Philip BAKER

1825 - 1910  (85 years)

• Name	Philip BAKER
  Birth	2 May 1825	Flat Island, Lunenburg, NS   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 May 1910	Indian Point, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Burial	Indian Point, Lunenburg, NS
  Person ID	I52892	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2008

  
  

  Father	Johann Caspar BAKER,   b. 17 May 1797, Lunenburg County, NS d. 27 Nov 1827, Flat Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Dorothea HEISLER,   b. 28 Feb 1798, Lunenburg County, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Apr 1824	Lunenburg County, NS   [2]
  Notes	Eliza BAKER's Statement of Claim--Genealogical Proof is a document associated with the BAKER Fortune Hoax of the early 1900's. A very large number of BAKER descendants prepared these documents to substantiate their supposed relationship to a non-existent Jacob BAKER of Philiadelphia; their quality ranged from professional to hilarious, and I cannot say where Eliza BAKER's Statement fell within this quality spectrum. However, I can say that: a. Edmund Langille's notes do have a Philip BAKER as a child of Caspar and Dorothea (HEISLER) BAKER. b. This Philip was born 02 May 1825 according to the DRL register. c. When Philip BAKER, known husband of Mary Elizabeth HARNISH dies at Indian Point, his age is given as 85 years, which matches exactly the DOB in the DRL register for Philip, s/o Caspar and Dorothy. Philip's occupation is given as Fisherman and his POB as given as Flat Island. So he is a Tancook BAKER. d. There are no other BAKER's bearing the name Philip born around that time, on Tancook (or anywhere else), at least that I know of. [Bob H] Eliza BAKER's Statement of Claim--Genealogical Proof is a document associated with the BAKER Fortune Hoax of the early 1900's. A very large number of BAKER descendants prepared these documents to substantiate their supposed relationship to a non-existent Jacob BAKER of Philiadelphia; their quality ranged from professional to hilarious, and I cannot say where Eliza BAKER's Statement fell within this quality spectrum. However, I can say that: a. Edmund Langille's notes do have a Philip BAKER as a child of Caspar and Dorothea (HEISLER) BAKER. b. This Philip was born 02 May 1825 according to the DRL register. c. When Philip BAKER, known husband of Mary Elizabeth HARNISH dies at Indian Point, his age is given as 85 years, which matches exactly the DOB in the DRL register for Philip, s/o Caspar and Dorothy. Philip's occupation is given as Fisherman and his POB as given as Flat Island. So he is a Tancook BAKER. d. There are no other BAKER's bearing the name Philip born around that time, on Tancook (or anywhere else), at least that I know of. [Bob H]
  Family ID	F14442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth HARNISH,   b. 11 Jul 1843, Blandford, Lunenburg, NS d. Between 1901 and 1908, Indian Point, Lunenburg, NS (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1861	Blandford, Lunenburg, NS   [4]
  Children	1. Sophia Ezara BAKER,   b. 4 Aug 1865, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. 1949, New Dublin, Lunenburg, NS (Age 83 years)   2. Ellen Matilda BAKER,   b. 4 Apr 1866, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. 23 Mar 1925, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 58 years)   3. Timothy S. BAKER,   b. 1869, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. 1903, East River, Lunenburg, NS (Age 34 years)   4. Joseph Martin BAKER,   b. 6 Nov 1873, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. 5 Feb 1968, Upper Blandford, Lunenburg, NS (Age 94 years)   5. Celesta BAKER,   b. 1875, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   6. Melinda Victoria BAKER,   b. 5 Jul 1877, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. 27 Jul 1945, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 68 years)   7. Alonzo J. BAKER,   b. 21 Mar 1880, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. 1959, East River, Lunenburg, NS (Age 78 years)   8. Noah Franklin BAKER,   b. 10 Dec 1885, East River, Lunenburg, NS d. 20 Jan 1961, Gulliver's Cove, Digby, NS (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F5854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] 1901 Census of *NS*, Lunenburg County, Chester (East), family #55. [S9190] Parish Register, Dutch Reformed Church--Lunenburg. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1910, Book 13, Page 120, #714. [S9244] Parish Register, St. Barnabas' Anglican Church--Blandford, Page 6, #11--cited by Fran Levy.