Augustus Baker (1843 - 1874)

Born 17 Aug 1843 in Hartlebury, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Anna (Fraser) Baker — married 14 Jun 1869 in South Bersted, Sussex, England

Died 7 Aug 1874 at age 30 in Bognor, Sussex, England

Biography

Augustus Baker was born in 1843, the son of Reverend Thomas Baker and his wife Elizabeth Lloyd Carr. Educated at Leamington and at Christ's College, Cambridge, he was a guest of his aunt Sybella at Nyton in the 1861 census. Ordained priest in 1863, he was awarded an LL.B in 1866 and appointed curate of Addington, Buckinghamshire. From there, in 1867 he served as curate in Broughton, Manchester, followed by St Bartholomew, Sydenham, from 1868 to 1870. In 1869 he married Mary Anna Fraser,^[1] and in 1870 was made a trustee of his aunt Sybella.^[2]. That year he was appointed rector of Naunton Beauchamp,^[3] but died in 1974 and was buried at South Bersted.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Augustus Baker Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 14 Jun 1869 Event Place: South Bersted, Sussex, England Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Thomas Baker Spouse's Name: Mary Anna Fraser Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Fraser GS Film Number: 000918259 Digital Folder Number: 004428649 Image Number: 00667 Citing this Record "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q7-2X2G : 11 March 2018), Charles Fraser in entry for Augustus Baker and Mary Anna Fraser, 1869.
2. ↑ On 7 May 1870 Rev. Augustus Baker of Pagham, clerk, made trustee of marriage settlement of Charles Peckham Peckham and Sybella Jane Carr
3. ↑ Venn, Alumni
4. ↑ Name: Augustus Baker Event Type: Burial Event Date: 11 Aug 1874 Event Place: South Bersted, Sussex, England Age: 30 Birth Year (Estimated): 1844 GS Film Number: 002197905 Digital Folder Number: 004427894 Image Number: 00323 Citing this Record "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KG85-T5L : 11 March 2018), Augustus Baker, 11 Aug 1874; citing Burial, South Bersted, Sussex, England, 00323, The Keep, East Sussex Record Office; West Sussex County Record Office, Chichester.