02. Eugene Berkeley Baker, Jr| 1887-09-06 | b. Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica, B.W.I. | Massachusetts, state and federal naturalization records; petition for naturalization; US World War I draft registration card; US World War II draft registration card; 1900 US federal census |
| 1889-09-03 | with his family, arrived Boston, Massachusetts from Port Antonio, aboard the SS Marmion, as visitors, travelling with an 11-year-old servant and 7 pieces of baggage | Boston passenger lists |
| 1898-06 | emigrated from Port Antonio to the US on the S.S. Schiler or Schley, arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Massachusetts, state and federal naturalization records; petition for naturalization |
| 1900 | at school, living in Wellfleet town, Barnstable, Massachusetts with his family, a Jamaican servant, and a boarder | 1900 US federal census |
| 1900-06-11 | with his mother and his siblings, arrived Boston, Massachusetts from Port Morant, Jamaica, aboard the Adml Farragut | Massachusetts passenger and crew lists |
| 1910 | chauffeur for a private family, wage earner, living with his family at 52 Central Street, Newton Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts | 1910 US federal census |
| 1915-08-03 | chauffeur, of 57 Central st, Auburndale, Massachusetts; medium complexion, 5'11", 142 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes; swore declaration of intention | Massachusetts, state and federal naturalization records |
| 1917-06-05 | chauffeur, of 307 Tappan St, Brookline, Massachusetts; declarant; employed by Cummins & Pence Co., of 281 Summer St, Boston; tall, slender, blue eyes, brown hair | US World War I draft registration card |
| 1917-09-19 | chauffeur, of 307 Tappan st, Brookline, Massachusetts; petitioned for naturalization | petition for naturalization |
| 1918-02-18 | swore allegiance | petition for naturalization |
| 1919 | naturalised | 1920 US Federal Census |
| 1920 | living with his mother and sister Mary at 1422 Commonwealth Avenue, Ward 25, Precinct 4, Boston, Massachusetts; naturalised; working as a clerk at the Army base | |
| 1925 | chauffeur, of 36 Queensberry, Boston | Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory |
| 1930 | private chauffeur, described as partner to the household head, a 71-year old music teacher, Ali St Clair; living in property rented at $40 a month at 227 Audubon Road, Boston | 1930 US federal census |
| 1935 | living with his sister in a rented apartment at 15 Queensberry Street, Boston | 1940 US federal census |
| 1940 | caretaker, private home, income $1300 after working 52 weeks; had completed 2nd year at college; living with his sister in a rented apartment at 15 Queensberry Street, Boston | |
| 1942-04-26 | of 15 Queensberry St, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; no phone; employer Frederick B. Hicks, place of business 119 Hyslop Rd, Brookline, Massachusetts; 5'10½", 140 lbs, brown eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion, mole on ball of right foot; registered for the draft, in Boston | US World War II draft registration card |
| 1942/1943 | chauffeur, of 15 Queensberry, Boston | Boston, Massachusetts, City Directories |
02. Eugene Berkeley Baker, Jr| 1889-02-01 | b. Williams Field, Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica | Jamaica civil registration; 1900 US federal census; US World War I draft registration card; US naturalization petition; San Francisco passenger lists give place of birth as Sparrows Point, Maryland |
| his family was from Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA but he was born on their banana plantation in Jamaica | Find a Grave | |
| 1889-02-01/1897-06 | living in Jamaica | passport application |
| 1889-09-03 | with his family, arrived Boston, Massachusetts from Port Antonio, aboard the SS Marmion, as visitors, travelling with an 11-year-old servant and 7 pieces of baggage | Boston passenger lists |
| 1889-11-16 | present at a public meeting in Port Antonio, in connection with the Exhibition Guarantee Fund [I don't know what this is]; a guarantor of the fund, to the amount of £50 | Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch, 1889-11-21 |
| 1890-09-18 |
17th September. THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING PURCHASED THE EX TENSIVE WHARF PREMISES OF MESSRS. P. DESNOES & SON, IS NOW PREPARED TO PURCHASE ORANGES. EUGENE BERKELEY BAKER. |
Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch |
| 1898-06-01 | arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, from Port Antonio, on the Belvedere | US naturalization petition |
| 1900 | at school, living in Wellfleet town, Barnstable, Massachusetts with his family, a Jamaican servant, and a boarder | 1900 US federal census |
| 1900-06-11 | with his mother and his siblings, arrived Boston, Massachusetts from Port Morant, Jamaica, aboard the Adml Farragut | Massachusetts passenger and crew lists |
| 1910 | no occupation, living with his family at 52 Central Street, Newton Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts | 1910 United States federal census |
| 1911-05-09 | student, of 52 Central St, Auburndale, Massachusetts; not an anarchist or polygamist; medium complexion 5 ft 8 in, 130 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes | US naturalization petition |
