Reginald Perkins Baker

1891 - 1973  (82 years)

• Name	Reginald Perkins Baker
  Birth	15 Mar 1891	South Manchester, Hartford, CT
  Gender	Male
  Census	22 Jun 1900	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 9, born Mar 1881 in CT, at school, living with parents
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 19, born CT, living with mother
  Census	1 Jun 1915	Utica, Oneida, NY ; age 24, born US, drawing teacher, living with mother
  Census	2 Jan 1920	New Rochelle, Westchester, NY ; age 28, born CT, public school teacher, parents born MA/CT, mother living in house
  Census	1 Jun 1925	New Rochelle, Westchester, NY ; age 32, born US, teacher, mother living in house
  Census	13 Apr 1930	New Rochelle, Westchester, NY ; age 39, born CT, 1st marr at 36, college teacher, parents born MA/MA, mother living in house
  Census	13 Apr 1940	Eastchester, Westchester, NY ; age 49, born CT, C5 ed, residing New Rochelle NY in 1935, public school teacher, mother in house
  Death	17 Jul 1973	Manchester, Hartford, CT
  Burial		East Cemetery, Manchester, CT
  Person ID	I14605	Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles Herbert Baker,   b. 28 Feb 1853, Phillipston, Worcester, MA d. 20 Nov 1907, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Harriet Arabella Perkins,   b. 20 Feb 1862, South Manchester, Hartford, CT d. 12 Dec 1951, Manchester, Hartford, CT (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F5449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Frances Barker,   b. 5 Nov 1900, Somerville, Middlesex, MA d. 18 Feb 1979, Manchester, Hartford, CT (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1927	Somerville, Middlesex, MA
  Children	1. Gertrude Adaline Baker,   b. 25 Mar 1937, New Rochelle, Westchester, NY d. 25 Oct 2004, Manchester, Hartford, CT (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F5450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  Charles & Harriet (Perkins) Baker Family Gravestone CHARLES HERBERT BAKER 1853 - 1907 his wife / HARRIET A. PERKINS 1862 - 1951 their son / REGINALD P. BAKER 1891 - 1973 his wife / GERTRUDE F. BARKER 1900 - 1978 [located at East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford, CT]

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (ancestry.com) Reginald Perkins Baker was born So Manchester CT on 15 Mar 1891 to Charles H Baker, a Driver for Fire Dept b. Phillipston and Hattie A Perkins b. So Manchester CT, residents of Springfield MA. from "The Hartford Courant", 19 Jul 1971 (newspapers.com) MANCHESTER - Reginald P. Baker, 82, of 310 Hackmatack St., a retired high school and college educator for more than 45 years and former head of the art department at Newington High School, died Tuesday at Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was born in Manchester but spent his early years in Springfield, Mass. He later moved to New Rochelle, N.Y., and subsequently Eastchester, N.Y., before returning here in 1956. He taught jewelry and metal crafts at Columbia University in New York City and for 43 years was a drafting instructor at New Rochelle High School. Before retiring he was head of the Art Department at Newington High School for three years. He was a member of the Huguenot Lodge of Masons in New Rochelle. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Gertrude B. Baker; a daughter, Mrs. R. Bruce Laughlin of Ridgefield; and two grandchildren. The funeral is Friday at 2 p.m. in the Watkins Funeral Home, 142 E. Center St. The Rev. Norman Swenson, pastor of Trinity Convenant Church, will officiate. Burial will be in East Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Manchester unit of the American Cancer Society, 237 E. Center St.