Emily Gay BAKER^[1]

1870 - 1934  (64 years)

• Name	Emily Gay BAKER
  Birth	Mar 1870	Virginia   [2]
  	An examination of birth dates enumerated in censuses [see Notes below] from 1880 through 1930 establishes a purposeful misstatement of "age". This habit is especially noticeable after her marriage to Thomas Lane, a man 8 to 10 years younger than she.
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Oct 1934  [3]
  	Emily died on 26 October 1934.
  Burial	Norfolk City, VA   [3]
  	Her body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I62617	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Richard Henry BAKER, II,   b. 18 Dec 1826, Suffolk, Nansemond Co, VA d. 1 Feb 1911, Norfolk City, VA (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria MAY,   b. 4 Nov 1832, Virginia d. 12 Jan 1900 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1850	Petersburg City, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Petersburg, Virginia at the residence of David May, the bride's father, on 12 November 1850.
  Family ID	F5344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Barkwell LANE,   b. 16 Nov 1878, Mathews Co, VA d. 9 Oct 1943 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1909	Norfolk City, VA   [5, 6]
  	The couple was married at an 8:30am ceremony at St. Paul's' Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia. The groom's brother, Rev. Henry Gardiner Lane, officiated, assisted by Rev. James Marshall Owens, Rector of St. Paul's.
  Notes	VERIFY: date with St. Paul's; could be pub. date.
  Family ID	F7064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2384] 1880 US Census / Baker, R.H. [S2385] 1900 US Census / Baker, Richard H. [S1314] Elmwood Cemetery burial registers, Norfolk, VA. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, marriage announcement, (19 November 1850), p. 4, c. 5. [S2413] 1910 US Census / Lane, Thomas B. [S2414] Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, on-line (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). The Mathews Journal, (22 April 1909), p. 2, c. 3.