Birth: 1816 Simmonstone, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: George Baker 1774-1851
Mother: Ann (Anne) Swann 1782-1841
Christening: 9 July 1816 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 2 January 1841 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Anne (Ann) Philps c1816-1842
Death: January 1892 Farringdon, Hampshire, UK
Burial: 19 January 1892 All Saints, Farringdon, Hampshire, UK
Albert Baker 1841-1929
Christening of Wm Baker in the IGI on 9 July 1816 in Headley, Hampshire, parents George and Ann Baker. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Headley Baptisms for William Baker on 9 July 1816, son of George, a farmer of Simmonstone and Ann Baker. A note states he married Ann Philps on 2 Jan 1841.
His brother was baptised on 11 March 1818 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone and buried on 10 June 1818 at All Saints, Headley.
His brother was baptised on 4 April 1819 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone.
His brother was baptised on 29 April 1821 at All Saints, Headley when they were living at Simmonstone.
Marriage of William Baker and Anne Philps in FreeBMD in January-March 1841 in Farnham (4 113) which included Headley until 1846.
Marriage of William Baker and Anne Philps in the IGI on 2 January 1841 in Headley, Hampshire. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.
Entry in Headley Marriages for William Baker of full age and a farmer, son of George Baker also a farmer, and Anne Philps (Phillips) on 2 January 1841 witnessed by James Baker and Charlotte Baker (possibly his cousins, parents Stephen Baker and Mary Dutton).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for William Baker, father George Baker, and Anne Philps on 2 January 1841 in Headley, All Saints. "Page 11 1841 Marriage solemnized in the Parish of Headley in the County of Southampton [No.] 21 January 2d William Baker of Full age [a] Bachelor [and] Farmer [of] Headley [father] George Baker [a] Farmer, [and] Anne Philps of Full age [a] Spinster [of] Headley [father] Thomas Philps [a] Farmer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England in the Presence of us, James Baker [and] Charlotte Baker.
His son was christened on 23 May 1841 in Frensham, Surrey, although the parents are William crossed out and replaced by John and Ann Baker although there is no record of John marrying Ann.
In the 1841 census as William Baker aged 25, born in Hampshire, a farmer and living with Ann (wife?) and Albert (son?) at Barford, Headley, Hampshire.
His wife was buried on 25 April 1842 at All Saints, Headley.
In the 1851 census as William Baker aged 33, born in Headley, Hampshire, widowed, no stated employment and living his widowed father (George), two brothers (Albert - his son?) and Henry), sister (Sarah), a visitor (John Baker aged 40, born in Headley, single and a farmer of 49 acres employing three labourers), and two servants (William Mills aged 23, single and employed as an agricultural labourer and Martha Shrube (sic - Shrub on the original) aged 16 and born in Headley - my great grandmother) at Simmondstone, Headley. George's wife would have been too old for Albert to have been her son, and I assume this is William's son as in the 1841 census.
In the 1861 census as William Baker aged 44, born in Headley, Hampshire, head of the household, and living with his brother (Henry), sister (Marry), nephew (Albert - his son?), and two servants (Mark Barrnett aged 18 and Agmes Hunt aged 19, both born in Headley, Hampshire) in Headley, Hampshire.
In the 1871 census as William Rather (sic - in the index, Baker on the original) aged 43, born in Headley, Hampshire, widowed, a farmer of 46 acres, and living with his sister (Mary Rather), sister (Sarah Hatch aged 45, born in Headley and single - so not his sister), a servant (Sarah Brooks aged 14 and born in Farnham, Surrey) and a farm servant (George Loveland aged 50, born in Tetford (Tilford on the original), Surrey and single) at Simmonstone, Wishanger, Headley, Hampshire.
In the 1881 census as William Baker aged 64, born in Headley, Hampshire, widowed, a farmer and living with his grandson (Hector C), granddaughter (Alice E) and a servant (Richard Belton aged 28, born in Church, Surrey, single and an agricultural carter) at Telegraph, Farringdon, Hampshire.
In the 1891 census as William Baher (sic - in the index, Baker on the original) aged 73, born in Frensham, Surrey, widowed, a retired farmer and lodging with Thomas Keel (aged 74, born in Braishfield, Hampshire and a small farmer neither employed nor employer) and his wife (Elizabeth aged 74 and born in Farley, Hampshire) in Bridestone Lane, Farringdon, Hampshire.
Death of William Baker in FreeBMD in January-March 1892 aged 77 in Alton (2c 154).
Entry in Ancestry Hampshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1921 for William Baker on 19 January 1892 aged 77 at Farringdon. "Page 21 Burials in the Parish of Farringdon in the County of Southampton in the Year 1890 [...] 1891 [...] A.D. 1892 William Baker No. 166 [of] Farringdon [on] January 19th [aged] 77".
Baker's of Headley states George’s seventh child, William, was born in about 1816. He married Ann Philps on 2 January 1841; but ten years later is recorded as a widower, living at Simmondstone Farm. A directory of 1859 records William and Henry as farmers at Simmondstone.
Susan F Belsey has an entry for William Baker christened on 9 July 1816, son of George Baker and Anne Swann, and his marriage to Ann Philps on 2 January 1841.
William Baker was my first cousin four times removed.
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