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| Name | BAKER – Robert |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 34th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 876 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 27th January 1831 / 17 years / Farnborough Suffolk England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Brown / Dark / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | North America 5 years 4 months |
| Length of Service | 16 years 341 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 26th February1849 / Boyle Roscommon Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Portsmouth England |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Portsmouth June 1850 – March 1861 Western Australia April 1861 – 1875 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1814 Beccles Suffolk England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BAKER John |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not known |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BARNES Catherine B 1824 Bp 6th February 1825 Portsea Hampshire England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 26th December 1842 St. Mary’s Portsea Hampshire D 1900 Coolgardie Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Catherine Letitia B 1843 Barracks Coventry Warwickshire England Bp 19th May 1843 St Michael in the City of Coventry M HOWE Thomas 16th February 1858 Champion Bay WA D 10th May 1909 East Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery Robert B 1849 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Bp 9th December 1849 St Mary, Portsea Hampshire England M HAMILTON Mary Louisa Stacy 12th October 1877 Pt Pirie, Clare, South Australia D 16th April 1915 Glanville, Adelaide South Australia Sarah B 1852 Fremantle Western Australia M EASTER Alfred 16th August 1871 at the residence of Mr Baker Port Adelaide SA D 21st July 1929 Rosewater Port Adelaide SA William B 1855 Fremantle Western Australia M MEAD Lucy 31st August 1881 Residence W. Mead Adelaide SA Eliza B 1857 Fremantle Western Australia M LEWIS George 10th August 1874 at the Residence of W. Lewis Portland Estate Port Adelaide Thomas Wilkinson B 1858 Fremantle Western Australia Frances Jane B 1860 Fremantle Western Australia M GREEN James 5th April 1878 Residence of Mr Cotton Port Pirie Clare South Australia D 19th November 1935 Fremantle WA George Edward B 19th September 1865 Portland Estate South Australia D 7th May 1868 age 2 years Portland Estate South Australia Rebecca B 2nd July 1868 Portland Estate South Australia |
| Father of 2nd wife Date/Place of Birth | BARNES William B 1791 Hampshire England |
| Mother of 2nd wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | GOLD/GOULD Mary B 1801 M 29TH May 1815 Alverstoke, Hampshire England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Assigned Lot 14 North Fremantle |
| Occupation after Arrival | Night Warder Convict Establishment 20th May 1851 to 10th June 1851 |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 5th April 1861 page 2 Passenger list Kestrel The West Australian Friday 22nd November 1935 page 18 Obituary Frances Jane Green |
| Departure from Western Australia | Left Western Australia 27th March 1861 with family for South Australia per Kestrel |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | D 16th February 1875 at Portland Estate, District of Port Adelaide South Australia (Ref: 63/423) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 27th September 1900 Coolgardie, Western Australia Bur Coolgardie Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Robert Baker 867 (sic) Corporal 34th Ft Depot Dover Castle Discharge due to varicose veins Robert Curtis Gooch Baker was a widower and a sergeant in the 34th Regiment when he married Catherine Barnes in 1842. His WO97 records he was a sergeant from 12th October 1841-22nd January 1843 covering the period of his marriage. Robert Baker requested that his sister accompany them on the voyage to WA but he was advised he would have to pay for her rations. After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation. Private Robert Baker, Gentleman’s servant, 9d, 21st January, married 3 children; we are missing one child who could be Matilda. 1855 Robert Baker and his wife and 4 children are living at the North Fremantle village they are all Protestants. In 1861 Robert and his family left Western Australia for South Australia although Catherine had already married and remained in WA. Robert’s widow returned to Western Australia as she died in Coolgardie on 27th September 1900. 1st December 1874 Robert Baker was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital at the time he was a married man age 61, a Wesleyan living at Port Estate and working as a labourer. He said he was born in Suffolk and had arrived in the Colony (SA) 13 years previously on the Kestril (sic) William also was admitted to the hospital on 6th March 1895 age 39. He was a married man and his religion was given as Primitive Methodist. His residence was Chas Street Paddington and he worked as a blacksmith, born Western Australia and had been 35 years in the Colony and had arrived on the Kestral (sic). Son Robert Baker age 47 a married man was admitted to the RAH on 1st May 1896, he was Church of England, a stevedore born in Portsmouth and arrived on the Scindia(sic) 45 years previous. |