Emily Jane Baker

7 October 1868 to 1 January 1941

BAK00158

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1868

Emily Jane Baker was the daughter of William and Henrietta Louisa (nee Bellyse) Baker (BAK00121). There is a birthday book held by the Noble family which has signatures by Emily Baker, 7 October; Henrietta Baker, 9 February and Tottie Baker, 29 July. These are the dates of their birthdays. She was baptised at Audlem on 24 December 1869 (Audlem Parish Records).

1871

1871 census – High Fields, Buerton, Audlem, Cheshire

William Baker, 54, head, land owner

Henrietta Baker, his wife 46

Henrietta Baker, 22

John Bellyse Baker, 20

Richard D Baker, 14

Arthur Baker, 11

Charity Baker, 8

Charlotte L Baker, 4

Emily J Baker, 2

Two visitors, including John Percy, their agent

Three servants

1878

See the diaries of Charity, Charlotte and Emily Baker covering the period 1878 to 1882.

1881

Census 1881, Highfields, Buerton, Nantwich, Cheshire:

John Bellyse Baker, head, single, born 1851, aged 30, gentleman

Henrietta Baker, single, born 1849, his sister, aged 32, no occupation

Richard Dod Baker, single, born 1857, aged 24, solicitor’s general clerk

Arthur Baker, single, born 1860, aged 21, no occupation

Charlotte L Baker, single , 14, scholar

Emily Jane Baker, single, aged 12, scholar

Mary Dobson, a visitor, aged 33

Martha A Egerton, single, 19, servant

1891

Census 1891, Sandy Lane, Audlem

Richard D Baker, head, single, 34, solicitor

Henrietta Baker, single, 42, living on her own means

Charlotte L Baker, single, 24, living on her own means

Emily J Baker, single, 22, living on her own means

Sarah Huntbach, general domestic servant

Thomas Baker (BAK00128), the third and last of the Baker architects, built a number of country houses in the area, including Hillside, Green Lane (later the home of Arthur Baker (BAK00155) and his family) and the Cedars (later the home of the three rather eccentric sisters, Poppy (BAK00150), Totty (BAK00157) and Emily (BAK00158) and the bachelor Richard Dod Baker (BAK00154).

1901

Census 1901 – The Cedars, Audlem

Richard D Baker, head, single, 44, solicitor, born Audlem

Henrietta Baker, single, 52, living on her own means

Charlotte L Baker, single, 34, living on her own means

Emily J Baker, single, 32, living on her own means

Sarah J Cooper, 23, servant

There was a kindergarten run at the Cedars, the residence of Richard Dod Baker, by the Misses Baker (Latham F A, Editor (1997), Audlem, The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships, Local History Group, page 101).

Dr Laffan’s daughter, a Mrs Noble, now in her eighties, lives in Yorkshire, and has a birthday book containing the signatures of the Baker family, of the Cedars, which was a kindergarten. She can remember her brother Cecil going to school there in petticoats. The signatures in her birthday book are Emily Baker 7^th October, Henrietta Baker 9^th February, and Tottie Baker 29^th July. (Burton, Marjorie (1973), Nineteenth Century Audlem, Audlem District Amenities Society, Johnson & Son Nantwich Limited page 22).

1911

Census 1911 – The Cedars, Audlem

Henrietta Baker, head, single, 62, private means

Charlotte Louisa Baker, 44, single, private means

Emily Jane Baker, 42, single, private means

Ethel May Baker, 17, general domestic servant

1914

Emily was a Red Cross volunteer nurse, 1914-19.

1921

Census 1921 – Sandy Lane, Audlem

Henrietta Baker, head, single, 72, home duties

Emily J Baker, 52, single, home duties

John Bellyse Baker, 70, visitor

Mary Edge, servant

Aunt Emily and Aunt Poppie (Henrietta) at Audlem 1930s

1930

(Letter undated about 1910 written by Emily Jane Baker to Lily Baker, Baker Records 119)

1941

She died unmarried on 1 January 1941. Baker Emily Jane of the Cedars Audlem Cheshire spinster died 1 January 1941 Probate Chester to Geoffrey Richard Baker farmer and Richmal Charity Baker spinster. Effects £4573 17s 9d (Probate Index).

(Estate of late Emily Jane Baker of The Cedars, Audlem, died 1 January 1941, Baker Records 137)