSarah Fuller Willis,   b. 31 Mar 1848, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marriage 13 Jul 1867 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (genealogy.com)
      On 13 Jul 1869 in Cambridge MA, Roswell F Baker, 25, an engineer residing Charlestown, born Bradford NH to Samuel F & Mary A Baker, married Sarah F Willis, 21, residing Cambridge, born Charlestown to Daniel G & Hannah Willis. 1st marriage for both.
    Children 
     1. Frederick E Baker,   b. 21 Apr 1870, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1873, Fitchburg, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Married2. Mary Eva Baker,   b. 14 Jun 1871, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married3. Martha Goodrich Baker,   b. 13 Apr 1877, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2017 

    Family 2 AncestorsLucy E Emery,   b. Jan 1862, Gardner, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 3 Aug 1886  Gardner, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
      On 3 Aug 1886 in Gardner MA, Roswell F Baker, 42, a trader, residing Boston, born Bradford VT to Samuel H & Mary E Baker, married Lucy W Emery, 25, residing Gardner, born Gardner to Moses W and Amanda Emery. His 2nd, her 1st marriage.
    Family ID F5345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2017 

  • Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com)
      Roswell Farnum Baker, in mining business, age 62y 1m 23d, born in Bardford VT to Samuel Baker & Mary Farnum, died on 24 Feb 1906 in Somerville MA of chronic prostatitis. Burial on 28 Feb in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett MA. Informant Mrs. A. F. Baker.
    • from "The Boston Herald", 26 Feb 1906 (genealogybank.com)
      BAKER - In Somerville, Feb. 24, Roswell F. Baker. Funeral services at his late residence, 26 Hudson st, Tuesday, Feb 27, at 7:30 P M. Relatives and friends invited to attend.

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Albert Clark Baker, Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families, (1920).