Edward John Baker
4 August 1887 to 5 April 1936
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1887
Edward John Baker was the son of
William Meath and Hannah (nee Corbett) Baker (BAK00310).
He was born on 4
August 1887 in Hasfield (GRO Volume 6A page 454). He was baptised at Hasfield on
17 March 1889 (Hasfield Parish Records).
1891
1891 Census – Hasfield Court
William M Baker, 33 living
on his own means
Hannah M Baker, his wife,
31
William G C Baker, 5
Francis M Baker, 4
Edward J Baker, 3
A house chef, butler,
lady’s maid, 5 house maids and a footman
1901
1901 Census – 143 to 145 King’s Road, Brighton
William G C Baker, 15, visitor
Hannah Baker, 41, living on own
means, visitor
Francis R Baker, 14
Edward J Baker, 13
Ronald Writtle, Private Tutor
1911
1911 Census – Traynair,
Yelverton
Harold R W Writtle, 40, author
Edward J Baker, 23, boarder, photographic
student
Cook and two housekeepers
1914
He served in the First
World War as a sapper in Royal Engineers,
1914-16. He was with the Inland Water Transport unit in 1916 when he was
discharged.
He was unmarried.
He became a yacht designer.
1936
He died on 5 April 1936 at Cuckfield, Sussex (GRO Volume 2B page 206).