Individual Details
Ephraim Edward Baker
(Abt 1841 - 18 December 1876)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1841 | Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, British North America | |||
| Marriage | 15 November 1866 | Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America - Mary "Nancy" Hopkins |  | ||
| Census | 1871 | Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |  | | |
| Death | 18 December 1876 | Mouth of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada | | | |
| Occupation | Seaman |
Families
| Spouse | Mary "Nancy" Hopkins (1848 - 1927) |
| Child | Porter Baker (1868 - ) |
| Child | Annie Eliza Baker (1869 - ) |
| Child | Nelson Egbert Baker (1872 - 1950) |
| Child | Cynthia Bertha Baker (1875 - ) |
| Father | Frederick Baker (1813 - 1870) |
| Mother | Barbara Ann Heisler ( - ) |
Notes
Census
Ephraim is listed as being Dutch with the occupation of a fisherman.Death
Ephraim Edward Baker commanded the Mary Jane, a fishing boat displacing 10 tons. When coming up to Halifax with a load of fish on 17 December 1876 during a snow squall his ship struck Thrump Gap Shoal. In attempting to launch a small life boat in which to save themselves, the life boat was smashed alongside the Mary Jane and he drowned with Franklin Gould, one of his crewmen.His body was recovered on McNab Island and sent to East Jeddore for burial (Morning Herald, 21 Dec. 1876).
Endnotes
1. Nova Scotia, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Year: 1866 book: 1815 page: 67 number: 161, marriage registration, Ephraim Baker and Nancy Hopkins, married Jeddore, Halifax County, 15 November 1866; database with images, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 15 October 2022).
2. 1871 Canada Census, Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Nominal Return of the Living, district 197, subdistrict i, pages 48-49, dwelling 153, family 157, household of Efream [Ephraim] Baker ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1871 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871 : accessed 14 January 2021).
3. Nova Scotia, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Death Registration: Year: 1876 book: 1808 page: 616 number: 966, Edward Ephraim Baker death at Halifax, Halifax County, 18 December 1876; database with images, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 19 June 2022).