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Baker Family Collection

  • CA CoV Archives M018.11
  • Item
  • 1918-1954

Collection consists of 3.5cm of textual materials, including paperwork regarding Mennonite Consciencious Objectors newsletters from work camps, non-resistant Relief Organization letters, National War Services Regulations and information regarding the Baker and Cober farms. Of particular interest is a 1918 letter to the Commanding Officer at Exhibition Camp, Toronto, regarding Isaac Baker, asking for his release from military service.

Ruth Reesor Biography

  • CA CoV Archives Ref. 14
  • Item
  • 2003

Item consists of a monograph. Biography of Ruth Reesor, whose ancestors (the Baker family) moved to Vaughan Township in 1816. In addition to chronicling the experience of the author and the Baker and Reesor families in Vaughan, the work documents the tremendous social and economic changes that occurred in Vaughan during the early to late 20th century.

The Baker homestead since 1816 : [unpublished history] / Amos Baker

  • CA CoV Archives M998.23
  • Item
  • 1990

Item consists of a manuscript. Manuscript records the history of the Baker Farm from its purchase in 1816 to 1990. It provides a comprehensive description of activities of family members on the farm, and the general operation of the farm, including the "Sugar Bush". Also, the construction and layout of all buildings on the property are described in great detail.

The Baker-Atkinson family [Textual record]

  • CA CoV Archives M009.12
  • Item
  • [19-?]

Item consists of a history of the Baker, Atkinson, and Bassingthwaighte families, with particular emphasis on Margaret Baker and George Atkinson and the hardships they endured as pioneers.