Susanna Baker
Susanna Baker (maiden name: Walker) was born around 1804 in County Down in present-day Northern Ireland. She married John Baker around 1827, and they had at least five children: Samuel, born around 1828; Thomas, born on December 30, 1832; Joseph, born around 1839; Elizabeth, born on June 2, 1842; and James, born around 1846. The family immigrated to America aboard the brig Amelia in 1831, and by that fall, they had settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
 
They lived in Pittsburgh until around 1842, when they moved to Findley, Pennsylvania. Her husband worked as a farmer, and by 1850, they owned $790 of real estate. Her husband died in 1857. By 1860, she owned $1,800 of real estate and $600 of personal property, and a decade later, her wealth had grown to $5,000 of real estate and $1,025 of personal property. By 1880, she was living in her daughter Elizabeth’s household in Findley. She applied for a parents’ pension in August 1883 and eventually secured one. She died on February 22, 1887.
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(4440)Baker, Susanna ~ Walker, Susanna18041887-02-22
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 18

  • (12366) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 28 October 1861
  • (12367) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 23 November 1861
  • (12368) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 7 December 1861
  • (12369) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 18 December 1861
  • (12370) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 1 January 1862
  • (12371) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 21 March 1862
  • (12373) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 8 May 1862
  • (12377) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker and Elizabeth Baker, 3 July 1862
  • (12378) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 15 July 1862
  • (12379) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 25 July 1862
  • (12383) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, undated
  • (12384) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 30 September 1862
  • (12388) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 11 May 1863
  • (12389) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 12 May 1863
  • (12458) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 20 November 1863
  • (12459) [recipient] ~ William W. Dudley to Susanna Baker, 29 December 1883
  • (12462) [recipient] ~ Lydia J. Houston to Susanna Baker, 4 March 1870
  • (15386) [recipient] ~ Joseph D. Baker to Susanna Baker, 19 May 1862

People - Records: 6

  • (4440) Baker, Susanna is the [parent of] (4439) Baker, Joseph D.
  • (4442) Baker, Elizabeth is the [child of] (4440) Baker, Susanna
  • (4443) Baker, James Renwick Wilson is the [child of] (4440) Baker, Susanna
  • (4453) Becker, Thomas Albert Andrew is the [child of] (4440) Baker, Susanna
  • (5557) Becker, Samuel Edward William is the [child of] (4440) Baker, Susanna
  • (5558) Baker, John is the [husband of] (4440) Baker, Susanna

Places - Records: 2

  • (3543) [birth] ~ County Down, Northern Ireland
  • (277) [death] ~ Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania: Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888)