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12965
Surname: Baker
First Name: Mrs.
Ship: -
Date: 1844 28 September
Place: Morpeth
Source: MM
Details: Sold hat to Charles McLean 3 months before he died.


89568
Surname: Baker
First Name: Mrs. H.G
Ship: -
Date: 1852 21 April
Place: Keera Bundarrah river, New England
Source: MM
Details: Gave birth to a son on 30th March


134818
Surname: Baker
First Name: Mrs. H.G
Ship: -
Date: 1856 3 June
Place: Waterloo, New England
Source: MM
Details: Gave birth to a daughter on 25th May 1856


14078
Surname: Baker
First Name: Pleasant
Ship: Lady Nugent
Date: 1838
Place: Hinton
Source: ABGR
Details: Bounty immigrant


154501
Surname: Baker
First Name: Rebecca
Ship: -
Date: 1843 1 October
Place: Muswellbrook
Source: Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records
Details: Birth of Rebecca, daughter of George and Mary Baker


87667
Surname: Baker
First Name: Rebecca Louisa
Ship: -
Date: 1852 21 January
Place: Dempsey Island
Source: MM
Details: Marriage of William Pullen of Bolwarra to Rebecca Louisa, 2nd daughter of John Baker of Dempsey Island on 12 January. Officiating clergy Rev. Stephen Rabone


108632
Surname: Baker
First Name: Rebecca Louisa
Ship: -
Date: 1832 22 April
Place: Dempsey Island, district of Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle. Baptisms p17
Details: Daughter of John and Hannah. Baptism


10887
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: -
Date: 1841
Place: Raymond Terrace
Source: 1841 Census Index
Details: Co. Gloucester, District Raymond Terrace


22170
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: -
Date: 1846 10 June
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Unclaimed letter in the General Post Office, Sydney


28760
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Indian 1810
Date: 1814 6 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle


28761
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Indian 1810
Date: 1817 10 March
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: Prisoner at Newcastle. Claiming his term of transportation had expired


14079
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Lady Nugent 1838..
Date: 1838
Place: Hinton
Source: ABGR
Details: Farm labourer, settler. Husband of Pleasant


171003
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Lady Nugent 1838..
Date: 1838
Place: -
Source: State Records Online Shipping List
Details: Native place Salhurst. Calling Labourer. Age 36. Arrived with his wife, two daughters and two sons. To work on his own account. (not engaged for employment)


30950
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 1828
Place: Port Stephens
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Aged 24. Labourer assigned to Australian Agricultural Company


106455
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 1842 November
Place: Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages p17
Details: Marriage of Richard Baker aged 38 of Stroud and Elizabeth Burkin aged 25. Witnesses Henry Lambourne and Matilda Laverty


122374
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 1842 11 October
Place: -
Source: GG
Details: Granted Conditional Pardon. Dated 1st October 1841


140785
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 1837
Place: Port Stephens
Source: GRC
Details: Age 32. Tried in Worcester. Ticket of leave holder


195484
Surname: Baker
First Name: Richard
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 14 September 1826
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4011]; Microfiche: 661
Details: Richard Baker age 22. Groom from Dudley. Tried at Worcester 7 March 1826. Sentenced to transportation for life for highway robbery. Assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company on arrival


198920
Surname: Baker
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1888
Place: Scone district
Source: The Aldine centennial history of New South Wales illustrated / W. Frederic Morrison Morrison, W. Frederic Sydney. The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888
Details: Robert Baker, Proprietor of Willow Tree Inn. - Mr. Baker was born in Dartbrook, Scone, in 1843, and followed pastoral pursuits till 1879, when he opened a butcher s shop in Scone, and carried it on for three years. In 1882 he took a lease of the Willow Tree Inn, one of the oldest buildings in the town, once used as a court house, and occupied as a hotel for nearly thirty years. It was the property of the late Mr. Jerry, and in 1887 Mr. Baker became owner of it and other properties under Mr. Jerry s will. It contains about twenty-five rooms, and has an extensive connection with the outlying settlers. Mr. Baker was married in 1872 to the second daughter of William Worrad of Dartbrook, and has four sons and one daughter. He is looked on in the district as a genial and obliging host, and an energetic and honest citizen. His father, Mr. George Robert Baker, who was born in Berkshire, England, was one of the pioneers of New South Wales. at one time being manager of Yarrindi and Inveriniu stations. He subsequently became proprietor of a comfortable estate in Dartbrook, and left his family in good circumstances at the time of his death on 16th October, 1863.


199076
Surname: Baker
First Name: Robert
Ship: 1862
Date: 1888
Place: Hamilton, Newcastle
Source: The Aldine centennial history of New South Wales illustrated / W. Frederic Morrison Morrison, W. Frederic Sydney. The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888
Details: ROBERT BAKER was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1829. He visited America when twenty-five years of age and returned two years after. He came out to Melbourne in 1862, and at once settled in New South Wales, where he spent eleven years at the Araluen diggings with fair success. Going hence to Hill End, he remained there eighteen months, and removed to the Newcastle district, where he has since continued to reside. He worked for six years at the Borehole pit, and took an active part in the Mining Association. He was elected as check weighman and has held the position for nine years. He was returned in 1882 as an alderman of Hamilton, and, having served his full term, was re-elected in 1887, becoming mayor in 1888. He has been an earnest supporter of every measure for the public good and has gained in his dual position at the works and as alderman a very large number of friends. Mr. Baker has been a Mason for twenty years and is a member of the Hamilton Lodge. He is an earnest supporter of the temperance movement and has been a member of the executive council of the Good Templars. He is a deacon of the Baptist Church, and superintendent of the Sunday-school. Mr. Baker is the father of two sons and one daughter, who are alive and well.