Massey Wheeler Baker

3.) Massey Wheeler, born Dec. 19, 1867 in Ottawa, and who lived in Seattle, Washington and married May Howard of Carrollton, Illinois. Massey Wheeler Baker died 1939. May Howard was born 1875 and died 1961. They had a daughter named Marion B. MacKinnon. Marion was born April 15, 1909 and married William Mackinnon. She died in Winter Park Florida on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at the age of 92 years. Her obituary was published in the Orlando Sentinel on October 18, 2001. "Marion B. Mackinnon, 92, South Lakemont Avenue, Winter Park, died Tuesday October 16. Mrs. Mackinnon was a homemaker. Born in Seattle, she moved to central Florida in 1972. She was a member of Winter Park Women's Club and University Club, Winter Park. Survivors: sons, Alexander, Winter Park, Howard, Savannah, GA; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Carey Hand Cox-Parker Funeral Home, Winter Park."

Marion Mackinnon wrote a letter in March of 1998 where she detailed her recollections of her father's family. Marion wrote that she had a picture of the seven Baker boys, including her father who was about 12 years old in the picture. Her father lost his father at a young age, and went to school at Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec. She remembered her father taking her to her Uncle Fred's farm in Vernon B.C. when she was a young child. Uncle Fred lived with Uncle Jack Baker. http://www3.sympatico.ca/dljordan/godfreyphippsbaker2.htm