1851 Census
Name: Harriet Startup ; Age: 20 ; Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Relation: Servant
Where born: Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England
Civil parish: East Farleigh ; County/Island: Kent ; Country: England
- servant to the Kennett family
Birth:1855 Dec Elizabeth Ann Startup Maidstone 2a 372
1855 Birth in the Sub-district of Marden in the County of Kent
Twenty Sixth November 1855 Union Workhouse, Linton
Elizabeth Ann, girl
Father ---, Mother Harriet Startup, occupation ---
X the mark of Harriet Startup, mother, Union Workhouse, Linton, Nineteenth December 1855
Nathaniel Walterson, registrar
The Maidstone Union Workhouse at Linton - where Lizzie was born.
Marriage:
1858 Sep John Baker, Harriet Startup, Maidstone
2a 691
1858 Marriage solemnized at Trinity Church in the Parish of Maidstone
in the County of Kent
17th Aug.
John Baker, 27 yrs, Bachelor, Labourer, Chapel Court, father William Baker
labourer
Harriet Startup, 27yrs, Spinster, --- , St. Faith's St., father Henry
Startup, labourer
Married in the Trinity Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of
the Established Church by Certificate by me R. F. McGlynn
This marriage was solemnized between us John Baker, Harriet - x her mark
-Startup, in the presence of us Thomas Cox, Charlotte - x her mark - Cox.
[ something illegible was added above the word Maidstone ]
1861 Census
Civil parish: East Farleigh ; County/Island: Kent
Address: Louen? St.
John Baker abt 1832 East Farleigh, Kent, Head ag lab
Harriett Baker abt 1831 Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, Wife
Elizabeth Ann Baker abt 1856 Linton, Kent, Daughter
Emily Eliza Baker abt 1860 East Farleigh, Kent,
Daughter
Friend William Baker abt 1860 East Farleigh, Kent, Son
William Baker abt 1797 Maidstone, Kent, Father
widower ag lab
1868
Death - Name: BAKER, Harriet; Record Type: Deaths; Age at death: 37;
Quarter: March Year: 1868 ; District: Maidstone; County: Kent; Volume:
2a Page: 326
1868 Death in the Sub-district of Loose in the County of Kent
Seventh March 1868 East Farleigh
Harriet Baker, Female, 37 years, Wife of John Baker farm labourer
Phthisis? Certified
John Baker present at Death, East Farleigh, Twenty Fourth March 1868,
H. Streatfield? Registrar
1871 Census
Civil Parish or Township: East Farleigh ; County/Island: Kent
Address: Lower Rd.
John Baker abt 1832 East Farleigh, Kent,
Head ag lab
Elizabeth A Baker abt 1856 East Farleigh, Kent, Daughter Housekeeper
Friend W Baker abt 1860 East Farleigh, Kent,
Son ag lab
Tom Baker abt 1863 East Farleigh, Kent, Son
scholar
Alice Baker abt 1865 East Farleigh, Kent, Daughter
William Baker abt 1797 Maidstone, Kent, [father] ag lab
1881 Census
Civil parish: East Farleigh ; County/Island: Kent
Address: Lower St
John Baker abt 1832 East Farleigh, Kent,
Head Lower St, widow ag lab
Friend W. Baker abt 1860 East Farleigh, Kent, Son Lower St, ag lab
Tom Baker abt 1863 East Farleigh, Kent, Son Lower St, ag lab
Alice Baker abt 1865 East Farleigh, Kent, Daughter Lower St, housekeeper
Alice Baker married or died by the 1891 census
1888 Mar marriage: BAKER, Friend William : BILLETT, Mary or Hobbs, Esther
; Maidstone
2a 809
Births Mar 1889 Baker Ernest Goward Maidstone 2a 723
Births Dec 1890 Baker Gertrude Edith Maidstone 2a 660
1891 Census
Civil parish: East Farleigh ; Ecclesiastical parish: East Farleigh ; Town:
East Farleigh ; County/Island: Kent
Address: Hartridges Cottages
Baker, Tom abt 1863 East Farleigh, Kent,
Head nurseryman's labourer
Baker, Mary Elizabeth abt 1865 Folkestone, Kent,
Wife
Baker, Ernest Seward abt 1889 East Farleigh, Kent,
Son
Baker, Gertrude Edith abt 1890 East Farleigh, Kent, Daughter
Baker, John abt 1832 East Farleigh, Kent, Father Farm labourer
- no trace of Friend William Baker in the 1891 Census, see 1901
Births Mar 1894 Baker Arthur Thomas Maidstone 2a 763
[ this John Baker was from Hunton, wrong one, though our JB does appear to have died between 1891-1901, age 60-70 - 1895 death: Name: Baker, John ; Record Type:Deaths Age at death:63 Quarter:December Year:1895 District: Maidstone County: Kent Volume: 2a Page: 399 ]
1901 Census
Civil parish: Boxley ; Ecclesiatical parish: Boxley the Blessed Virgin
Mary ; Town: Boxley
County/Island: Kent
Address: Sittingbourne Rd.
Tom Baker abt 1863 East Farleigh, Kent,
Head nursey yard labourer
Mary E Baker abt 1865 Folkestone, Kent, Wife
Ernest E Baker abt 1889 East Farleigh, Kent, Son
Gertrude E Baker abt 1891 East Farleigh, Kent, Daughter
Arthur T Baker abt 1894 Maidstone, Kent, Son
1901 Census
Civil parish: Maidstone ; Ecclesiatical parish: St Michaels and All Angels
; County/Island: Kent
Address: Tonbridge Rd. ; 4 Grays Terrace
Friend W Baker abt 1860 East Farleigh, Kent,
Head grocers' warehouseman widower
Phyllis M Baker abt 1889 Maidstone, Kent, Daughter
Fred Dan abt 1886 Wateringbury, Kent, Nephew
printer's labourer
Charlotte Dann abt 1859 Yalding, Kent, Sister-in-law
Selina Grinsted abt 1890 Maidstone, Kent, Boarder
from Rosemary:
Friend Baker was married to Esther Hobbs, sister of my great grandmother, Charlotte. There was a typhoid epidemic in Maidstone in 1897: Esther contracted the disease and died. Shortly before this, Charlotte's husband, Edward, also died, though not of typhoid. As a result, Charlotte moved in with Friend as his housekeeper, taking with her her youngest son Frederick. She was then carer for Friend's daughter Phyllis, and the girl boarded out from Linton Workhouse, Selina Grinsted.
1911 Census (appears to be living alone)
BAKER FRIEND WILLIAM M 1860 51 Maidstone Kent
Gertrude Edith appears to have married between 1901-1911
1911 Census
Hollingbourne Kent
BAKER TOM M 1863 48
BAKER MARY ELIZABETH F 1865 46
BAKER ERNEST GOWARD M 1889 22
BAKER ARTHUR TOMAS M 1894 17
Marriages Jun 1918 Baker Phyllis M : Acott Wallace G; Maidstone 2a 1819