Florence (Seward) Baker (1872 - 1946)

Born 29 Sep 1872 in Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Alpheus Howard Baker — married 4 Mar 1891 in Smiths Falls, ON

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1946 at age 73 in Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Florence was born in 1872, the daughter of Thomas Seward and Mary Langdon.

Birth

Florence was born in Somersetshire, England, on September 29, 1872, the daughter of Thomas Seward and Mary Langdon.

Marriage

Alpheus Baker, 35, residing in Burgess Township, born in Lyndhurst, widower, farmer, son of George Baker and Florilla Baker, married

Florence Seymour (sic), born Somersetshire, England, daughter of Thomas Seymour and Mary Seymour,

Witnesses: Frank Seward, and Emma (Baker) Seward,

On March 4, 1891, at Smiths Falls, Ontario.

Children

1. Violet Levina, born October 23, 1892, married Thomas Ernest Collins
2. William Howard, born October 8, 1895
3. Lucy Pearl, born February 18, 1896
4. Myrtle Leila, born March 6, 1898, married Phylander Norton Howard
5. Thomas, born May 1905
6. Delbert, November 1907

Death

Record found on Ancestry, not yet available on Family Search.

Florence, of Portland, Ontario, died on February 14, 1946, at the Smiths Falls Hospital. She was born on September 29, 1872 in England, the daughter of Thomas Seward and Mary Landis (sic), both born in England. The informant was her sister, Winnie Bryden, of Elgin. Her cause of death was bronchopneumonia and influenza. She had been in the hospital for four days for a broken arm, following a slip and fall on the ice in the backyard of her home.

Burial

Florence was buried at Halladay Burial Place, in Elgin, Ontario.

Sources

Descendants of Thomas Seward & Mary Langdon, Christine Daniels.

"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y39Y-89T?cc=1784216&wc=3N7Y-YWG%3A1584309303%2C1584318401%2C1584318601 : 28 May 2015), Marriages > 1891 > no 3244-7393 > image 1145 of 1564; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Find A Grave: Memorial #110669719

Census Records

1891 Census, Bastard & Burgess South, Leeds South, Ontario

• Baker, Alpheus, 38
• Baker, Florence, 18
• Baker, Ruth, 16
• Baker, Charles, 12
• Baker, Mabel, 10
• Baker, Edith, 7

1901 Census, Bastard & Burgess, Leeds, Ontario

• Baker, Alpheus H., born 29 Sept 1855
• Baker, Florence, born 29 Sept 1872, born England, immigrated 1888
• Baker, Charles, 17 June 1879
• Baker, Violet, 23 Oct 1892
• Baker, William H., 8 Oct 1895
• Baker, Lucy R., 18 Feb 1896
• Baker, Myrtle L., 6 Mar 1898

1911 Census, Bastard & Burgess Twp, Leeds, Ontario

1921 Census, Bastard & Burgess, Leeds, Ontario