William Shipley Baker

1880 - 1953  (73 years)

• Name	William Shipley Baker
  Birth	16 Feb 1880	Middleport, Niagara, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Jun 1880	Hartland, Niagara, NY
  	age 3/12, born NY, living with parents
  Census	Jun 1900	Lockport, Niagara, NY
  	Winifred S, age 20, born Feb 1880 in NY, living with mother
  Census	1 Jun 1915	Buffalo, Erie, NY
  	S. William, age 35, born US, florist
  Census	4 Apr 1940	Herkimer, Herkimer, NY
  	age 60, born NY, gr8 ed, landscaper, residing Middleport NY in 1935
  Death	22 Dec 1953	Herkimer, Herkimer, NY
  Burial	24 Dec 1953
  Person ID	I783	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas Shipley “Shipley” Baker,   b. 1840, Middleport, Niagara, NY d. 10 May 1915, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ursula Pettis,   b. 1842, Middleport, Niagara, NY d. 9 Jan 1901, Lockport, Niagara, NY (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1862	Middleport, Niagara, NY
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ada Barnes,   b. 1893, Jackson, Susquehanna, PA d. 15 Jun 1952 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1912	Binghamton, Broome, NY
  Notes	from "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936" (familysearch.org) On 16 Oct 1912 in Binghamton, Broome, NY, S William Baker, 32, florist residing Binghamton NY, born Middleport NY to Shipley Baker & Eursula Pettis, applied to marry Ada L Barnes, 20, a clerk residing Binghamton NY, born Jackson PA to Chas. C. Barnes & Effie A Barrett. 1st marr for both.
  Children	+ 1. William B Baker,   b. 21 Aug 1920, Buffalo, Erie, NY d. 5 Feb 1996, Little Falls, Herkimer, NY (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F2251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from Utica Daily Press, Dec 23, 1953 (www.fultonhistory.com) Herkimer - William Shipley Baker, 73, of 1512 W. Lake, died Dec. 22, 1953, in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born Feb 16, 1880 in Middleport, son of Thomas and Ursula Baker. He attended Middleport schools and in 1910 married Ada Barnes in Binghamton. She died June 15, 1952. Mr. Baker was a landscape gardener and was employed by Read's Florist, Little Falls, before coming here. He was custodian at the Herkimer Masonic Temple for seven years and retired Jan. 1, 1953. Mr. Baker was a member of the Universalist Church. He leaves a son, William B. Baker, Herkimer, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 10 tomorrow from the Fenner Funeral Home. The body will be taken to Troy for cremation.