John Leonard Baker and Emily Annis Lawrence

List of children (transcribed by Armie Baker from family bible around 1962)
John's Death Record
Emily's Death Record
Emily's Ancestors

Emily was of Welsh-English ancestry but born in Lisbon (near Ogdensburg), New York. There were three Lawrence boys: Will, Miner, and Lewis. There were three sisters to Emily: Ann (Sullivan), Libby (Golden), and Mary (Merril).

John Leonard's Death Registration shows his birthplace as Winchester, but we know that he lived in the Williamsburg area, and then on to Winchester area (both Martin and John appear in the 1871 census in Winchester). The family homesteaded near Creelman Saskatchewan in c.1902, and then John Leonard and Emily bought a 50 acre farm in Huntley Twp. around 1906, near Carp Ontario, were they appear on the 1911 census. They later moved to the Winchester area, where they lived until the year before their deaths in 1926.

A John L Baker's farm appears on the 1879 map of Dundas County, Williamsburg Twp. at Lot 5, Con 6, just east of where Upper Canada Village now stands. He seems freely to have crossed the St. Lawrence River, eventually meeting Emily in New York State. [Need to confirm that this is the same JL Baker. Probably not, as we have JL in Winchester for both the 1871 and 1881 census.]

Emily Lawrence and John Leonard Baker c.1915

There is, of course, lots of confusion over dates and details. The following chart identifies the sources of some of the dates that are floating around.

Detail	Fact	Source
John's birth	Jan. 28, 1841	John's Death Registration # 020738 26
John's birth	c.1847	1851 Winchester Twp. census
John's birth	c.1847	1871 Dundas census
John's birth	c.1847	1881 Dundas census
John's death	Jan 25, 1926	John's Death Registration # 020738 26
Emily's birth	Feb. 4, 1847	Emily's Death Registration #020741 26
Emily's birth	c.1852	1881 Dundas census
Emily's death	Feb. 28, 1926	Emily's Death Registration #020741 26

1851 Winchester Census

ID	First Name	Sir Name	Family Place	Occupation	Age Next Birthday	Place of Birth	Religion	Sex	Census Page
2419	Martin	Baker	Head	Farmer	44	Winchester	Wesleyan Methodist	M	97
2420	Elizabeth	Baker	Wife		34	Winchester	Wesleyan Methodist	F	97
2421	Gordon	Baker	Son	Labourer	10	Winchester	Wesleyan Methodist	M	97
2422	William	Baker	Son	Labourer	8	Winchester	Wesleyan Methodist	M	97
2423	Alonzo	Baker	Son	Labourer	6	Winchester	Wesleyan Methodist	M	97
2424	John	Baker	Son	Labourer	4	Winchester	Wesleyan Methodist	M	97
2425	Simon	Baker	Son		2	Winchester	Wesleyan Methodist	M	97

1871 Winchester Census
Martin and John appear in the 1871 census for Dundas as:
Martin Baker, Farmer, Winchester, age 62, origin German
John Baker, Farmer, Winchester, age 24, origin - German

1881 Census Winchester, Dundas, Ontario
District 102, Sub-district F Division 2, Page 39, Household 157 BAKER, John L, Married, Male, German Origin, Age 34, Born Ontario, Farmer, E. Methodist
BAKER, Emely, Married, Wife, English Origin, Age 29, Born USA, E. Methodist
BAKER, William L., Son, German Origin, Age 8, Born Ontario, E. Methodist (Probably William Clinton Baker)
BAKER, Alfred, Son, German Origin, Age 5, Born Ontario, E. Methodist
BAKER, Mary, Daughter, German Origin, Age 2, Born Ontario, E. Methodist.

John and Emily, with Nora and Grant Morris

John Leonard Baker, Morris Grant, Ruby and Emily (Clinton's daughters), Emily Lawrence, and unknown?

"Uncle Morris Grant Baker's family & Grandma and Grandpa Baker" at uncle Grant's.

John obituary

Emily obituary

John L. Baker and Emily Lawrence