| attended the Boston Latin School and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Architecture | Find a Grave | |
| 1915-09-17 | m. Doris Develin (1892–1971, b. Pennsylvania, USA, d. of John Frederick and Susannah (Chubb) Develin), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States marriages; US World War I draft registration card; 1920 US federal census; Find a Grave |
| Children: | Eugene Berkeley III (1916–1981, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Doris Diana (1919 – after 1940) | 1920 US federal census; Find a Grave; Washington marriage records |
| 1917-06-05 | draughtsman, of 214 West Herter St, Philadelphia, employed at City Hall, Philadelphia; registered for the draft; med. [height], med. [girth], brown eyes, brown hair | US World War I draft registration card |
| 1917-09-08 | of 1011 Chestnut St, Philadelphia; departed Sydney, N.S.W., on the S.S. Sonoma | San Francisco passenger lists (described as single) |
| 1917-09-27 | arrived San Francisco, California, USA, on the Sonoma | |
| 1920 | architect, partner, architecture, own account, living in rented property at 4502 Oberting Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his family and a maid | 1920 US federal census |
| 1921-03-14 | architect, of 308 Beacom Lane, Merion, Pennsylvania; 5 ft 10 in, high forehead, brown eyes, medium nose, regular mouth, round chin, brown hair, med. fair complexion, oval face, small scar over left eye; passport to be sent to him at 1012 Walnut St, Philadelphia | passport application |
| 1921-04-06 | departed New York aboard the Duca D'Aosta, travelling to study architecture in France, England, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy | |
| 1921-11-27 | departed Boulogne-sur-Mer for New York, on the S.S. Rotterdam; address c/o American Express Co., Philadelphia | New York passenger lists |
| 1921-12-06 | arrived New York | |
| His area of professional expertise was in the design and construction of bridges. He did postgraduate work at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he met Irving Morrow, a fellow bridge designer. Eventually Morrow convinced him to move his family and firm from Philadelphia to San Francisco where they collaborated on various projects including the ultimate design for the Golden Gate bridge under the supervision of Joseph Strauss. | Find a Grave | |
| 1935 | resident in San Francisco, California, USA | 1940 US federal census |
| 1940 | resident in the Mendocino State Hospital for Insane, Ukiah, Mendocino, California | |
| 1965 | of 95470, Redwood Valley, Mendocino; SSN 553-78-8726, issued California | US social security death index |
| 1967-03-15 | d. California | |
| 1967-03-16 | d. Mendocino | "California Death Index, 1940–1997," database, FamilySearch: 26 November 2014, Eugene B Baker, 16 Mar 1967, Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento; Find a Grave |
| bur. Ukiah Cemetery, Ukiah, Mendocino | Find a Grave |
03.
Mary Elizabeth Baker| 1890-05-20 | b. Williams field, Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica | Jamaica civil registration; 1900 US federal census; US passport application; United States obituary notices |
| 1890/1898 | lived in Jamaica | US passport application |
| 1900 | at school, living in Wellfleet town, Barnstable, Massachusetts with his family, a Jamaican servant, and a boarder | 1900 US federal census |
| 1900-06-11 | with her mother and her siblings, arrived Boston, Massachusetts from Port Morant, Jamaica, aboard the Adml Farragut | Massachusetts passenger and crew lists |
| 1910 | no occupation, living with her family at 52 Central Street, Newton Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts | 1910 United States federal census |
| 1920 | living with her mother and brother John at 1422 Commonwealth Avenue, Ward 25, Precinct 4, Boston, Massachusetts; alien; working as a clerk at the Library Bureau | 1920 United States Federal Census |
| 1922-04-12 | clerk, of 15 Queensberry St, Boston, Massachusetts; applied for a US passport; intending to leave on the Laconia on 1922-05-31, for travel in England, Italy, France, and Germany; 5'8", high forehead, brown eyes, medium nose, straight mouth, oval chin, brown hair, medium complexion, oval face | US passport application |
| 1942 | of 15 Queensberry St, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | brother's US World War II draft registration card |
| 1965-1966 | of 02215, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; issued social security number 020-40-6063 | US social security death index |
| 1967-02-15 | d. Boston | United States obituary notices |
| 1894-12-19 | b. Williams field, Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica | Jamaica civil registration; 1900 US federal census |
| 1900 | living in Wellfleet town, Barnstable, Massachusetts with her family, a Jamaican servant, and a boarder | 1900 US federal census |
| 1900-06-11 | with her mother and her siblings, arrived Boston, Massachusetts from Port Morant, Jamaica, aboard the Adml Farragut | Massachusetts passenger and crew lists |
| 1910 | no occupation, living with her family at 52 Central Street, Newton Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts | 1910 United States federal census |
| 1915-08-20 | d. | Find a Grave |
| bur. plot I-South, D, 7, Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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