Caroline Julia Baker

Daughter of Lt.Colonel John Barker of Clare Priory, Suffolk, and Caroline Conyers.

1794, January 8 - Married George Baker Esq. - a Lieutenant in the 16th Lancers, later Colonel.

They had 3 daughters and 6 sons. (according to Emily McSwiney's family tree)

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (Scope and Content is online)

• Abstract: Papers of Colonel George and Mrs. Caroline Julia Baker, 1809-1857, mainly relating to the period of Colonel Baker's office as British representative on the Greek Boundary Commission
• Private Papers 1 Jan. 1832-3 May 1836 Journal of Mrs. C.J. Baker for most of the period.
• Balls Park, Hertfordshire, and Corfu, 1 Jan.-9 Sept. 1832
• Corfu, 9 Sept. 1832-31 May 1833
• Zacynthus (Zante), 1 May-1 Dec. 1834
• Nauplion (Nauplia), 1 Apr.-16 Dec. 1835
• Athens, Nauplion and London, 7 Dec. 1835-3 May 1836

8 Mar. 1832-29 Apr. 1836 letters from Mrs. Baker, mainly to her mother, Mrs. Barker

(nee Caroline Conyers)

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1841 Census for Clare Priory, Parish of Clare, Suffolk:

• Caroline Barker 70 Independent Means, (Widow, Mother/Grandmother)
• George Baker 45 Army H.P. - born c. 1796
• 'Caroline Baker 35 - born c. 1806 - This is Caroline Julia, nee Barker THEIR CHILDREN:
• Charlotte Baker 12 - born c. 1829
• George Baker 11 - born c. 1830
• William Baker 10 - born c. 1831
• Edward Baker 4 - born c. 1837
• John Baker 2 - born c. 1839
• N K (Not Known) 3 Mo - born c. 1841 - this would be Francis Baker (see 1851 Census)

1851 Census for Clare Priory, Parish of Clare, Suffolk

• George Baker 51
• Caroline Julia Baker 48
• Charlotte Baker 22
• Edwd Baker 14 (John Baker missing)
• Francis Baker 10 (b. 1841)
• Sophia Baker 7 (b.1844)
• Arthur Conyers Baker 5 (b. 1846) - 1861 Census he is at Marlborough College, Wiltshire and afterwards lives in the U.S.
• Anna Julia Baker 4