Outback Graves Markers

Thomas Samuel Martin BAKER

Burial Location:Mount Morgans  (details...)
Occupation: Storekeeper and hotelier
Place of Death: Mt Morgans Hospital
Date of Death: 09 March 1909
Date of Burial:10 March 1909
Age:78 years
Cause of Death:Paralytic Stroke
OGM Ref#: 2993
Headstone:OGM Aluminium

Biography

The deceased had a wayside inn at Redcastle, near Mt Morgans. He died in hospital from a stroke he had two weeks prior.

He left an estate valued at £94 14s. 3d to Joseph Patrick Flynn.

Thomas Samuel Baker was the eldest of nine children born to Mary Ann and William Baker who were married on 15 March 1830 in Plymouth.  Both Mary Ann and William were born in Devon .  Their family consisted of 7 daughters and 2 sons.  Thomas' siblings were: Mary Ann born 1833; Elizabeth Agnes born about 1838; Hannah Wickett and William John possibly twins born 15 April 1839; Grace Bishop born 1844; Ruth Martin born October 1846; Phoebe born October 1848; Rhoda born 1 April 1852.

Parents:Mary Ann (nee MARTIN) and William BAKER
Spouse:1. Johanna MURRAY 2. Anny Hedwig TURK
Marriage Details:1. Married Ballarat on 21 February 1857; Marriage Registration 504/1857
2. Married at Redcastle, near Mt Morgans in 1908; Marriage Registration 430006/1908, Mt Margaret
Children:1. William Anthony born 6 December 1857 at Ballarat; Samuel Thomas born 22 April 1859 at Buninyong; Mary Hannah born 13 October 1860 at Linton; Henry Edward born 29 June 1862 at Linton; Rhoda Magdalene born 14 September 1864 at Enochs Point; Durias born 5 May 1866, died December 1866; Elizabeth Emily Agnes born 25 March 1867 at Woods Point; Phoebe Josephine 17 January 1869 at Gaffneys Creek; Grace Catherine born 10 March 1871 at Jamieson; Alice Murray born August 1873 at Enochs Point, died 1877 at Enochs Point; Ada May born 15 March 1875 at Enochs Point; Ruth May born 21 June 1877 at Jamieson;
Birth Details:Born Plymouth, England, 1831
Death Certificate:4300008/1909, Mt Margaret