Realtor.
Born at Aultsville, Ontario in 1875, son of Oren Baker and Camilla Morgan, he attended Cornwall Collegiate until the age of 18 then taught school for three years. In 1896 he came to Winnipeg and took as a job as travelling salesman for the Paulin-Chambers Company. He remained there for fourteen years. In 1910 he went into partnership in a real estate business with W. W. Robinson. In 1912 he organized the Business Men's Investment Company.
On 11 August 1903, he married Eurith Edna MacIntyre (1877-1906, daughter of Lachlan Currie MacIntyre) at Winnipeg and they had a son, Lachlan C. Baker (?-?). He was a member of the AF & AM (Ionic Lodge No. 25), Independent Order of Foresters, and United Commercial Travellers.
He died in California in September 1938 and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park at Glendale, California.
Marriage registration [Charles Wester Baker, Eurith Edna Lorena MacIntyre], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Wedding bells,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 August 1903, page 3.
Death registration [Ruth Edna Lorena Baker], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Eurith Edna Baker], Winnipeg Tribune, 8 November 1906, page 5.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
“Baker rites held Friday,” San Luis Obispo (California) Daily Telegram, 16 September 1938, page 8.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 April 2020
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