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George Baker 26 August 1827 to 1 October 1877
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1827
George Baker was the son of William and Ann (nee Hough) Baker (BAK00102). He was born on 26 August
1827 and baptised at Audlem on 27 August 1827.
1841
1841 Census – Highfields, Audlem,
Cheshire
William Baker, 50
Ann Baker, 45
Richard Baker, 25, solicitor
William Baker, 20,
Sarah Baker, 20
Ann Baker, 20
John Baker, 15
Mary Baker, 15
Jane Baker, 15
George Baker, 13
Thomas Baker, 11
Charlotte Baker, 9
Charity Baker, 7
6 others
1851
1851 Census
– Highfields, Woodhouse Lane, Buerton, Nantwich, Cheshire
William Baker, 63, head, magistrate
esquire
Ann Baker,57
Ann Baker, 30
Mary Baker, 27
Jane Baker, 25
George Baker, 23
Thomas Dod Baker, 21
Charlotte Baker, 19
Charity Baker, 17
4 servants
Waggoner
1852
He was admitted as a solicitor in 1852; partner in Machin &
Baker of Audlem. He was a clerk to Audlem Petty Sessions.
1861
1861 Census – Kinsey Heath,
Buerton, Nantwich, Cheshire
William Baker, head, widower, born Leominster, Herefordshire in
1788, 73, magistrate
Ann Baker, daughter, unmarried, 38, magistrate’s daughter, born
Buerton
Mary Baker, daughter, unmarried, 33, magistrate’s daughter, born
Buerton
Jane Baker, daughter, unmarried, 30, magistrate’s daughter, born
Buerton
George Baker, son, unmarried, 28,
solicitor, born Buerton
Charlotte Baker, daughter, unmarried, 25, magistrate’s daughter,
born Buerton
Henrietta Baker, granddaughter, unmarried, 11,
born London
Jane E Baker, granddaughter, unmarried, 6, born Buerton
Richard D Baker, grandson, unmarried, 4, born Buerton
A visitor, John R Piercy, 29 (who would marry Mary Baker in 1863)
3 house servants and a groom
1864
The Staffordshire Advertiser, 4 June 1864: TURNPIKE ROADS. WHITCHURCH AND MADELEY TURNPIKE TRUST. Notice
is hereby given, that the general annual meeting of the trustees or
commissioners of the above Turnpike roads will be held at the Corbet Arms
Hotel, in Market Drayton, in the country of Salop, on Saturday, the 18th day of
June next, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of
auditing and passing the accounts of the said road for the year ending the 31st
of December, 1863, and to examine the estimate of the probable expenditure on
the said roads for the current year ending the 31st of December, 1864, and for
the transaction of other general business relating to the said trust. George
Baker, Clerk to the trustees. Audlem, 18th May, 1864.
1865
The Staffordshire Advertiser, 18 February 1865: WHITCHURCH AND MADELEY TURNPIKE TRUST. Notice is hereby
given, that the general annual meeting of the trustees or commissioners of the
above Turnpike roads will be held at the Corbet Arms Hotel, in Market Drayton,
in the country of Salop, on Tuesday, the 7th day of March next, at the hour of
half past ten o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of auditing and passing
the accounts of the said road for the year ending the 31st of December, 1864,
and to examine the estimate of the probable expenditure on the set same roads
for the current year, ending the 31st of December 1865, for the transaction of
other general business relating to the set trust. George Baker, clerk to the
trustees. Audlem, 6th February 1865.
1867
The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North
Wales, 6 March 1867: WHITCHURCH AND
MADELEY TURNPIKE TRUST. Notice is hereby given, that the general annual meeting
of the trustees or commissioners of the above Turnpike roads will be held at
the Corbet Arms Hotel, in Market Drayton, in the country of Salop, on Tuesday,
the 12th day of March next, at the hour of half past ten o’clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of auditing and passing the accounts of the said road
for the year ending the 31st of December, last, and to examine the estimate of
the probable expenditure on the set same roads for the current year, ending the
31st of December 1867, for the transaction of other general business relating
to the set trust. George Baker, clerk to the trustees. Audlem, 9th February
1867.
1870
George Baker married Jane Allman,
daughter of Richard Allman of Buerton, Cheshire in, 1870 (licence 15 November
1870) at St George, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
They had one son and three daughters.
1871
1871 Census – Audlem
George Baker, head, 42, solicitor
Jane Baker, 22, his wife
Ann Baker, 3 weeks, born 1871 in Audlem
1877
George Baker died on 1 October 1877, aged 48, and was buried at Audlem on 5 October 1877.
After he died:
1881
1881 Census, Audlem, Cheshire
Jane Baker, Head, Widow, Female, 31, b 1850,
Annuitant, Audlem, Cheshire, England
Mary Baker, Daughter, Single, Female, 8, 1873, Scholar, Audlem,
Cheshire, England
Richard D Baker, Son Single Male, 6, b 1875, Scholar, Audlem, Cheshire,
England
Ellen Baker, Daughter, Single, Female, 4, b 1877, Audlem,
Cheshire, England
1936
Jane Baker was twenty years younger than George. She died in 1936,
aged 86.
The Crewe chronicle, 7 March 1936; FUNERAL OF MRS BAKER. The funeral of Mrs Baker took place on
Friday. Canon F E Hicks conducted a service at the parish church and at the
cemetery. Mr R Blakeman, the organist, played ‘Blessed at the departed. and ‘O
Rest in the Lord’. The hymns were ‘Let Saints on earth in concert sign’ and
‘Abide with me’. The mourners were Mr Richard Dod Baker, son, Miss Baker, Miss
Nellie Baker, Mr and Mrs Scott, son-in-law and and daughters, Miss Charity
Baker, Mrs Bell Baker, Mr. John Baker, Miss B Mangnall, the Rev J Bellyse, Mrs
M Timmos, Mrs Ewart, Miss hardman, Mrs H Stafford, Mrs Eric Smith, Mr and Mrs F
W Lawton, Mrs W Smith, Miss Taylor, Mr James, Mrs C Griffiths, Mrs HJ Thomas,
Mrs A Ridgewell, Miss I J Brampton, Mrs J Huntbach, Mrs W Dale, Miss HK Burton,
Miss Jessop, Miss Hill, Miss Goldbourne, Miss Atkin, Mr Levi Williams, Miss a
Williams, Mr. John Hampson, Mr Bert Timmis, Mr. John Morton, Mr Sam Smith, Mr
FJ Shuker, Mr. James Morrey, Miss Cooper, and Mrs W Cartwright.