Hannah Amelia Baker

1820 - 1834  (14 years)

• Name	Hannah Amelia Baker
  Birth	6 Aug 1820
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Aug 1834
  Burial		Town Line Cemetery, Bridport, VT
  Person ID	I15970	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Aaron Baker,   b. 15 Apr 1786, Concord, Middlesex, MA d. 22 Mar 1825, Pittsford, Rutland, VT (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Amelia Hammond,   b. 17 Jan 1796, Pittsford, Rutland, VT d. 28 Dec 1862, Bridport, Addison, VT (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F6076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Hannah Amelia Baker Gravestone Hannah O. / Eldridge AE. 16 / years Hannah A. / Baker AE. 16 / years Were drowned with seven others / near Cofrin Point August 21 1834 [located at Town Line Cemetery, Bridport, VT]

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908", Entered 1 Jan 1920 by Bridport town cleak Amelia Baker, 14, died on 21 Aug 1834. One of a party of 8 drowned in attempting to cross Lake Champlain near Coffin Point. Burial at Townline Cemetery. from "The Boston Post", 20 Aug 1834 (newspapers.com) Nine lives lost by drowning - A party of 11 persons undertook to cross Lake Champlain, opposite Addison, on Thursday week, in a boat, which upset, and nine persons were drowned. Their names were John Balch, Howard Pickett, Harvey Bloomfield, John Anwell, Perry Van Wart, Eliza Morgan, Charlotte Derby, Hannah Eldridge, and a Miss Baler.