Birth: October 1848 Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: Edward Baker 1805-1884
Mother: Hester (Esther) Hall 1814-1857
Christening: 29 October 1848 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 25 December 1870 St Stephen, Shottermill, Surrey, UK
Wife: Harriett (Harriet) Barber 1849-1878
Death: April-May 1925 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Buried: 7 May 1925 St Stephen, Shottermill, Surrey, UK
Edward Baker 1871-1927
Andrew Baker c1873-a1881
Frederick Baker 1875-1950
Birth of Andrew Baker in FreeBMD in October-December 1848 in Farnham (4 163).
Christening of Andrew Baker in the IGI on 29 October 1848 in Frensham, Surrey, parents Edward and Esther Baker. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Andrew Baker baptised on 29 October 1848 at Frensham, St Mary, parents Edward and Esther Baker. "Page 189 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1848 [...] Oct 29 No 1508 Andrew [parents] Edward [a] labourer & Esther Baker [of] Frensham".
In the 1851 census as Albert (sic - on the original) Baker aged 2, born in Frensham, Surrey and living with his parents (Edward and Esther), brother (Andrew - sic this must be Alfred) and two sisters (Esther who must be Elizabeth, and Ann) in Lower Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
His mother died in Churt on 27 July 1857.
In the 1861 census as Andrew Baker aged 12, born in Frensham, Surrey and living with his widowed father (Edward) and brother (Alfred) in Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
Marriage of Andrew Baker and Harriet Barber in FreeBMD in October-December 1870 in Farnham (2A 136).
Entry in Ancestry for the marriage of Andrew Baker aged 22, father Edward Baker, and Harriet Baber on 25 December 1870 at St Stephen. "Page 37 1870. Marriage solemnized at the District Church in the District of Shottermill in the County of Surrey. [No.] 73 Dec 25 1870 Andrew Baker [aged] 22 [a] Bachelor [and] Laborer [of] Shottermill [father] Edward Baker [a] Laborer, [and] Harriet Barber [aged] 21 [a] Spinster [of] Shottermill [father] Wm Barber [a] Laborer. Married in the District Church according to the Rites and Cewremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us James Combes [and] Emma Varns" [his wife's half-brother and future wife who were married on the same day in the next entry to which Andrew and Harriet were witnesses].
His son was registered in January-March 1871 in Farnham.
In the 1871 census as Andrew Baker aged 22, born in Frensham, Surrey, a labourer and living with his wife (Harriett), (step)daughter (Kate) and son (Edward), his mother-in-law (Harriett Barber) and her two sons (Daniel and William) at Lion's Green, Shottermill, Frensham, Surrey.
His son was baptised on 11 June 1871 at St Stephen, Shottermill when he was a labourer of Shottermill.
His son was baptised on 28 July 1872 at St Stephen, Shottermill when he was a laborer of Shottermill - I cannot locate a registration.
His son was born on 3 February 1875, registered in January-March 1875 in Farnham and baptised on 20 June 1875 at St Stephen, Shottermill when he was a labourer of Shottermill.
His wife was buried on 8 October 1878 at St Stephen, Shottermill.
In the 1881 census as Andrew Baker aged 32, born in Frensham, Surrey, widowed, a general labourer and living with his three sons (Andrew, Edward and Frederick) and (step?)daughter (Kate) at Lion's Green, Shottermill, Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1891 census as Andrew Baker aged 42, born in Frensham, Surrey, widowed, a general labourer, and living with his two sons (Edward and Frederick) and (step)daughter (Kate) at Lion's Lane, Shottermill, Surrey.
In the 1901 census as Andrew Baker aged 52, born in Frensham, Surrey, widowed, a general labourer, and living with his married (step)daughter (Kate Stacey), her husband (David T), and two daughters (Lilian and Rose Ellen) at Lion Lane, Shottermill, Surrey.
In the 1911 census as Andrew Baker aged 62, born in Esher (sic - in the index, Churt on the original), Surrey, widowed, a general labourer, and living in the Union Workhouse, Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey.
In the 1921 census as Andrew Barnett (sic - in the index, Baker on the original), aged 72 years 9 months, widowed, a labourer employed by S Bide and Sons Farmers of Farnham, and lodging with Thomas Hide (aged 58 years 5 months, born in Ibworth, Hampshire, one child under 16 aged 15, and a farm labourer employed by S Bide and Sons Farmers of Farnham), his wife (Alice aged 57 years 4 months and born in Wootton, Hampshire, three sons (Albert aged 17 years 9 months, single and a blacksmith employed by S Bide and Sons Farmers of Farnham, Edward aged 15 years 7 months and a clerk employed by Wey Valley Water of Farmham, and Frederick aged 22 years 10 months, single and a farm labourer employed by S Bide and Sons Farmers of Farnham, all born in Farnham, Surrey), daughter (Florence aged 19 years 10 months born in Farnham, Surrey, single and no stated employment), and another lodger (William Barnett aged 51 years 3 months, born in Farnham, Surrey, single and a labourer employed by S Bide and Sons Farmers of Farnham) in seven rooms at High Mill, Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey.
Death of Andrew Baker in FreeBMD in April-June 1925 aged 76 in Farnham (2A 198).
Entry in Shottermill Burials for Andrew Baker on 7 May 1925 aged 76.
In The Bakers of Headley it states Edward's sixth child, Andrew, was born on 29 October 1848. He married Harriet Barber, by whom he had four children, all born in Frensham: Kate born in 1869, Edward in 1871, Andrew in 1873 and Frederick in 1875. Harriet evidently died in the late 1870s, for in 1881 Andrew was recorded as a widower, living at Lion Green, Frensham, and working as a 'general labourer'.
There are twenty four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Andrew Baker.
Andrew Baker was my great granduncle.
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