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Baker, James

Male 1816 - 1898  (82 years)


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  • Name Baker, James  [1] 
    Born 1816  Felthorpe, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 28 Jan 1816  Felthorpe, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1851 
    Agricultural Labourer 
    Residence 1851  Horsford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1861  Horsford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1871  Horsford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1881  Horsford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1891  Drayton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 06 Jan 1898  Drayton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I32971  Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | Norman's of Felthorpe, Norfolk
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2017 

    Father Baker, Thomas,   b. 1792, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1823, Morton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Norman, Sarah,   b. Jan 1796, Felthorpe, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1877, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 17 Apr 1815  Felthorpe, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Wade, Eliza,   b. Abt 1823, Horsford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1878, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 1845  Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Baker, James,   b. Abt 1846, Horsford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Baker, John,   b. Abt 1847, Horsford, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Baker, Walter,   b. Abt 1849, Cawston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1851, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)  [natural]
     4. Baker, Eliza,   b. Abt 1850, Cawston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F11244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Larkman, Maria Ann,   b. Abt 1831, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1879  Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F11243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1816 - Felthorpe, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 28 Jan 1816 - Felthorpe, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1845 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1851 - Horsford, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Horsford, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1871 - Horsford, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1879 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Horsford, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1891 - Drayton, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 06 Jan 1898 - Drayton, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Family Crest
    Baker Famiy Crest    		Baker Famiy Crest
    This ancient surname is of Olde English pre 8th century origins deriving from the word 'boeccure'. The surname is always occupational, but not always for a maker1 of bread. There are a number of possible origins and these include an official with special responsibilities for the baking ovens in a monastery or castle, as well as the keeper of the 'communal kitchen' in a town or village, since most of the humbler households had no cooking facilities other than a pot over a fire. The right to be in charge of this service and to exact money or loaves in return for its use, was in many parts of Britain, a hereditary feudal privilege. Less often the surname may have been acquired by someone noted for specifically baking fine bread or as an owner of a kiln for the baking of pottery or even bricks. The surname is first recorded in the late 12th Century, and early recordings include such examples as Robert Bakere, a witness in the Assize Court Rolls of Lancashire for the year 1246, and Walter le Backere in the rolls of the county of Hampshire for 1280 a.d. The female form of the name is 'Baxter'. There have been no less than forty two 'Baker' entries in the "Dictionary of National Biography", and during the latter half of the 19th century the name was arguably the most famous in the country. This was owing to the exploits of Sir Samuel Baker, who with Stanley and Livingstone, was the greatest African explorer, and his brother, Valentine Baker, the famous Cavalry leader, known world wide as 'Baker Pasha'. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William le Bakere, which was dated 1177, in the "Pipe Rolls of Norfolk", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

  • Sources 
    1. [S835] Norfolk, England, Church, Baptism, Birth, Death, Marriage and Burials Record, Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England.
      Record for James Baker


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