William Hardiker Baker

1848 - 1917  (69 years)

• Name	William Hardiker Baker
  Birth	Mar 1848	Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	17 Jul 1850	Jackson, Jackson, MI
  	age 4, born CAN, living with parents
  Census	11 Jun 1860	Lansing, Ingham, MI
  	age 13, born MIN, living with parents
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Lansing, Ingham, MI
  	age 32, born CAN, jeweler, parents born NY/NY
  Census	8 Jun 1900	Lansing, Ingham, MI
  	age 52, born Mar 1848 in CAN, marr 29 yrs, jeweler, parent born NY/NY
  Census	27 Apr 1910	Lansing, Ingham, MI
  	age 62, born CAN, marr 39 yrs, imm in 1850, jeweler & repair store, parents born NY/NY
  Death	29 Jul 1917	Lansing, Ingham, MI
  Burial	Mount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, MI
  Person ID	I15286	Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Edward Waldo Baker,   b. 1820, New York d. 5 May 1889, Lansing, Ingham, MI (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Maria W Hardiker,   b. 1823, New York d. 13 Nov 1884, Lansing, Ingham, MI (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F5752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Augusta Anna Schunk,   b. 14 Mar 1854, Orleans Co, NY d. 26 Feb 1921, Lansing, Ingham, MI (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1870	Dewitt, Clinton, MI
  Notes	from "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952" (ancestry.com) On 7 Dec 1870 in Dewitt MI, William H Baker, 23, a harness maker residing Lansing MI, b. Hamilton ONT, married Anna G Schunk, 16, residing Dewitt MI, born Orleans Co NY. Witnesses A.W. Baker & J.M. Baker.
  Children	+ 1. Edward Walter Baker,   b. 8 Nov 1872, Michigan d. 27 Jan 1967, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI (Age 94 years)   2. Charles Henry Baker,   b. 17 Aug 1875, Michigan d. 11 Aug 1917, Detroit, Wayne, MI (Age 41 years)   3. Bertha Belle Baker,   b. 16 Jun 1879, Lansing, Ingham, MI d. 3 Oct 1964, KIamath Falls, Klamath, OR (Age 85 years)   4. Fannie Blanche Baker,   b. 5 Nov 1887, Lansing, Ingham, MI d. 3 Mar 1986, Bingham, Clinton, MI (Age 98 years)   5. Edna Marie Baker,   b. 25 Nov 1892, Lansing, Ingham, MI d. 1 Jun 1986, Lansing, Ingham, MI (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F5756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2017

  
  

• Headstones		Edward W & Maria (Hardiker) Family Gravestone Side 1: E. W. Baker, Born 1820, Died 1889 / His Wife, Maria W. Baker, Born 1823, Died 1884 / "Father and Mother" Side 2: C. H. Baker, Born 1852 Side 3: Wm. H. Baker, Born 1848 Side 4: E. L. W. Baker, Born 1844, Died 1871 / J. H. Baker, Born 1846, Died 1875 / "Children of E. W. & M. W. Baker" Nearby: Frank L., Son of G. L. & Jennie Baker, Died Nov. 4, 1881, Aged 7 yrs. & 11 days E.L.W. Baker, Co. B, 21st Mich. Inf.
  		Edward W & Maria (Hardiker) Baker Gravestone Inscription Side 3 Wm H. BAKER / BORN 1848

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Lansing State Journal", 30 Jul 1917 (newspapers.com) CARETAKER OF CITY TIMEPIECE IS DEAD William H. Baker, who has been caretaker of the city clock for 17 years, died Sunday evening at his home, 812 May st. Mr. Baker was a jeweler. He was in business here for many years. He was better known for his watchfulness over the city timepiece. Friends and office holders at the city hall had named him "Father Time." He is survived by his widow and five children, Edward W. Baker, of Lansing; Charles H. Baker, of Detroit; Mrs. J.D. Morgan of Klamath Falls, Oregon; Mrs. Otto Marshall and Mrs. Fred Dietz, both of Lansing. The funeral will be private at the home Wednesday afternoon. Interment in Mt. Hope Cemetery