See also
Husband:
Wife:
Mary Ann Knight (1866- )
Children:
Marriage:
28 Mar 1891
St. Margaret's Church, Vicarage Road, Plumstead, London, England1 2
Herbert a widower of 180 Maxey Road Plumstead serving as a police constable and son of Jeremiah Baker a coachsmith. Mary Ann a spinster of 25 Orehard Road Plumstead and daughter of George Knight a labourer. Married by banns and witnessed by C Knight and E Bridgehouse
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
general labourer, police constable and sergeant, time keeper then an assurance agent6 7 2 8 9 10 11 12
Birth:
Q4 1863
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 7)
Church Yard, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England13
son attending school and living with his parents Jeremiah and Sarah, sisters Ellen and Ada, and his widowed grandmother Mariah (sic) Rose. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk
Baptism:
22 Feb 1874 (age 10)
St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England4
son of Jeremiah Baker (coachsmith) and Sarah Ann Maria of Stowmarket, baptised with sisters Ada Hart and Elizabeth
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 17)
Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England6
son working as a general labourer and living with his parents Jeremiah and Sarah, sisters Ada, Alice and Edith, and brother Harry. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 27)
180 Maxey Road, Plumstead, London, England8
married head of the household as Herbert S Baker serving as a police constable and living with his wife Mary. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 37)
20 Alsen Road, Tollington Park, Islington, London, England9
married head of the household working as a policeman and living in three rooms with his wife Maryann, and daughter Edith. Born in Suffolk
Witness:
1 Nov 1903 (age 39-40)
Herbert William Baker witnessed the marriage of Harry Baker and Rose Ellen Day on Sunday on 1 November 1903 in St. Anne's Church, Poole's Park, Islington, Middlesex, England
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 47)
73 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England10
a married and retired policeman working as a time keeper at an explosives manufacturer and living in six rooms with his wife Mary Ann, daughter Edith, and son Herbert. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 57 yrs 7 mns)
26 Ipswich Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England11
married head of the household working as an assurance agent canvassing and collecting for the Liverpool & Victoria Friendly Society and living in five rooms with his wife Mary Ann. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk
Death:
Q3 1939 (age 76)
Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England5
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
Birth:
5 Jan 1866
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 5)
24 Hudson Road, Plumstead, Kent, England16
daughter living with her parents George and Eliza, and brothers James and George. Born in Plumstead Kent
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 15)
25 Orchard Road, Plumstead, Kent, England15
daughter working as a nursemaid and living with her widowed grandfather George Knight, her parents George and Eliza, and brothers James, George, Alfred and William. Born in Kent
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 25)
180 Maxey Road, Plumstead, London, England8
married wife working as a dressmaker and living with her husband Herbert. Born in Plumstead Kent
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 35)
20 Alsen Road, Tollington Park, Islington, London, England9
married wife living in three rooms with her husband Herbert, and daughter Edith. Born in Plumstead
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 45)
73 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England10
a married wife living in six rooms with her husband Herbert, daughter Edith, and son Herbert. Born in Plumstead London and married for twenty years with two children, both of whom are still living
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 55 yrs 5 mns)
26 Ipswich Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England11
married wife doing household duties and living in five rooms with her husband Herbert. Born in Plumstead London
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 73)
26 Ipswich Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England17
a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living alone. Born on 5th January 1866
Name:
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Occupation:
Birth:
14 Aug 1892
Baptism:
6 Nov 1892 (age 0)
St. Margaret's Church, Vicarage Road, Plumstead, London, England19
daughter of Herbert William Baker (police constable) and Mary Ann of 180 Maxey Road
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
20 Alsen Road, Tollington Park, Islington, London, England9
daughter living in three rooms with her parents Herbert and Maryann. Born in Plumstead
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
73 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England10
unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker and living in six rooms with her parents Herbert and Mary Ann, and brother Herbert. Born in Plumstead London
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 10 mns)
Hanford House, Hanford, Dorset, England20
an unmarried lady's maid living in thirty-two rooms with Capt. Karl and Winifred Livinstone-Learmouth and family, two visitors and twelve other servants. Born in Plumstead London
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 47)
28 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England21
