Morris Grant Baker and Eldora Mabel Wright


Morris Grant Baker and Eldora Mabel Wright - June 18,1919
Name: Morris Grant Baker
Birth: February 13, 1893 in Winchester, Ontario
Death: May 1, 1958 in New Westminster, BC
Grave: Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, BC
Spouse: Eldora Mabel Wright
Birth: September 24, 1899 in Whitewater, Wisconsin
Death: May 5, 1972 in New Westminster, BC
Grave: Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, BC
Marriage: June 18, 1919
Parents: John Leonard Baker and Emily Ann Lawrence
Children: Eldene, Eugene (died at a few days old), Myrtie, Virginia, Sherwood, Wilma (Caron), Thelma (Hall), Irwin

Morris Grant Baker was born in Winchester, Ont. in 1893. He died in B.C. in 1958. John Leonard Baker brought his family to Saskatchewan from Ontario in the early 1900s. Morris Grant Baker stayed when most of his family returned to Ontario and subsequently married and homesteaded in an area called Spruce Creek. During his life, Morris went to the Claremont area of South Dakota to find work. He got a job with August Tisher. He went to visit a friend, who had a room at Grandma Gibbs. Here Morris met Eldora Wright. Morris Grant left the area and joined the Canadian Army. He later returned to Claremont. Eldora and M. Grant were married June 18th, 1919. They went to live near Kindersley, Sask. Later they moved into Kindersley. Morris Grant's children were all born in Kindersely. They homesteaded land at Chitek Lake, Sask. here they built a log cabin. Their next move took them to British Columbia.

Back, left to right - Thelma, Virginia, Sherwood, Wilma, Eldene, Myrtie, Irwin
Front, Eldora Mabel Baker (nee Wright), Morris Grant Baker

Back: Eldeen, Sherwood, Virginia, Myrtle
Front:Thelma, Wilma, Irwin

Gunner Grant Morris Baker, Royal CDN Artillery in WWI (1915-1919)

Back: Sherwood and Irwin
Front: Wilma, Thelma and Virginia



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