Edna Bessie (Perry) Baker (1903 - 1994)

Born 16 Oct 1903 in Bailey Island, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Wife of Stanley Irvin Baker — married 12 Feb 1921 in Orrs Island, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1994 at age 90 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Burial: Bailey Island Cemetery, Bailey Island, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine

Sources

• Sources: 1.Repository: Name: LDS Family History Library

Salt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Census: Maine; 1910 U.S. Federal Publication: microfilm Page: film 1374551; Harpswell, Maine; E.D.55; sheet 10 Text: age 7 2.Repository: Name: LDS Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Census: Maine; 1920 U.S. Federal Publication: microfilm Page: film 1820639; Harpswell, Maine; E.D. 18; sheet 7 Text: age 16 3.Title: Vital Records: Maine, Cumberland, Harpswell, Taken from Harpswell, Maine, Town Reports for the years 1892 to 1999 ... Author: Gilliam, Roberta A. and Koehling, Audrey M. Text: Edna Bessie Perry, dau. of James A. and Elvira Mida [Leeman], born 16 Oct 1903 [-m- Stanley I. Baker] 4.Title: Vital Records: State of Maine; Index To Vital Records, 1892 - 1907 Author: Maine: Division of Vital Statistics Publication: Salt Lake City; Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (microfilm) Page: film 0010015 Text: Edna Bessie Perry born Harpswell, 16 Oct 1903; living, 2nd child of James A. Perry, fisherman, of Harpswell, born Shelbourne, N.S.; and Elvira M. Leeman, bonr Harpswell 5.Title: Vital Records: Maine, Cumberland, Harpswell, Taken from Harpswell, Maine, Town Reports for the years 1892 to 1999 ... Author: Gilliam, Roberta A. and Koehling, Audrey M. Text: Edna B. Baker d. 20 Aug 1994, aged 90 yrs. 6.Title: Cemetery: Maine; The Tombstone Transcription Project: Cumberland County Cemeteries Text: USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Transcribed and submitted by Karen Ray <kray@clinic.net> Cook's Corner intersection, State Rt. 24 south 13.5 miles to the cemetery, right side of road. From THE BRUNSWICK RECORD, Brunswick, ME., June 17, 1965, article by Dale S. Davis: "Until 1809 Bailey people were buried mostly on nearby Orr's Island or across Merriconeag Sound on Harpswell." That year the 18 year old son of David Johnson drowned off the island. David buried him near his home, "diagonally across the present Route 24 and invited his friends to use adjacent land in a similar manner, thus establishing the cemetery. Later the Merriman, Stover, and Orr families gave additional lots for the same purpose. At the time they made one interesting stipulation: only natives could be buried there. They defined a native as one whose grandfather had been born on Bailey." The Willing Helpers, a group of devout women, assumed care of the cemetery in 1913 & still maintain it's care. A plaque in the cemetery reads: The Land for this Cemetery - a gift from the heirs of Lemuel H. Stover, Paul C. Merriman and James L. Orr. In loving memory of the Past. Dedicated to the use of Bailey Island Citizens A.D. 1927 I walked & transcribed this cemetery summer 1999. It is in good condition & maintained well. Names & dates were transcribed mid 1970's. Copy on file with Harpswell Historical Society, was used to compare with my transcription. Differences were noted and headstones recheck-ed before compiling the following. Headstones are listed alphabetically by surname, than first name on stone. Other names on stone are cross-indexed to that stone. Names and/or data taken from previous transcript is noted as [Hist. Soc]. If both name & data are noted [Hist. Soc] I did not see headstone in cemetery. Parenthsis ( ) indicate, date not on stone. Square brackets [ ] indicate, data added by compiler. Diagonals /// indicate, illegible. Spaces in epitaph indicate, end of line as cut on the headstone. Marker- denotes a military or organizational symbol. No name is abbreviated unless that is how it appears on the headstone. Text: Edna B. Perry 15 Oct 1903 - 20 Aug 1994 7.Title: Vital Records: State of Maine; Index To Vital Records, 1908 - 1922 Author: Maine: Division of Vital Statistics Publication: Salt Lake City; Filmed by the Genealogical Society Of Utah (microfilm) Page: film 0010074 Text: Stanley Irvin Baker: age 18; of Harpswell, born Orr's Island; fisherman; 1st marriage; intention 17 Jan 1921; married Orr's Island, 12 Feb 1921, by Clarence W. Smith, clergyman,of Orr's Island; Stanley is son of Israel Baker, fisherman, of Orr's Island, born Liscomb, Nova Scotia; and Bertha May Huff, of Orr's Island, born Bailey Island Edna Bessie Perry: age 17; of Harpswell, born Bailey Island; 1st marriage; daughter of James A. Perry, fisherman, of Bailey Island, born Rosenay, Nova Scotia; and Almira M. Leeman, of and born Bailey Island 8.Title: Vital Records: Maine, Cumberland, Harpswell, Taken from Harpswell, Maine, Town Reports for the years 1892 to 1999 ... Author: Gilliam, Roberta A. and Koehling, Audrey M.