Hugh Cossart Baker

2.) Hugh Cossart, born June 4, 1866, lived in Ottawa and married Dorothea G. Ellis, daughter of Rev. John Ellis of Leicestershire, England in 1910. They had three children, Hugh Cossart Baker, Dorothea Marion Baker and Jack Bathurst Baker. Hugh Cossart Baker was born Friday October 6, 1911.

An article was published in the Evening Capital, Nov 12, 1963. "Lt. Col Hugh Cossart Baker, USA (ret.) and Mrs. Baker, Annapolis entertained at a cocktail buffet at their home on Saturday in honor of Miss Yolanda Ippolito, daughter of Lt. Col and Mrs. Luciano Ippolito of Linstead-on-Severn, and her fiance, Lt. John J. Christensen, USAF. The party was followed by dancing and a midnight breakfast at the Annapolis Country Club." Hugh Cossart Baker died Tuesday February 25, 1997 at the age of 85. He was a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina. On March 2, 1997, the Greensboro News and Record printed an obituary as follows: "Mr. Hugh Cossart Baker, 85, of 1909 Walker Avenue died Tuesday February 25, 1997 at Greensboro Health and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday March 3, 1997, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Mr. Baker was a native of Tonawanda N.Y. and a retired Lt. Colonel in the Intelligence Division of the United States Army. He was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He was a mason with the San Diego Lodge No. 35, F & AM. Mr. Baker was preceded in death by his wife, Corinne Cook Baker in 1983. He is survived by sister Dorothea Savory of Duncan, British Columbia; brother John 'Jack' B. Baker, of Victoria, British Columbia; seven nieces and nephews." Dorothea Baker married Kenneth Savory and they had a daughter, Eve Savory. http://www3.sympatico.ca/dljordan/godfreyphippsbaker2.htm