Born in Elmsdale, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Baker
and Isabella (Grant) Cruikshank
Sister of
Elizabeth Ann (Baker) Drysdale, Charles Alexander Baker, Jannet (Baker) Ryan, Isabel (Cruikshank) Walker [half], John Edwin Cruikshank [half], James Edgar Cruikshank [half] and Bertram Claude Cruikshank [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Minerva Ellen Baker was born December 13, 1869 in Elmsdale, Hants County, Nova Scotia to John Baker and Isabella Grant.
Her father died in 1869 and on March 29, 1871 her mother married John Cruickshank. They were living in Nine Mile River, Hants County, Nova Scotia at the time of the 1871 Census.
Sometime before 1881 they moved to to 86 Quinpool Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On June 23, 1890 at the age of 20, Minerva married Henry Johnson in Halifax, Nova Scotia by Methodist Lisence. Henry was born in St Margaret's Bay to Robert and Frances Johnson. Witnesses to the nuptials included Alex Baker and Bella Cruickshank with the Reverend Richard Smith officiating.
Her husband died in 1907 and is buried in the Camphill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sources
- Nova Scotia Census Reports
1871 Census Nine Mile River, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
- NSHVS
Birth Registration Year 1940 Pg 91100133.
Marriage Registration Year 1890 Book 1818 Pg 172 #213.
- FamilySearch Birth Link[1]
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Acknowledgments
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minerva by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Minerva:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minerva by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Minerva:
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~1.56%
Paulette Plamondon
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~1.56%
Jeannette Plamondon :
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