Individual Details
Frederick Baker
(7 September 1813 - 23 July 1870)
Events
| Birth | 7 September 1813 | Tancook Island, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, British North America |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 April 1839 | Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, British North America - Barbara Ann Heisler | | ||
| Death | 23 July 1870 | from a broken neck after falling from the roof of his store - Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |  | | |
| Burial | Baptist Community Cemetery, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara Ann Heisler ( - ) |
| Child | Ephraim Edward Baker (1841 - 1876) |
| Father | Johann Jacob Baker ( - ) |
| Mother | Judith Cross ( - ) |
Notes
Death
The date of death enscribed on his grave marker is different (19 August 1870).Endnotes
1. "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428: accessed 5 May 2022), entry for Frederick Baker, baptized 23 November 1813, St. Stephen's, Nova Scotia; citing Parish registers of baptisms, marriages, deaths and other records for some Catholic and Church of England in Canada parishes from Nova Scotia.
2. Don & Mary Shankle, Down East: A Maritime Heritage (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~downeast/genealogy/ : accessed 29 November 2025), marriage information for Frederick Baker and Barbara [Haisler] Heisler in BMD table transcribed on site.
3. Nova Scotia, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Death Registration: Year: 1870 book: 1808 page: 268 number: 522, Frederick Baker, died at Halifax County, 23 July 1870; database with images, Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives (https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ : accessed 5 May 2022).
4. "Mr. Frederick Baker," obituary, The Christian Messenger, 14 September 1870, page 6; UNB Libraries New Brunswick Historical Newspapers Project (https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/ : accessed 29 November 2025).
5. Baptist Community Cemetery (East Jeddore, Halifax County, Nova Scotia), Frederick Baker and his wife Barbre [Barbara] grave marker; photographed by Robert Finch, 2013.