Walter Baker (1792 - 1852)

Ancestors

Biography

Walter Baker continued the chocolate business begun by his grandfather, Dr. James Baker and carried on by his father Edmund Baker. Walter studied law at Harvard College, See the Baker Chocolate history in the Biographies of Dr. James Baker and Edmund Baker

Birth

Birth:

Date: 28 JUN 1792

Occupation

Occupation: Chocolatier

Date: BET 1818 AND 1852

Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA^[1]

During Walter Baker's time at as head of the chocoate mill, Daniel Boyden, a local millwright, built some of the chocolate mills for Walter Baker & Co. of Milton.

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Sources

• Source: S11 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;; Repository: #R2 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850
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See also:

• Wikipedia: Bakers Chocalate
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Notes

Note N189Head of the Walter Baker Co.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Source: #S11 Page: Database online. Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, roll M432_329, page 51, image 104. Data: Text: Record for Walter Baker