John L. Baker and Emily Lawrence |
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 John Leonard Baker and Emily Annis Lawrence |
Name: | John Leonard Baker |
| Birth: | 1.28.1851 | |
| Death: | 1.26.1926 | |
| Grave: | Maple Ridge Cemetery, Winchester | |
| Spouse: | Emily Annis Lawrence | |
| Birth: | 2.4.1857 St. Lawrence County, NY | |
| Death: | 2.28.1926 | |
| Grave: | Maple Ridge Cemetery, Winchester | |
| Marriage: | 1870 Madrid NY | |
| Parents: |
John: Martin Baker and Elizabeth "Betsy" Fawcett Emily: Alfred Lawrence and Sarah Roberts |
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| Children: | Charles (1871-1871) Clinton Wm. (1872-1918) William L, (1873- ) Alfred Hosea (1875-1951) Mary Irene, (1878- ) Florence (1881-1964) Andrew Broder (1883-1918) Nora Mae (1890-1982) Morris Grant (1893-1958) |
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Emily was of Welsh-English ancestry but born in Lisbon (near Ogdensburg), New York. There were three Lawrence boys: Will, Miner, and Lewis. There were three sisters to Emily: Ann (Sullivan), Libby (Golden), and Mary (Merril).
John Leonard's Death Registration shows his birthplace as Winchester, but we know that he lived in the Williamsburg area, and then on to Winchester area (both Martin and John appear in the 1871 census in Winchester). The family homesteaded near Creelman Saskatchewan in c.1902, and then John Leonard and Emily bought a 50 acre farm in Huntley Twp. around 1906, near Carp Ontario, were they appear on the 1911 census. They later moved to the Winchester area, where they lived until the year before their deaths in 1926.
A John L Baker's farm appears on the 1879 map of Dundas County, Williamsburg Twp. at Lot 5, Con 6, just east of where Upper Canada Village now stands. He seems freely to have crossed the St. Lawrence River, eventually meeting Emily in New York State. [Need to confirm that this is the same JL Baker. Probably not, as we have JL in Winchester for both the 1871 and 1881 census.]
Emily Lawrence and John Leonard Baker c.1915
There is, of course, lots of confusion over dates and details. The following chart identifies the sources of some of the dates that are floating around.
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Detail |
Fact
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Source
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| John's birth | Jan. 28, 1841 | John's Death Registration # 020738 26 |
| John's birth | c.1847 | 1851 Winchester Twp. census |
| John's birth | c.1847 | 1871 Dundas census |
| John's birth | c.1847 | 1881 Dundas census |
| John's death | Jan 25, 1926 | John's Death Registration # 020738 26 |
| Emily's birth | Feb. 4, 1847 | Emily's Death Registration #020741 26 |
| Emily's birth | c.1852 | 1881 Dundas census |
| Emily's death | Feb. 28, 1926 | Emily's Death Registration #020741 26 |
1851 Winchester Census
ID |
First Name |
Sir Name |
Family Place |
Occupation |
Age Next Birthday |
Pace of Birth |
Religion |
Sex |
Census Page |
| 2419 | Martin | Baker | Head | Farmer | 44 | Winchester | Wesleyan Methodist | M | 97 |
| 2420 | Elizabeth | Baker | Wife | 34 | Winchester | Wesleyan Methodist | F | 97 | |
| 2421 | Gordon | Baker | Son | Labourer | 10 | Winchester | Wesleyan Methodist | M | 97 |
| 2422 | William | Baker | Son | Labourer | 8 | Winchester | Wesleyan Methodist | M | 97 |
| 2423 | Alonzo | Baker | Son | Labourer | 6 | Winchester | Wesleyan Methodist | M | 97 |
| 2424 | John | Baker | Son | Labourer | 4 | Winchester | Wesleyan Methodist | M | 97 |
| 2425 | Simon | Baker | Son | 2 | Winchester | Wesleyan Methodist | M | 97 |
1871 Winchester Census
Martin and John appear in the 1871 census for Dundas as:
Martin Baker, Farmer, Winchester, age 62, origin German
John Baker, Farmer, Winchester, age 24, origin - German
1881 Census Winchester, Dundas, Ontario
District 102, Sub-district F Division 2, Page 39, Household 157
BAKER, John L, Married, Male, German Origin, Age 34, Born Ontario, Farmer, E. Methodist
BAKER, Emely, Married, Wife, English Origin, Age 29, Born USA, E. Methodist
BAKER, William L., Son, German Origin, Age 8, Born Ontario, E. Methodist
BAKER, Alfred, Son, German Origin, Age 5, Born Ontario, E. Methodist
BAKER, Mary, Daughter, German Origin, Age 2, Born Ontario, E. Methodist.
John and Emily, (with Nora and one of the boys)
John Leonard Baker, Morris Grant, Ruby and Emily (Clinton's daughters), Emily Lawrence, and unknown?
"Uncle Morris Grant Baker's family & Grandma and Grandpa Baker" at uncle Grant's.
