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William Emerson Baker

William Emerson Baker

Male 1828 - 1888  (59 years)

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  • Name William Emerson Baker 
    Birth 16 Apr 1828  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 18 Aug 1850  Roxbury, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 23, born MA, merchant, living with parents 
    Census 2 Jul 1855  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 20, born MA, sewing machines 
    Census 12 Jul 1860  Brookline, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 32, born MA, machinist, living with parents 
    Census 1 May 1865  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 37, born MA, sewing machine mfg 
    Census 2 Jun 1880  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 50, born MA, retired from sewing machines, parents born MA/MA 
    Death 5 Jan 1888  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14225  Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2018 

    Father Abel Baker,   b. 16 Jun 1778, Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1867, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Sarah B Reed,   b. 22 Dec 1791, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1867, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1807  Littleton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charlotte Augusta Farnsworth,   b. 1 May 1831, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1907, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1860 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      On 20 Sep 1860 in Brookline MA, William Emerson Baker, 32, a manufacturer residing Brookline, b. Boston to Abel & Sarah E Baker, married Charlotte Augusta Farnsworth, 29, residing Roxbury, b. Boston to Walter & Elizabeth Fransworth. 1st marriage for both.
    Children 
    +1. Edward Farnsworth Baker,   b. 17 Sep 1865, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1934, Brookline, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Walter Farnsworth Baker,   b. 11 Nov 1870, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1907, Bogota, Bergen, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F5314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2018 

  • Photos
    William Emerson Baker Sketch
    William Emerson Baker Sketch

    Headstones
    Abel & Sarah Baker Family Gravestone
    Abel & Sarah Baker Family Gravestone
    Abel & Sarah Baker Family Gravestone Side 2
    Abel & Sarah Baker Family Gravestone Side 2
    WILLIAM E. BAKER / 1828 - 1888
    CHARLOTTE A. BAKER / 1831 - 1907
    WALTER F. BAKER / 1870 - 1907
    EDWARD F. BAKER / 1866 - 1934
    R. MONROE BAKER / 1893 - 1970

  • Notes 
    • from "Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society", 1907
      William Emerson Baker, of Boston, Massachusetts, a Life Member, elected in 1857, was born in Boston, April 16, 1828, and died there, January 5, 1888. He was the son of Abel and Sarah (Reed) Baker, and a descendant of William Baker, of Concord, Massachusetts, through William, Captain Joseph, Timothy, and Abel, his father. He was in business as one of the celebrated firM of Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Company, and on his retirement devoted his time largely to the furtherance of educational matters. He was one of the first to propose and befriend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He married, September 20, 1860, Charlotte Augusta, daughter of Walter Farnsworth, of Boston. They had two sons, Walter Farnsworth Baker, and Edward Farnsworth Baker. He began his life in a dry goods store, and subsequently joined W.O. Grover in business. He spent several years abroad contesting patient suits, and returning to the United States, bought Ridge Hill Farm at Wellesley, Massachusetts, and spent the reminder of his life by gratifying his taste in its embellishment in a rather eccentric and curious manner.