Charles Baker

1872 - 1942  (69 years)

• Name	Charles Baker
  Birth	8 Aug 1872	Worcester, Worcester, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Worcester, Worcester, MA ; age 7, born MA, living with parents
  Census	15 Jun 1900	Worcester, Worcester, MA ; age 27, born Aug 1872 in MA, lumber dealer, living with mother
  Census	22 Apr 1910	Worcester, Worcester, MA ; age 37, born MA, single, lumber manufacturer, parents born MA/MA, living with siblings
  Census	7 Jan 1920	Worcester, Worcester, MA ; age 47, born MA, lumber dealer, parents born MA/MA
  Census	14 Apr 1930	Worcester, Worcester, MA ; age 57, born MA, 1st marr at 38, parents born MA/MA, president of lumber company
  Census	10 Apr 1940	Worcester, Worcester, MA ; age 66, born MA, C4 ed, residing here in 1935, owner of lumber company
  Death	10 Jun 1942	Worcester, Worcester, MA
  Burial		Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, MA
  Person ID	I15790	Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Baker,   b. 4 Apr 1828, Phillipston, Worcester, MA d. 18 Sep 1896, Worcester, Worcester, MA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eleutheria Manly,   b. 13 Feb 1835, Hardwick, Worcester, MA d. 23 Mar 1910, Worcester, Worcester, MA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F5999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ella Kerr McCullagh,   b. 5 Jun 1884, Brooklyn, King, NY d. 13 Jun 1912, Worcester, Worcester, MA (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1911	Worcester, Worcester, MA
  Family ID	F6006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth Alden Curtis,   b. 12 Feb 1884, Worcester, Worcester, MA d. 15 Sep 1952, Worcester, Worcester, MA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1915
  Children	1. Isabel C Baker,   b. 24 Sep 1916, Worcester, Worcester, MA d. 10 Apr 2008, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA (Age 91 years)   2. Faith Alden Baker,   b. 9 Mar 1921, Worcester, Worcester, MA d. 20 May 1979, Wareham, Plymouth, MA (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F6007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  Charles Baker Gravestone CHARLES BAKER / WORCESTER / AUGUST 8 1872 / WORCESTER / JUNE 10 1942

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) Charles Baker was born 8 Aug 1872 in in Worcester MA to Charles Baker, lumber dealer b. MA, and Elutheria Shepard, b. MA from "The Boston Herald", 11 Jun 1942 (genealogybank.com) WORCESTER, June 10 - Funeral services for Charles Baker, 69, of 42 Westwood drive, president and treasurer of the Baker Lumber Company, and president of the Baker Box Company, who died today at his home will be at 2 P.M. Friday in the Parish House of First Unitarian Church. Burial will be in the Rural Cemetery. A graduate of Worcester Tech, Mr. Baker had been an officer of the College Corporation and the Alumni Association for over 46 years. He was a trustee of Worcester County Institution for Savings, a past president of Northeastern Lumber Dealers' Association, member of First Unitarian Church, Worcester Club, Tatnuck County Club, Players Club of Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves, Chamber of Commerce, Civic Music Association and Worcester County Fish and Game Association. He was valedictorian when he was graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1893, entering then the business established here by his father in 1855. He was elected a member of the W.P.I. Association in 1894, was its vice president from 1897 to 1899, its secretary from 1899 to 1909 and president from 1909 to 1912. He had been secretary of the college Corporation since 1911. He had been a life trustee since 1919 and received an honorary doctorate of engineering degree from Tech two years ago. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Ruth (Curtis) Baker; three daughters, Mrs. Prentice Strong of New York, Mrs. William T Carleton of Worcester and Miss Faith A. Baker of this city; and a sister, Mrs. Paul Potter of Boston.