Birth: 10 May 1837 Churt, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: John Baker 1793-1879
Mother: Mary Moorey 1807-1869
Christening: 2 July 1837 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 12 June 1865 Wandsworth, Surrey, UK, Surrey, UK
Wife: Elizabeth Fox 1839-1888
Marriage: July-September 1889 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Mary Marden 1852-1909/10
Death: 16 November 1932 Crosswaters Farm, Churt, Surrey, UK
By Elizabeth
Allen Baker 1866-1937
Frank Baker 1867-1949
George Baker 1869-a1928
James Baker 1874-1946
Joseph Baker 1877-1954
John Nicholas Baker 1882-1943
By Mary
Leonard Marden Baker 1891-a1911
Florence Mary Baker 1893-1927
Christening of Joseph Baker in the IGI on 2 July 1837 in Frensham, Surrey, parents John and Mary Baker.
In the 1841 census as Joseph Baker aged 4 born in Surrey, and living with John and Mary (parents?), John and Stephen (brothers?), Angelina, Ellen, Emily, Maria and Priscilla (sisters?), two male servants (William Backurst aged 15 and born in Surrey and Richard Marshall aged 15 and not born in Surrey) and two female sevants (Ann Cole aged 14 and born in Surrey and Charlotte Marshall aged 20 and not born in Surrey) and Mary Cook (aged 55 and born in Surrey) in Lower Churt, Farnham, Surrey.
In the 1851 census as Joseph Baker aged 13, born in Frensham, Surrey, employed as an apprentice dressmaker, and living with his parents (John and Mary), four brothers (Albert, Joseph, Seller and Stephen), six sisters (Clara, Ellen, Emley, Kate A, Maria, Matilda and Priscille), a visitor (Angelina Mary aged 19, and born in Richmond, Surrey) and a servant (George Glaysher aged 22, born in Headley, single and employed as an agricultural labourer) in Lower Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1861 census as Joseph Baker aged 23, born in Frensham, Surrey, single, no stated employment, and living with his parents (John and Mary), four brothers (Albert, Maurice, Selbe and Steven), and four sisters (Clare, Kate, Metilda and Prisille) in Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
Marrage of Joseph Baker and Elizabeth Fox in FreeBMD in April-June 1865 in Wandsworth (1d 782).
In the 1871 census as Joseph Baker aged 33, born in Frensham, Surrey, a bailiff, and living with his wife (Elizabeth), and three sons (Allen, Frank and George), who were lodging with George Baker (his uncle), another lodger (John Baker - another uncle) and a servant (Maria Carby (sic in the index, Maria Larby on the original, daughter of Samuel and Ann who were living next door) aged 10 and born in Frensham) at Crosswaters, Churt, Frensham.
In the 1881 census as Joseph Baker aged 43, born in Frensham, Surrey, a farmer of 26 acres employing one boy, and living with his wife (Elizabeth), five sons (Allen, Frank, George, James and Joseph) and brother (Selby) at Crosswater, Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
His wife died in 1888.
Marriage of Joseph Baker and Mary Marden in FreeBMD in July-September 1889 in Farnham (2a 181).
In the 1891 census as Joseph Baker aged 53, born in Frensham, Surrey, a farmer and employer, and living with his wife (Mary), four sons (James, Joseph, John Nicholas and Leonard Marden) at Cross Waters Farm, Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1901 census as Joseph Baker aged 63, born in Frensham, a farmer working on his own account at home, and living with his wife (Mary), three sons (James, John N and Leonard) and daughter (Florence) at Crosswaters, Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
His wife died in 1909-1910.
In the 1911 census as Joseph Baker aged 73, a farmer and dairyman, and living with James, John Nicholas and Leonard Marden (sons?) and Florence Mary (daughter) at Crosswater, Churt, Farnham, Surrey.
Death of Joseph Baker in FreeBMD in October-December 1932 aged 95 in Farnham (2a 1230).
Bakers of Headley states John’s fifth child, Joseph, was born in Frensham on 10 May 1837 and baptized there on 3 July. He was married twice, first to Elizabeth Fox, by whom he had six children: Allen, born in 1866, Frank in about 1867, George in 1869, James in 1874, Joseph in 1878 and John Nicholas, date unknown. The 1881 census records the family at Crosswaters Farm in Churt; Joseph was a “farmer of 26 acres employing one boy”. Elizabeth evidently died soon after that, for Joseph married again – Mary (surname unknown), by whom he had a further two children: Leonard M (birth date unknown) and Florence May, born in 1893.
Susan F Belsey has an entry for Joseph Baker born on 10 May 1837 in Frensham, Surrey, in Surrey, parents John Baker and Mary Moorey, his marriage to Mary andto Elizabeth Fox, his eight children, and his death on 16 November 1932 in Crosswaters Farm, Churt, Surrey.
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Joseph Baker born about 1838 in Frensham, Sureey, parents John and Mary Baker, his marriage to Elizabeth Fox on 12 June 1865 in Lambeth, Middlesex, his five children, his marriage to Mary Marden in September 1889 in Farnham, and his three children (John Nicholas being given the wrong mother).
Joseph Baker was my half first cousin three times removed. His wife Mary Marden was his second cousin and my second cousin twice removed.
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