Ephraim BAKER^[1]

1856 - 1887  (31 years)

• Name	Ephraim BAKER
  Birth	1856	Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Aug 1887	Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS   [2]
  	Cause: Suicide
  Burial	Baptist Cemetery, Big Tancook Island, NS
  Person ID	I107962	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2008

  
  

  Father	Edward BAKER,   b. 1826, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 2 Dec 1904, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Catherine Sophia YOUNG,   b. Apr 1829, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 2 Aug 1917, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age ~ 88 years)
  Family ID	F6468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eunice WILSON,   b. 18 Jul 1856, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 30 Jan 1933, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1878	Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Children	1. Ainsley Dewitt BAKER,   b. 1878, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 27 Feb 1968, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F39834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  His obit states "A young man named Baker of Tancook island committed suicide Thursday by jumping from a cliff on the South side of the island into the sea. The deceased was of unsound mind."

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] 1881 Census of *NS*, Lunenburg County, Tancook, family #20. [S10951] Newspaper article regarding Ephraim Baker. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Cited by Lynda Andrew.