Dorothy (“Dot”) Baker

10 October 1888 to 26 June 1965

BAK00167

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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

Headlines of Dot Baker’s life are in brown.

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1888

Dorothy Baker was the daughter of John Bellyse and Richmal (nee Mangnall) Baker (BAK00151). She was born at Wanganui, New Zealand on 10 October 1888 (New Zealand Birth Index).

1891

1891 Census – Farm, Close Lane, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire

John B, Baker, Head, Married, Male, 40, Farm bailiff, born 1851, Audlem, Cheshire, England

Richmal Baker, Wife, Married, Female, 32, born 1859, Prestwich, Lancashire, England

Bellyse Baker, Son, Single, Male, 4, born 1887

Dorothy Baker, Daughter, Single, Female, 2, born 1889

William M Baker, Son, Single, Male, 0, born 1891, Yorkshire, England

1901

1901 Census – Taintree House, Audlem

Anne Mangnall, Head, Widow, 82, Living on own means, born 1819 Manchester, Lancashire

Florence Mangnall, Daughter, Single, 44, Governess, born 1857 Prestwich, Lancashire

Blanche Mangnall, Daughter, Single, 40, Governess, born 1861 Prestwich, Lancashire

William Mangnall, Grand son, Single, 24, Clerk (commercial), born 1877 Rusholme, Lancashire

Bessie M Mangnall, Grand daughter, Single, 19, born 1882 Rusholme, Lancashire

Dorothy Baker, Grand daughter, 12, born 1889 New Zealand

William M Baker, Grand son, 10, born 1891 Selby, Yorkshire, England

Hilda Brass, Boarder, Single, 20, Governess, born 1881 Liverpool, Lancashire

Elsie Morgan, Boarder, Single, 17, born 1884 Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales

Gertrude Stubbs, Boarder, 15, born 1886 Winsford, Cheshire

Sarah Merril, Servant, Single, 17, Housemaid (domestic), born 1884 Adderley, Shropshire

Evelyn Wycherley, Servant, Single, 14, Kitchenmaid (domestic), born 1887 Market Drayton, Shropshire

1911

1911 Census – Huntcliffe, St Anne’s on the Sea

John Bellyse Baker, 60, Boarding House Keeper, born Audlem

Richmal Baker, 52, born Prestwich, Lancashire

Bellyse Baker, Cotton Manufacturer’s clerk, born Wanganui, New Zealand

Dorothy Baker, 22, born Wanganui, New Zealand

William Mangnall Baker, 20, bank clerk, born Gateforth, Yorkshire

She became a schoolteacher and lived at Nantwich, Cheshire and later at Old Colwyn, Denbighshire.

1935

Dorothy wrote to Peggy Farndale in 1935 with her news:

1939

1939 Register – 57 Hospital; Street, Nantwich

Dorothy Baker, born 10 October 1888, private school master, single, ARP work

Charity (Richmal) Baker, born 23 July 1895, daily governess, single

1950

Aunty Dot with Margot Atkinson, 1950s Chat, Dot and Peggy Baker Chat

1965

Dot died unmarried on 26 June 1965. Her will was proved on 26 October 1965. Baker Dorothy of 24 Kensington Avenue Old Colwyn Denbighshire died 26 June 1965 Probate Bangor 26 October to Richmal Charity Baker spinster £6636 (Probate Records).