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William Brooks Baker

Male 1879 - 1951  (72 years)


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  • Name William Brooks Baker 
    Birth 10 Jan 1879  Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 18 Jun 1880  Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 1 born MA, living with parents 
    Census 2 Jun 1900  Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 21, born Jan 1879 in MA, student, living with mother 
    Census 19 Apr 1910  Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 31, born MA, clerk at lawyer's office, living with stepfather & mother 
    WW1 Reg Card 9 Sep 1918  West Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 39, born 10 Jan 1879, manager of real estate for Williams & Bangs, NOK Mrs. John Hynd of Danvers, has artificial foot 
    Census 7 Jan 1920  Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 40, born MA, real estate agent, parents born MA/MA 
    Census 8 Apr 1930  Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 51, born MA, marr at 31, real estate attorney, parents born MA/SCT 
    Census 16 Apr 1940  Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 61, born MA, C4 ed, residing here in 1935, trustee 
    WW2 Reg Card 1942  Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 63, born 10 Jan 1879 in Danvers MA, employed by Minot Williams - Bangs Inc, NOK Mabel K. Baker 
    Death 8 Oct 1951  Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Newton Cemetery, Newton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14205  Family Tree
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2019 

    Father George Ward Baker,   b. 21 Jan 1852, Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1899, Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Craig,   b. Jun 1856, Essex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1928, Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1877  Danvers, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      On 25 Jan 1877 in Danvers MA, Geo W Baker, a shoemaker, born Danvers to D.B Baker & Sarah Putnam, married Lizzie Craig, 19, born Danvers to James & Mary Craig. 1st marriage for both.
    Family ID F5304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mabel Keniston,   b. 8 Jun 1877, Edgartown, Dukes, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1956, Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 11 Oct 1910  Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      On 11 Oct 1910 in Newton MA, William Brooks Baker, 31, a lawyer residing Newton MA, born Danvers MA o George W Baker and Elizabeth Craig, married Mabel Keniston, 31, residing Boston MA, born Edgartown MA to Samuel Keniston and Adelaide J Pease. 1st marriage for both.
    Children 
    +1. William Brooks Baker,   b. 26 Oct 1917, Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1989, New Haven, New Haven, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F5311  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2017 

  • Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      William Brooks Baker was born 10 Jan 1879 in Danvers MA to Geo W Baker and Lizzie Craig.
    • from "The Boston Herald", 9 Oct 1951 (genealogybank.com)
      William B. Baker, 72, of 399 Waltham street, West Newton, died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon during a board meeting at Simmons College, of which he was a trustee and clerk of corporation. Mr. Baker was born in Danvers, was graduated from Amherst College in 1901, and received his law degree from Northeastern University in 1909. He was an attorney, manager of a Boston real estate business and president of the West Newton Co-operative Bank. He was a member of Brae Burn Country Club and the Union Club of Boston. He served as alderman in Newton from 1924-28 and as a State representative from Newton from 1929-40. In World War II he was head of the OPA in Newton. From more than 20 years he was moderator of the First Unitarian Church in West Newton. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mabel (Keniston) Baker; a son, William B., and three grandchildren.