Charlotte Baker
4 June 1810 to 26 December 1874
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1812
Charlotte Baker was the daughter
of William and Mary (nee Bourne) Baker (BAK00106).
She was born on 4
June 1810 and baptised in Stoke on
Trent on 12 May 1812 (Stoke on Trent Parish
Records).
1841
Census
1841 – High Street, Stoke upon Trent
Mary Baker,
Female, 70, 1771, Staffordshire, England
William Baker, Male, 40, 1801, Staffordshire,
England
Jane Baker,
Female, 35, 1806, Staffordshire, England
Charlotte Baker, Female, 25,
1816, Staffordshire, England
Thomas Naylor,
Male, 20, 1821, Staffordshire, England
Sarah Bailey,
Female, 30, 1811, Staffordshire, England
Charlotte Leese,
Female, 20, 1821, Staffordshire, England
Elizabeth Gee,
Female, 12, 1829, Staffordshire, England
1851
Census
1851 -
High Street, Stoke upon Trent
Mary Baker, Head,
Widow, Female, 81, 1770, Annuitant, Shelton, Staffordshire, England
William Baker, Son, Unmarried, Male, 50, 1801,
Joint coal proprietor earthenware manufacturer employing 380 males and 187 females farmer of 31 acres, Fenton, Staffordshire
Jane Baker,
Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 40, 1811, Lady, Fenton, Staffordshire, England
Charlotte Baker,
Daughter, Unmarried, Female, 35, 1816, Lady, Fenton, Staffordshire, England
Thomas Naylor,
Servant, Unmarried, Male, 30, 1821, Footman, Cheshire, England
Sarah Lowe,
Servant, Unmarried, Female, 30, 1821, House servant cook,
Drayton, Shropshire, England
Mary Chatfield, Servant, Unmarried, Female, 38,
1813, House servant housemaid, Sandon, Staffordshire, England
Elizabeth
Chatfield, Servant, Unmarried, Female, 26, 1825, House servant housemaid,
Manchester, Lancashire, England
1861
Census
1861 - 14,
High Street South Side, Stoke upon Trent
William Baker,
Head, Unmarried, Male, 61, 1800, Earthen ware manufacturer employing 600
persons, Fenton, Staffordshire, England
Charlotte Baker, Sister,
Unmarried, Female, 50, 1811, Railway proprietor, Fenton, Staffordshire,
England
Mary E Cartwright, Niece, Unmarried, Female, 33,
1828, Railway proprietor, Trentham, Staffordshire, England
Mary Chatfield,
House servant, Married, Female, 46, 1815, Ladies maid, Sandon, Staffordshire,
England
Ann Kent, House
servant, Unmarried , Female, 36, 1825,
Cook, Cheshire, England
Mary Fenton,
House servant, Unmarried, Female, 22, 1839 ,
Housemaid, Stone, Staffordshire, England
Ann Marsh, House
servant, Unmarried, Female, 19, 1842, Housemaid, Staffordshire, England
Thomas Naylor, House
servant, Unmarried, Male, 48, 1813, Footman, Rock Ferry, Lancashire, England
Miss C Baker in
1861, taken by Camille Silvy
(see also Miss
C Baker, National Portrait Gallery)
Charlotte, died unmarried 26 December 1874
having succeeded her brother William in Fenton House (remainder to Rev Ralph
Bourne Baker) (Burke, John and Burke, Sir
Bernard (1836)(Eighteenth Edition, 1972), Bellyse
Baker of Highfields in Burke’s Landed Gentry, Volume 3, pages
35 to 38).
1874
She died on 26 December
1874,
aged 64, and is buried at Christ Church, Fenton (Christ
Church, Fenton Parish Records, Find
a Grave index). Baker, Charlotte. Effects under £60,000. 1
February. The Will of Charlotte Baker late of Fenton House in the county of
Stafford spinster who died 26 December 1874 at Fenton House domiciled in
England was proved in the principal registry by the reverend Ralph Bourne Baker
of Hasfield Court in the county of Gloucester Clark the brother Sarah Hitchman
of Fenton House widow the sister and Joseph Gimson of Fenton in the county of
Stafford manufacturer the Executors (Probate
Records).
Deaths. On
December 26th, after a short illness, Miss Charlotte Baker, of
Fenton House. (Staffordshire
Sentinel, 31 December 1874).