Camera Workers, 1858-1950

The British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950

Baker, Fay Madison[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Male 1892 - 1957  (64 years)


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  • Name Baker, Fay Madison 
    • VARIANT NAMES: Baker, Fae; Baker, Fay Maddison; Baker, Maddison F.; Baker, Madison F.
    Birth 17 Jul 1892  Seattle, King County, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Business Address/Year 1909-1910  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    1152 Granville St.
    American Studio Company
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Business Address/Year 1911-1913  Vancouver, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    118 W. Hastings St., no. 6
    American Studio Company
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada 
    Christening 7 Apr 1918  St. John's Episcopal Church, Colville, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Jul 1957  San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Association American Studio Company (Relationship: Co-proprietor) 
    Association Baker, Cora Rosalie (Relationship: Sibling) 
    Person ID I1897  Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The younger brother of C.R. Baker, he and his sister worked together as photographers in Vancouver, BC, and Colville, WA. After leaving the American Studio Company in Vancouver behind, F.M. Baker worked for a few years for a few different companies, the last with the Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company as a clerk, bookkeeper and underwriter. Some information about their time in Seattle, WA, Vancouver and Colville is found in an article in the Colville Examiner (3 Jul 1920).

  • Sources 
    1. [S790] HENVAN08, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1908).
      Vancouver: not listed

    2. [S791] HENVAN09, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1909), 456.
      Vancouver: American Studio Co (Rosalie Jerry [sic] & Maddison Baker) 1152 Granville

    3. [S698] HENVAN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910), 523.
      Vancouver: Baker Fae [sic] photogr lvs 1241 Richards

    4. [S732] HEN10, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1910).
      Vancouver: not listed

    5. [S795] HENVAN11, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1911), 456.
      Vancouver: Baker Madison F prop American Studio lvs Fraser Ave

    6. [S797] HENVAN12, (Vancouver: Henderson Publishing, 1912).
      Vancouver: not listed

    7. [S746] HENVAN13, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1913), 586.
      Vancouver: Baker Fay M of American Studio r 1315 Davie

    8. [S747] HENVAN14, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1914), 626.
      Vancouver: Baker Fay M clk Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co r 1013 Burrard

    9. [S748] HENVAN15, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1915), 477.
      Vancouver: Baker Fay M clk Edw Maycock r --- Burrard

    10. [S749] HENVAN16, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1916), 473.
      Vancouver: Baker Fay M clk Pacific Coast Fire Ins Co r 1173 Burrard

    11. [S750] HENVAN17, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1917), 356.
      Vancouver: Baker Fay M clk Pacific Coast Fire Ins Co r 1173 Burrard

    12. [S751] HENVAN18, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1918), 367.
      Vancouver: Baker Fay M bkpr Pacific Coast Fire Ins Co r 1173 Burrard

    13. [S740] WRI18, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1918).
      Vancouver: not listed

    14. [S752] HENVAN19, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1919), 376.
      Vancouver: Baker F M underwriter Pacific Coast Fire Ins Co r 1, 1013 Dunsmuir

    15. [S738] WRI19, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1919), 647.
      Vancouver: Baker Fay M clerk Pacific Coast Fire Ins Co 330 Pender W

    16. [S753] HENVAN20, (Vancouver: Henderson Directory Co., 1920).
      Vancouver: not listed

    17. [S739] WRI20, (Vancouver, BC: Wrigley Directories, c1920).
      Vancouver: not listed

    18. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site).
      Fay Madison Baker [family tree]
      URL (accessed 13 Mar 2021): https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/164714543/person/232145626077/facts