2,782 documented Baker ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Occupational surname for a baker of bread; among the most common English trade names.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 2,755 Baker records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Mary, John, William, Robert and Charles.
Of the 2,766 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Nicholas Baker, born 1760 in England.
Documented Baker families on this page come from History of Athens County, Ohio, Past and present of Appanoose County, Iowa and A Centennial Biographical History of Seneca County, Ohio.
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Deceased Baker ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Occupational surname for a baker of bread; among the most common English trade names.
The documented line here reaches back to 1760. Most Baker lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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