Joseph Allen Baker (10 April 1852 – 3 July 1918) was a Canadian-born British engineer, specializing in machinery for the confectionery and bakery industries and later in transportation systems, who was also a Liberal Party politician in London.
He represented Finsbury East in the British Parliament from 1908 until his death in 1918. [1]
In 1878 he married Elizabeth Balmer Moscrip of Morebattle, Kelso, Roxburghshire, and had 8 children.
He died in Westminster Hospital in the early hours of 3 July 1918, following a seizure in the House of Commons two days before.
Burial: 06 JUL 1918 Winchmore Hill, England, a district in the Borough of Enfield, north London.
The 1891 census shows the household as:
Joseph A Baker Head M 38 Canada British Subject
Elizabeth B Baker Wife F 41 Scotland
Allen R Baker Son M 11 Holloway, London, England
Joseph S Baker Son M 10 London, England
Mary B Baker Daughter F 8 London, England
Martha J Baker Daughter F 6 London, England
Elizabeth G Baker Daughter F 4 London, England
The 1911 census shows the household as consisting of:
Joseph Allen Baker Head M 58 Ontario Canada Resident
Elizabeth Balmer Baker Wife F 61 Morebothe Resident, Roxburghshire
Mary Balmer Baker Daughter F 28 Finsbury Pk London, London
Philip John Baker Son M 21 Brondesbury, Middlesex
Mary Thompson Visitor F 82 Ednam N B Resident, Roxburghshire
Willis Bevan Whitney Visitor M 23 Tokis Japan Resident
George Gillett Whitney Vi M 20 Tokis Japan Resident
Alice Amelia Dougley Servant F 40 Kensington London, London
Ada Evaline Bicknell Servant F 15 West Hampstead London, London
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QD1H-72M : 10 December 2017), Martha J Baker in household of Joseph A Baker, Willesden, Middlesex, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Middlesex county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW44-DMV : 2 August 2017), Elizabeth Balmer Baker in household of Joseph Allen Baker, Willesden, , Middlesex, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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