Individual Details

Ernest Benjamin BAKER

(18 Oct 1865 - 8 Jun 1949)

Birth	18 Oct 1865	Wattle Street, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
Baptism	31 Dec 1865	St Paul's C of E, Chippendale, New South Wales, Australian Colonies
Note	1870	According to an obituary in the Nepean Times (16 June 1949) Ernest went to live with his aunt Sarah (nee Harmer) & uncle Henry Barber in Katoomba following his mother's death in 1870
Note	1883	He joined the Railway Dept in 1883 as a porter at Katoomba. He was transferred to Wallerawang 2 years later
Marriage	2 Feb 1887	Church of England, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia - Eleanor Mary TOMLINSON
Occupation	14 Jun 1889	railway shunter in 1889 - Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	30 Dec 1891	railway guard by 1891, based in Lithgow - Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Living (fam)	1 Aug 1915	"Glenroy", Penrith, New South Wales, Australia - Eleanor Mary TOMLINSON
Death	8 Jun 1949	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	10 Jun 1949	General Cemetery, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

Spouse	Eleanor Mary TOMLINSON (1865 - 1947)
Child	Charlotte BAKER (1888 - 1888)
Child	Francis Ernest "Barney" BAKER (1889 - 1973)
Child	Henry James "Harry" BAKER (1891 - 1945)
Child	Percival Williams "Percy" BAKER (1895 - 1949)
Child	Cecil Harold BAKER (1898 - 1973)