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Joseph “Joe” Baker

Birth	:	6 Nov 1886 Gaast, Sudwest Fryslan Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
Death	:	4 May 1966 Neerlandia, Whitecourt Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial	:	Neerlandia Cemetery, Neerlandia, Whitecourt Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	54.3178900, -114.3768100
Plot	:	BLOCK 9, PLOT 14
Description	:	He was born Jouke Bakker (= Baker) in November 1886 in the dyke and country village of Gaast, located in the extreme western part of the Dutch northern province Friesland, the second of seven children of Gaele Bakker (28 years old, baker's hand) and Catharina Visser (= Fisher). He was named after his maternal grandfather Jouke Durks Visser. His six siblings were born in Gaast too: * Jan (John), 2 February 1885; * Jacobje (Jenny), 4 April 1888; * Riemer (Raymond), 13 January 1891; * Magdalena, 21 February 1893, died 4 September 1912 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from an inflamed and ruptured appendix; * Dirk (Dick),... Read More	He was born Jouke Bakker (= Baker) in November 1886 in the dyke and country village of Gaast, located in the extreme western part of the Dutch northern province Friesland, the second of seven children of Gaele Bakker (28 years old, baker's hand) and Catharina Visser (= Fisher). He was named after his maternal grandfather Jouke Durks Visser. His six siblings were born in Gaast too: * Jan (John), 2 February 1885; * Jacobje (Jenny), 4 April 1888; * Riemer (Raymond), 13 January 1891; * Magdalena, 21 February 1893, died 4 September 1912 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from an inflamed and ruptured appendix; * Dirk (Dick), 20 June 1895 (Find A Grave Memorial # 148786983); * Grietje (Katie), 8 April 1897. His father Gaele Bakker was in 1885-1891 and 1897 a baker, and in 1886, 1893 and 1895 a baker's hand. The family Bakker emigrated in 1899 to Withinsville, an unincorporated village within the town of Northbridge in Worcester County, located in the southeastern part of Massachusetts, USA. While Jouke lived there he went to trade school and became a journeyman machinist at the age of 17 years. There was a Dutch Christian Reformerd community in Withinsville and Joseph and his sister Jenny married into Dutch families, Jouke (Joseph) on September 4, 1909 to Aaltje (Alice) Mast, who was also born in 1886 in the Dutch northern province Friesland, in the northwestern part of it. On April 8, 1910 their son George (Gaele) was born in Whithinsville, Massachusetts. Then they read in a Dutch newspaper about Canada, where you could buy for 10 dollars a quarter [of a square mile, 160 acres]. So the Bakers came with the Masts by train from Withinsville, and arrived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on April 8, 1911. Jouke's family first lived there in a tent close to his father's shack and Jouke was working for Coutts Machine Shop and for Nickel Brothers. In 1911 J Baker (24 y, born in November 1887, Holland), his wife Alice (25 y, born in May 1886 in Holland), and their son Geo (0, April 1911, United States) were living in electoral district Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On November 4, 1912 their daughter Minnie was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Also in 1912 Jouke filed on a quarter (of a square mile, 160 acres) in the agrarian hamlet of Neerlandia, which was founded in December 1911 by 16 Dutchmen. Neerlandia is located in central Alberta within the County of Barrhead and situated between Mellowdale and Vega, approximately 20 kilometers north of Barrhead and northwest of Westlock. The name "Neerlandia" refers to the first settlers' country of origin, the Netherlands. In 1915 Jouke bought another quarter in Neerlandia and let the first one go. In 1916 Joseph Baker (29, Holland, immigrated in 1911 [from the USA]), his wife Alice (30, Holland, immigrated in 1911 [from the USA]), their son George (6, USA, immigrated in 1911) and daughter Minnie (3, Alberta, Canada) were living in electoral district Edmonton East, Alberta, Canada. In 1917 they moved from Edmonton to their new house in Neerlandia, which was built by Jouke's brother-in-law Albert Mast. On September 25, 1917 their daughter Catharina (Kay) was born in Neerlandia, Alberta, Canada. In the winters of 1918, 1919 and 1920 Jouke worked in Edmonton. On March 30, 1920 another son was born in Neerlandia, Charles (Karel). In 1921 Joseph Baker (36, Holland, immigrated in 1911 [from the USA], farmer), his wife Alice (36, Holland, immigrated in 1911 [from the USA]), their children George (11, USA, immigrated in 1911), Minka (9, Alberta, Canada), Catherine (4, Alberta) and Carl (2, Alberta) were living in a rented, wooden house in electoral district Edmonton West, Alberta, Canada, in fact in the Dutch farmers settlement of Neerlandia. Right next to them lived his brother-in-law Albert Mast (36, Holland, immigrated in 1911 too [from the USA], farmer) with his wife Dina and their four children. And next to Albert lived his father Gade [Gabe] Baker (63, Holland, immigrated in 1912 [from the USA], farmer), his mother Kathryn (57, Holland, immigrated in 1912] and his brother Raymond (30, Holland, immigrated in 1912, farmers son) in their own wooden house. In 1921 the family Baker moved back to Edmonton, where Jouke bought a good bungalow home. On November 17, 1923 daughter Magdalena was born in Edmonton. In the spring of 1926 Jouke moved the family back to Neerlandia, this time to stay. Aaltje and Jouke stayed on the farm until 1944, when they moved to the hamlet of Neerlandia. His wife Alice died in November 1965, Joseph in May 1966, both at the age of 79 years. See for more information page 147 and following of the book "A furrow laid bare", at http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=945130

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Where is Joseph “Joe” Baker's memorial?
Joseph “Joe” Baker's memorial is located at: Neerlandia Cemetery, Neerlandia, Whitecourt Census Division, Canada.
When did Joseph “Joe” Baker death?
Joseph “Joe” Baker death on 4 May 1966 in Neerlandia, Whitecourt Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Where are the coordinates of the Joseph “Joe” Baker's memorial?
Latitude: 54.3178900
Longitude: -114.3768100

Family Members:

Parent

Gaele Baker

(1858 - 1945)

Catharina Visser Baker

(1864 - 1943)

Spouse

Alice Mast Baker

(1886 - 1965)

Siblings

Raymond Baker

(1891 - 1944)

Magdelina Baker

(1893 - 1912)

Dick G Baker

(1895 - 1963)

Children

George Baker

(1910 - 1993)

Minnie Baker Plantinga

(1912 - 1997)

Charles Baker

(1920 - 2010)

Magdalena “Lynne” Baker

(1923 - 2009)

Flowers:

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Coordinate: 54.3178900, -114.3768100

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