# George Baker

George Baker (ABT 1811 – 27 JUN 1889); born in East Coker, Somerset, England; married Mary King; parent of 1 child.

**Lifespan:** ABT 1811 – 27 JUN 1889

## Spouses
- [Mary King](/p/mary-king-83013.md) — m. 25 DEC 1832

## Children
- [Amelia Baker](/p/amelia-baker-82922.md)

## Timeline
- ABT 1811 — **Born** at East Coker, Somerset, England
- 9 JUN 1811 — **Baptised** at East Coker, Somerset, England — CONTESTED. A George Baker was baptised at East Coker, St Michael, on 9 June 1811, the son of Malachi Baker and Martha - the only George Baker born in the parish between 1805 and 1818, and the year matches the age of 43 our George gave on arriving in November 1854 from East Coker. But on the Kate's second list George named his own parents as Nicholas and Margaret, not Malachi and Martha, so this baptism may belong to a same-name man of the same parish. The event is kept on him because the parish, the year and the fact that only one George was born there all point this way; the parentage is not asserted, and he remains linked to Nicholas and Margaret.
- 1840 — **Occupation** — Weaver, at East Coker in Somerset — the trade the parish register records for him at his daughter Eliza's baptism in January 1840. East Coker's industry was sailcloth, webbing and twine; the handloom weavers of the village were in decline by the 1850s, which is the background to the family taking an assisted passage to New South Wales in 1854. By the time he sailed he is recorded as able neither to read nor write.
- 18 NOV 1854 — **Immigrated** — The Baker family arrived at Sydney on the ship Kate as assisted immigrants from Somerset: George 43, his wife Mary 45, and their daughters Eliza 15, Amelia 13 and Susan 11. Recorded as Church of England. Amelia's own arrival is on her record separately.
- 27 JUN 1889 — **Died**

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