John Henry Baker was born about 1861 in Wurttemberg,Germany.
Inmate: #739 Sacramento Jail
Arrested: 12 Dec 1878
Crime: Burglary
Age: 17
I found him in the 1880 census in San Quentin Prison.
Name: John Baker
Age: 21
Birth Date: Abt 1859
Birthplace: Wurtemburg
Home in 1880: San Quentin, Marin, California, USA
Dwelling Number: 281
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Wur
Mother's Birthplace: Wur
Occupation: Laborer
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Household Members:
Name Age
John Baker 21
I found a Passenger list that might be him.
Name: John Henry Baker
Arrival Date: 1 Nov 1869
Birth Date: abt 1861
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Place of Origin: England
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: USA
Port of Arrival: New York, New York, USA
Ship Name: City of Paris
Here's a photo of the ship they would of came in.
John Baker
Tulare County, California, U.S., Sheriff's Office and Jail Records, 1874-1963
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Name: John Baker
Birth Date: abt 1859
Birth Place: Germany
Received Age: 21
Received Date: 20 Feb 1880
Jail Place: Tulare, California, USA
Record Type: Description of Criminals
Book Title: Register and Descriptive List of Convicts Under Sentence, 1879-1881
He has very interesting tattoos (I should write a book on old convict tattoos).
I didn't find anything else concrete on John, there are 2 death records I found but I am not sure if any are him.
NAME: John Baker
BIRTH DATE: 1862
BIRTH PLACE: Germany
DEATH DATE: 10 Jun 1910
DEATH PLACE: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan
DEATH AGE: 48
OCCUPATION: Farmer
RACE: White
MARITAL STATUS: Married
GENDER: Male
FATHER NAME: August Baker
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Germany
MOTHER NAME: Minnie Philgralt
MOTHER BIRTH PLACE: Germany
FHL FILM NUMBER: 973984
Or this one
NAME: John Henry Baker
BIRTH DATE: 30 Apr 1861
BIRTH PLACE: Germany
DEATH DATE: 12 Aug 1944
DEATH PLACE: Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois
BURIAL DATE: 15 Aug 1944
BURIAL PLACE: Oakford, Menard, Ill.
CEMETERY NAME: Oakford
DEATH AGE: 83
RACE: White
MARITAL STATUS: W
GENDER: Male
RESIDENCE: Menard County, Ills.
FATHER NAME: Henry Baker
FATHER BIRTH PLACE: Germany
MOTHER NAME: Mary De Freis
SPOUSE NAME: Margaretha J. Dirks
FHL FILM NUMBER: 1983999
Of course it may not be either one....What happened to John?
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