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Charles Baker

Male 1872 - 1942  (69 years)


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  • Name Charles Baker 
    Birth 8 Aug 1872  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 7, born MA, living with parents 
    Census 15 Jun 1900  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 27, born Aug 1872 in MA, lumber dealer, living with mother 
    Census 22 Apr 1910  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 37, born MA, single, lumber manufacturer, parents born MA/MA, living with siblings  
    Census 7 Jan 1920  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 47, born MA, lumber dealer, parents born MA/MA 
    Census 14 Apr 1930  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 57, born MA, 1st marr at 38, parents born MA/MA, president of lumber company 
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 66, born MA, C4 ed, residing here in 1935, owner of lumber company 
    Death 10 Jun 1942  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15790  Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2020 

    Father Charles Baker,   b. 4 Apr 1828, Phillipston, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1896, Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Eleutheria Manly,   b. 13 Feb 1835, Hardwick, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1910, Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F5999  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ella Kerr McCullagh,   b. 5 Jun 1884, Brooklyn, King, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1912, Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1911  Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2017 

    Family 2 Ruth Alden Curtis,   b. 12 Feb 1884, Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1952, Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1915 
    Children 
     1. Isabel C Baker,   b. 24 Sep 1916, Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 2008, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. Faith Alden Baker,   b. 9 Mar 1921, Worcester, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1979, Wareham, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F6007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

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    Charles Baker Gravestone
    Charles Baker Gravestone
    CHARLES BAKER / WORCESTER / AUGUST 8 1872 / WORCESTER / JUNE 10 1942

  • Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      Charles Baker was born 8 Aug 1872 in in Worcester MA to Charles Baker, lumber dealer b. MA, and Elutheria Shepard, b. MA
    • from "The Boston Herald", 11 Jun 1942 (genealogybank.com)
      WORCESTER, June 10 - Funeral services for Charles Baker, 69, of 42 Westwood drive, president and treasurer of the Baker Lumber Company, and president of the Baker Box Company, who died today at his home will be at 2 P.M. Friday in the Parish House of First Unitarian Church. Burial will be in the Rural Cemetery. A graduate of Worcester Tech, Mr. Baker had been an officer of the College Corporation and the Alumni Association for over 46 years. He was a trustee of Worcester County Institution for Savings, a past president of Northeastern Lumber Dealers' Association, member of First Unitarian Church, Worcester Club, Tatnuck County Club, Players Club of Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves, Chamber of Commerce, Civic Music Association and Worcester County Fish and Game Association. He was valedictorian when he was graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1893, entering then the business established here by his father in 1855. He was elected a member of the W.P.I. Association in 1894, was its vice president from 1897 to 1899, its secretary from 1899 to 1909 and president from 1909 to 1912. He had been secretary of the college Corporation since 1911. He had been a life trustee since 1919 and received an honorary doctorate of engineering degree from Tech two years ago. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Ruth (Curtis) Baker; three daughters, Mrs. Prentice Strong of New York, Mrs. William T Carleton of Worcester and Miss Faith A. Baker of this city; and a sister, Mrs. Paul Potter of Boston.