George Baker

26 August 1827 to 1 October 1877

BAK00127

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The Bakers of Highfields Story The Story of the Dods and Bakers and of Highfields, Fenton House and Hasfield Court. A journey through the history of Cheshire and Staffordshire, an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who retained his lands after the Conquest, pottery at Stoke on Trent, an encounter with Elgar, and the history of an Elizabethan manor house at Audlem

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The Dod Family The Family Tree of the Dods, predecessors to the Bakers of Highfields

The Bakers of Fenton House and Hasfield Court The Family Tree of the pottery Bakers of Stoke on Trent

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The Hall Family The genealogy of the family of James Hall, linked to the Baker family through marriage to Arthur Baker

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1827

George Baker was the son of William and Ann (nee Hough) Baker (BAK00102). He was born on 26 August 1827 and baptised at Audlem on 27 August 1827 (Audlem Parish Records).

1841

1841 Census – Highfields, Audlem, Cheshire

William Baker, 50

Ann Baker, 45

Richard Baker, 25, solicitor

William Baker, 20,

Sarah Baker, 20

Ann Baker, 20

John Baker, 15

Mary Baker, 15

Jane Baker, 15

George Baker, 13

Thomas Baker, 11

Charlotte Baker, 9

Charity Baker, 7

6 others

1851

1851 Census – Highfields, Woodhouse Lane, Buerton, Nantwich, Cheshire

William Baker, 63, head, magistrate esquire

Ann Baker,57

Ann Baker, 30

Mary Baker, 27

Jane Baker, 25

George Baker, 23

Thomas Dod Baker, 21

Charlotte Baker, 19

Charity Baker, 17

4 servants

Waggoner

1852

He was admitted as a solicitor in 1852; partner in Machin & Baker of Audlem. He was a clerk to Audlem Petty Sessions.

1856

(Chester Chronicle, 31 May 1856)

1861

1861 Census – Kinsey Heath, Buerton, Nantwich, Cheshire

William Baker, head, widower, born Leominster, Herefordshire in 1788, 73, magistrate

Ann Baker, daughter, unmarried, 38, magistrate’s daughter, born Buerton

Mary Baker, daughter, unmarried, 33, magistrate’s daughter, born Buerton

Jane Baker, daughter, unmarried, 30, magistrate’s daughter, born Buerton

George Baker, son, unmarried, 28, solicitor, born Buerton

Charlotte Baker, daughter, unmarried, 25, magistrate’s daughter, born Buerton

Henrietta Baker, granddaughter, unmarried, 11, born London

Jane E Baker, granddaughter, unmarried, 6, born Buerton

Richard D Baker, grandson, unmarried, 4, born Buerton

A visitor, John R Piercy, 29 (who would marry Mary Baker in 1863)

3 house servants and a groom

1862

(Chester Chronicle, 6 September 1862)

1864

The Staffordshire Advertiser, 4 June 1864: TURNPIKE ROADS. WHITCHURCH AND MADELEY TURNPIKE TRUST. Notice is hereby given, that the general annual meeting of the trustees or commissioners of the above Turnpike roads will be held at the Corbet Arms Hotel, in Market Drayton, in the country of Salop, on Saturday, the 18th day of June next, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of auditing and passing the accounts of the said road for the year ending the 31st of December, 1863, and to examine the estimate of the probable expenditure on the said roads for the current year ending the 31st of December, 1864, and for the transaction of other general business relating to the said trust. George Baker, Clerk to the trustees. Audlem, 18th May, 1864.

1865

The Staffordshire Advertiser, 18 February 1865: WHITCHURCH AND MADELEY TURNPIKE TRUST. Notice is hereby given, that the general annual meeting of the trustees or commissioners of the above Turnpike roads will be held at the Corbet Arms Hotel, in Market Drayton, in the country of Salop, on Tuesday, the 7th day of March next, at the hour of half past ten o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of auditing and passing the accounts of the said road for the year ending the 31st of December, 1864, and to examine the estimate of the probable expenditure on the set same roads for the current year, ending the 31st of December 1865, for the transaction of other general business relating to the set trust. George Baker, clerk to the trustees. Audlem, 6th February 1865.

(Chester Chronicle 21 October 1865)

1866

(Both in Chester Chronicle, 27 January 1866)

(Chester Chronocle, 8 September 1866)

1867

The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales, 6 March 1867: WHITCHURCH AND MADELEY TURNPIKE TRUST. Notice is hereby given, that the general annual meeting of the trustees or commissioners of the above Turnpike roads will be held at the Corbet Arms Hotel, in Market Drayton, in the country of Salop, on Tuesday, the 12th day of March next, at the hour of half past ten o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of auditing and passing the accounts of the said road for the year ending the 31st of December, last, and to examine the estimate of the probable expenditure on the set same roads for the current year, ending the 31st of December 1867, for the transaction of other general business relating to the set trust. George Baker, clerk to the trustees. Audlem, 9th February 1867.

1868

(Chester Chronicle, 22 February 1868)

1869

(Chester Chronicle, 1 May 1869)

1870

George Baker married Jane Allman, daughter of Richard Allman of Buerton, Cheshire in, 1870 (licence 15 November 1870) at St George, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

They had one son and three daughters.

1871

1871 Census – Audlem

George Baker, head, 42, solicitor

Jane Baker, 22, his wife

Ann Baker, 3 weeks, born 1871 in Audlem

1877

George Baker died on 1 October 1877, aged 48, and was buried at Audlem on 5 October 1877. Baker George of Audlem Cheshire died 1 October 1877 Probate London 20 January to John Bellyse Baker gentleman. Effects £946 3s (Probate Record).

Gravestone at Audlem Cemetery

After he died:

1881

1881 Census, Audlem, Cheshire

Jane Baker, Head, Widow, Female, 31, b 1850, Annuitant, Audlem, Cheshire, England

Mary Baker, Daughter, Single, Female, 8, 1873, Scholar, Audlem, Cheshire, England

Richard D Baker, Son Single Male, 6, b 1875, Scholar, Audlem, Cheshire, England

Ellen Baker, Daughter, Single, Female, 4, b 1877, Audlem, Cheshire, England

1936

Jane Baker was twenty years younger than George. She died in 1936, aged 86.

FUNERAL OF MRS BAKER. The funeral of Mrs Baker took place on Friday. Canon F E Hicks conducted a service at the parish church and at the cemetery. Mr R Blakeman, the organist, played ‘Blessed at the departed. and ‘O Rest in the Lord’. The hymns were ‘Let Saints on earth in concert sign’ and ‘Abide with me’. The mourners were Mr Richard Dod Baker, son, Miss Baker, Miss Nellie Baker, Mr and Mrs Scott, son-in-law and and daughters, Miss Charity Baker, Mrs Bell Baker, Mr. John Baker, Miss B Mangnall, the Rev J Bellyse, Mrs M Timmos, Mrs Ewart, Miss hardman, Mrs H Stafford, Mrs Eric Smith, Mr and Mrs F W Lawton, Mrs W Smith, Miss Taylor, Mr James, Mrs C Griffiths, Mrs HJ Thomas, Mrs A Ridgewell, Miss I J Brampton, Mrs J Huntbach, Mrs W Dale, Miss HK Burton, Miss Jessop, Miss Hill, Miss Goldbourne, Miss Atkin, Mr Levi Williams, Miss a Williams, Mr. John Hampson, Mr Bert Timmis, Mr. John Morton, Mr Sam Smith, Mr FJ Shuker, Mr. James Morrey, Miss Cooper, and Mrs W Cartwright. (Crewe chronicle, 7 March 1936).