James Edward Baker (1787 - 1873)

Born 31 Dec 1787 in Ulcombe, Kent, England

Husband of Frances (Skinner) Baker — married 21 May 1809 in Barming, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1873 at age 85 in Carclew, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

James Edward Baker was born in 1787 at Ulcombe, Kent, England.

He married Frances Skinner on 21 May 1809 in Barming, Kent, England.

He, his wife and several of their children all ended up in South Australia, however they do not appear to have travelled on the same ship. There was an Edward Baker on the Isabella Watson in 1846, which was the voyage on which his 20-year-old son George migrated.^[1] The Biographical Index of South Australians also reports that he migrated on Isabella Watson on 14 May 1846.^[2]

List of children:

• James born (?) and baptised on 15 March 1811, died 28 March 1811.^[3] Unconfirmed trees on Ancestry.com suggest James may have had a brother George baptised and died on the same days, but no records found yet (Dec 2017)
• Eliza 1812-1893 stayed in England, married John Maynard
• Frances 1814-1877 Married William Baker Costen June 1833 Maidstone (they migrated to SA on Pestonjee Bomanjee 1838), Stephen List December 1839 Adelaide, then William Nottle, Gawler River 1870
• James 1817-1884 Married Diana Dyer at Maidstone in 1834, she died in Virginia South Australia in 1865, remarried to Harriet Stella Cocker in North Adelaide 1866, died 1884 licencee of Kentish Arms Hotel owned by Cocker family for ten years
• Martha 1819-1912 married WIlliam Sturn in Gawler, 1851, moved to Victora
• Rebecca 1822-1877 married William Stark in Gawler in 1850, died in Gawler 1877
• George 1825-1915 migrated 1846, married Jane Higgins in Gawler, 1848
• Edward 1827-1914 married Agnes Pearson in Gawler 1849, moved to Victoria ~1853, remarried in Victoria, died 1914 at Romsey, Vic.
• William Henry 1831-1910, married Mary Alderman in 1852 in Gawler

His death on 7 July 1873 was recorded at Gawler River in the district of Port Gawler.^[4]

His name appears on the same headstone as Jane (his daughter-in-law), George (his son, Jane's husband), Frances (his wife) and Bruce Henry Baker (aged 2 months in March 1874). He is also recorded as being buried at Carclew cemetery (now in Penfield Gardens, adjacent to the former Carclew Primitive Methodist Church).^[5] managed by the City of Playford, however no headstone remains.

Sources

1. ↑ ADELAIDE SHIPPING. (1846, May 16). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 2. Retrieved December 16, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27452853
2. ↑ BAKER, Edward James accessed 1 July 2022 via Genealogy SA
   

   Surname: BAKER

   Given Names: Edward James

   Parents: Elizabeth

   Life Information: Birth 31.12.1787 Ulcombe KEN ENG. Death 07.07.1873 Gawler River SA. Burial Carclew SA. Arr SA 14.05.1846 from ENG 'ISABELLA WATSON'. Religion C/E.

   Occupation: Farmer

   Residence: Pt Gawler, Gawler River.

   Spouse(s): Frances SKINNER (21.05.1809 Barming KEN ENG)

   Children: With Frances SKINNER: James (15.3.1811-), George (15.3.1811-), Eliza MAYNARD (4.5.1812-), Frances LIST, NOTTLE (6.9.1814-17.9.1877), James (3.4.1817-1.5.1884), Martha STURN (15.10.1819-), Rebecca STARK (1.8.1822-), George (20.1.1825-20.11.1915), Edward (14.9.1827-17.7.1914), William Henry (28.8.1831-4.2.1910).

   Notes: Not Recorded

   Rec Type: Main

   SNcode: BISA2

3. ↑ Ancestry.com index record, All Saints Parish, Maidstone, Kent, FHL Film Number: 1736877 shows baptism on 15 March and burial on 28 March of James son of James and Frances
4. ↑ Genealogy SA death index Given Name(s): James Edward Last Name: BAKER Death Date: 07 Jul 1873 Gender: M Age: 85y Approx. Birth Year: 1788 Marital Status: N Relative 1: Relative 2: Residence: Gawler River Death Place: Gawler River District: Port Gawler Symbol: Book/Page: 53/112
5. ↑ Playford Cemeteries A-k, City of Playford, accessed 16 December 2017