Bessie Druscilla Baker

1863 - 1946  (82 years)

• Name	Bessie Druscilla Baker
  Birth	9 Sep 1863	West Gardiner, Kennebec, ME
  Gender	Female
  Census	28 Jun 1870	West Gardiner, Kennebec, ME
  	Drusila B, age 6, born ME, living with parents
  Census	12 Jun 1880	Litchfield, Kennebec, ME
  	age 16, born ME, living with parents
  Death	17 May 1946	Maine
  Burial	Bailey Island Cemetery, Bailey Island , ME
  Person ID	I14667	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	John Gould Baker,   b. 3 Dec 1823, Livermore, Androscoggin, ME d. 22 Aug 1908, East Livermore, Androscoggin, ME (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Rosanna Philips,   b. 1831, Maine
  Marriage	17 Nov 1853
  Family ID	F5479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Robert G Potter,   b. 30 Oct 1858, West Gardiner, Kennebec, ME d. 28 Sep 1883, West Gardiner, Kennebec, ME (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	1881
  Family ID	F5491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Herbert Perry Sinnett,   b. 30 Oct 1870, Harpswell, Cumberland, ME d. 1920 (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	24 Sep 1893	Baileys Island, Cumberland, ME
  Notes	from "Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922" (ancestry.com) On 24 Sep 1893 in Litchfield ME, Herbert T Sinnett, 23, a fisherman residing Harpswell ME, born Harpswell to David Sinnell b. Harpswell & Mary C Alexander b. Harpswell, married Bessie D Potter, 28, a widowed housewife residing West Gardner ME, born West Gardiner to John G Baker b. Livermore & -- Philips b. Livermore (deceased). His 1st, her 2nd marriage.
  Family ID	F5492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2019

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Portland Press Herald", 18 May 1946 (newspapers.com) Bailey Island, May 17 - Mrs. Bessie D. Sinnett, 81, wife of Herbert Sinnett, of Bailey Island, died Friday evening in her home. She was born Sept. 9, 1864, at Gardiner, daughter of John C. and Rosanna, Phillips Baker. She attended West Gardiner schools and in 1882 married Robert G, Potter. In 1893 she married Mr. Sinnett. coming to Balley Island to make her home at that time. She was a member of the Free Baptist Church of West Gardiner and attended the Balley Island Church, Surviving, besides her husband, are a son, Robert B. Potter of Woodstock, N. B. and a granddaughter, Mrs. Drusilla Doughty of Balley Island. Funeral services will be heid in the Bailey Island Church at 2 p.m. Sunday. Interment will be in the Bailey Island Cemetery.