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Baker (family) Pioneers
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Corn, wheat, & maple syrup : the Baker family story 1800-1998

  • CA CoV Archives M000.4
  • File
  • ca. 1999

File consists of two videocassettes. Items chronicle the history of one of Vaughan's founding families, the Bakers, who first settled in the area in 1800. The Bakers journeyed from Somerset County, Pennsylvania and lived in Vaughan until 1998. At that time, 3 generations of the Baker family returned to Pennsylvania due to the encroachment of development on their traditional way of life.

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.

Some of Vaughan's Pictorial Past / by Hugh Cook

  • CA CoV Archives MG 47
  • File
  • 2011

File consists of three copies of a pictorial book with text depicting a wide range of structures throughout Vaughan including schools, churches, stores, farms, houses, and mills.

Terry Goodwin collection

  • CA CoV Archives M995.21
  • Collection
  • Copied 1995

Collection consists of three items: memoir of William Vaughan, originally published in 1839, with only the title page copied for reference purposes; the collector's compilation of his family tree purporting to trace descendancy to Benjamin Vaughan (one of the signatories of the Paris Peace Treaty of 1784 and City of Vaughan namesake); and an unpublished history of the so-called "Baker Homestead", located on lot 11, concession 2, Vaughan.

The Baker homestead since 1816 : [unpublished history] / Amos Baker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