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 1803 - 1875 (71 years)
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| Name |
Charles Baker |
| Title |
Rev |
| Born |
05 Aug 1803 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
06 Feb 1875 |
| Notes |
- Rev. C. Baker and Mrs. Baker. - Opened mission station at Tolaga Bay (1843)
Mission Work in the Waiapu
Dreadful Epidemic of Measles in 1854
When Charles Baker and his family left Auckland in the Dolphin on 11 February, 1854, to take charge of the Rangitukia mission station, they were accompanied by Mr. Malcolm, who had been engaged as tutor to the children at a salary of £100 per annum, plus board and lodgings for himself and his wife. The passage money for the whole party, together with freight space of 40 tons, ran into £50. A Mr. Taylor ['Hori Punehu'], his wife and their baggage were dropped at Whangaparaoa Roads. On account of adverse winds the Dolphin anchored off Te Hekawa, and Mr. Baker and his party travelled overland to Rangitukia. En route a call was made at Horoera, where a half-caste infant belonging to an American was baptized. Mrs. Baker was able to ride a horse most of the way.
According to Mr. Baker's journal, his goods were landed at Te (Port) Awanui and placed in a rush house. Although it was being rented as a wheat store by a Spanish-American [Charles Manuel], Tipuna, a son of Porourangi, demanded £3/12/6 for storage. Mr. Baker says that he got only a scolding. Young Charles Baker went to parcel out the goods for the carriers, but, after he had gone, the natives reapportioned them. Some came back with only a book or a stocking; some with goods weighing only 3lb. or 4lb.; but, in the end, a few brought a decent load apiece.
- Journals of Charles Baker, 1827-1867. Deal chiefly
with day to day activities of his mission work, and details of deaths
and births of family and friends. Little comment on native customs or
affairs in the colony. Baker arrived in NZ in 1828 and retired in
1865, but continued chaplain work in Auckland at goal, hospital and
asylam. He appeared to have been at the Bay of Islands until 1842,
and by 1843 was at Uawa. He was at Uawa until 1849. Went to Bay of
Islands in 1851. Returned to Auckland to live in October 1857. In
1859 he went to Tauranga. Sometime between 1863 and 1865 he returned
to Auckland to live.
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| Person ID |
I12791 |
Frost Family |
| Last Modified |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Family |
Hannah Maria Bailey, b. 02 Feb 1802, d. 20 May 1875 (Age 73 years) |
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| Children |
| + | 1. Ebenezer Baker, b. 25 Oct 1830, Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand , d. 25 Nov 1905, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 75 years) |
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| Last Modified |
16 Aug 2008 |
| Family ID |
F3889 |
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