a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her son Norman, a closed record (presumably her daughter Gwynneth), and her future husband William Rose. Born on 14th August 1892 and married a Rose at a later date
Death:
29 Nov 1943 (age 51)
Burial:
3 Dec 1943
St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England24
aged 51 of 28 Lime Tree Place Stowmarket
Probate:
26 Feb 1944
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23
of 28 Lime Tree Place Stowmarket Suffolk (wife of William James Rose) died 29th November 1943, administration of effects of £599 10s 5d (~£22,000 in 2017) to the said William James Rose chemical industry employee
Son: Herbert George Jeremiah Baker
Spouse: Nora Alice Smith
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Occupation:
railway clerk27
Birth:
15 Feb 1902
Baptism:
17 Sep 1905 (age 3)
St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England28
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 9)
73 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England10
son living in six rooms with his parents Herbert and Mary Ann, and sister Edith. Born in Holloway London
Census absence:
19 Jun 1921 (age 19)
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 37)
65 Shaftesbury Avenue, Dovercourt, Essex, England27
a married railway clerk and a member of the ARP for LNER at Parkeston living with his wife Nora, a closed record (presumably daughter Georgina), daughter Christina, and son John. Born on 15th February 1902
Witness:
8 Aug 1942 (age 40)
Herbert George Jeremiah Baker witnessed the marriage of William James Rose and Edith Florence Baker on Saturday on 8 August 1942 at St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Death:
29 Apr 1957 (age 55)
Harwich and District Hospital, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England26 29
Probate:
28 Aug 1957
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England29
of 35 Shaftesbury Avenue Dovercourt Essex died 29th April 1957 at the Harwich and District Hospital Dovercourt, probate of effects of £4,180 13s 3d (~£95,000 in 2017) to Lewis Crickmore solicitor and William George Smith dock porter
Note that Herbert is easily confused with Herbert Baker born in Great Finborough in 1863
Unsure when and where Mary died as there are a few possibilities
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woolwich 1891 quarter:1 volume:1d page:1405. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.
Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Plumstead St. Margaret marriages 1881-1900 page:58 entry:116. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1863 quarter:4 volume:4a page:483. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.
Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary entry:450. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1939 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1222. Cit. Date: 23 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1851 folio:15 page:24 schedule:106. Cit. Date: 11 February 2022.
Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Thornton Heath St. Paul marriages 1872-1893 page:165 entry:329. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:537 folio:35 page:23 schedule:163. Cit. Date: 19 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:169 folio:67 page:14 schedule:95. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10691 class:RG78 piece:576 registration district:209 sub-district:3 enumeration district:6 schedule:61. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9356 registration district:209 sub-district:2 enumeration district:9, 10, 11 schedule:15. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.
Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary marriages 1916-1929 page:59 entry:117. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1734 folio:56 page:9 schedule:39. Cit. Date: 19 March 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lewisham 1866 quarter:1 volume:1d page:824. Cit. Date: 24 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:755 folio:45 page:10 schedule:348. Cit. Date: 24 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:792 folio:45 page:37 schedule:175. Cit. Date: 24 November 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6627H page:19 line:37 letter code:TWMG. Cit. Date: 24 November 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woolwich 1892 quarter:3 volume:1d page:1289. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.
Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Plumstead St. Margaret baptisms 1860-1922 page:205 entry:1639. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:10133 registration district:258 sub-district:1 enumeration district:4, 5 page:2. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6626H page:19 line:33 letter code:TWMA. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1943 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1307. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1944 page:796. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.
Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1999, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary burials 1927-1946 page:89 entry:709. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1902 quarter:2 volume:1b page:207. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Harwich 1957 quarter:2 volume:4a page:546. Cit. Date: 21 November 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1515F page:24 line:3 letter code:DBZI. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.
Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary baptisms 1892-19*07 page:90 entry:714. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1957 page:272. Cit. Date: 21 November 2025.