Nancy Elizabeth “Nannie” Baker
1864 - 1917 (52 years)-
Name Nancy Elizabeth Baker Nickname Nannie Birth 27 Dec 1864 Hartland, Niagara, NY 
Gender Female Census 24 Jun 1865 Hartland, Niagara, NY age 6/12, born Niagara Co, living with parents Census 12 Aug 1870 Chicago, Cook, IL age 5, born NY, living with parents Census 7 Jun 1880 Chicago, Cook, IL age 15, born NY, keeps house, living with parents Census 21 Apr 1910 West Deerfield, Lake, IL age 45, born NY, marr at 25, 6/8 children living, parents born NY/NY Death 5 Mar 1917 Highland Park, Lake, IL Burial 7 Mar 1917 Daggitt Cemetery, Highland Park, IL Person ID I797 Family Tree Last Modified 11 Aug 2025
Father 
Alden Sprague “Owen” Baker, b. Mar 1832, Middleport, Niagara, NY d. 14 Sep 1907, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan (Age 75 years) Mother Cordelia Marie Dunwell, b. May 1837, Clyde, Wayne, NY d. 11 Oct 1919, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 82 years) Marriage 23 Sep 1858 Middleport, Niagara, NY Family ID F363 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Stonewall Jackson Baker, b. 16 Oct 1863, Middleport, Niagara, NY d. 5 Apr 1943, Three Rivers, St Joseph, MI (Age 79 years) Marriage 10 Mar 1886 Chicago, Cook, IL Notes - from "Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920" (ancestry.com)
On 10 Mar 1886 in Cook Co., IL, Nan E. Baker, 21, married S. Jackson Baker, 22.
Children 1. Ethel Montgomery Baker, b. 9 Aug 1886, Jefferson, Cook, IL d. 3 Jul 1899, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 12 years)2. Alice Lillian Baker, b. 2 Jul 1888, Englewood, Cook, IL d. Oct 1977, Rockford, Winnebago, IL (Age 89 years)3. Frances Elizabeth “Bessie” Baker, b. 21 Aug 1890, South Englewood, Cook, IL d. 4 Feb 1984, Rockford, Winnebago, IL (Age 93 years)+ 4. Esther Cooley Baker, b. 4 May 1892, Illinois d. 4 Dec 1980, Royal Oak, Oakland, MI (Age 88 years)+ 5. Alden Sprague Baker, b. 12 Apr 1894, Chicago, Cook, IL d. 2 Sep 1955, Santa Barbara Co, CA (Age 61 years)+ 6. Dorothy Wickham Baker, b. 2 May 1898, Chicago, Cook, IL d. 27 Dec 1924, Rockford, Winnebago, IL (Age 26 years)7. Florence Martin Baker, b. 5 May 1901, Chicago, Cook, IL d. 20 Dec 1902, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 1 year)+ 8. Mary Sibley Baker, b. 24 Jan 1905, Highland Park, Lake, IL d. 11 Oct 2001, Rockford, Winnebago, IL (Age 96 years)Family ID F371 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Aug 2025
- from "Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920" (ancestry.com)
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Notes - Stonewall and Nancy are first cousins
- from "The Chicago Tribune", 7 Mar 1917 (newspapers.com)
BAKER - Nancy Elizabeth Baker, March 5, at her home, 215 W. Vine av., Highland Park, Ill., beloved wife of S.J. Baker and mother of Alice L., Bessie, Esther C., Alden S., Dorothy W. and Mary S., sister of J. Fred and William S. Baker. Funeral strickly private. Omit flowers. - from "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
Nannie Elizabeth Baker, a housewife, born 27 Dec 1864 in NY to Alden S Baker b. NY and Amelia Dunwell b. NY, died on 5 Mar 1917 in Highland Park, Lake IL. Burial on 7 Mar 1917 at Grace Cemetery.