Elizabeth Dolores Isabella BAKER

1855 - 1919  (64 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Dolores Isabella BAKER
  Nickname	Dolly
  Birth	8 Jul 1855	Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS   [1, 2]
  Baptism	12 Oct 1919	Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Dolly Slauenwhite
  Death	8 Nov 1919	Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS   [4, 5]
  Burial	Hillcrest Cemetery, Lunenburg, NS
  Person ID	I5342	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel Isaiah SLAUENWHITE,   b. 7 Oct 1832, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 9 Jan 1877, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Jemima BAKER,   b. 1834, Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephen Francis SMITH,   b. 23 Nov 1852, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 12 Feb 1934, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1875	Big Tancook Island, Lunenburg, NS   [1]
  Children	1. Daniel Arthur SMITH,   b. 24 Jul 1878, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 12 Oct 1964, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 86 years)   2. Sarah Jane SMITH,   b. 13 Aug 1880, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 23 Jun 1948, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 67 years)   3. Annie SMITH,   b. 23 Sep 1882, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. Bef Jun 1968, NS (Age < 85 years)   4. Thomas SMITH,   b. 4 May 1884, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. Bef Jun 1968, NS (Age < 84 years)   5. Emma May SMITH,   b. 6 Jul 1889, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 26 Jun 1968, Garden Lots, Lunenburg, NS (Age 78 years)   6. Henry Edward SMITH,   b. 2 Jul 1892, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 12 Apr 1963, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 70 years)   7. Wallace Frederick SMITH,   b. 30 Dec 1897, Cross Island, Lunenburg, NS d. 28 Aug 1966, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F3173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  In all records save her daughter's obituary and the 1901 census (where she appears as Alice), her name is given as Dolly, Dolley, or Dolly Isabella.  In her daughter's obituary, she is given as Dolores. Her marriage is recorded both in the short-lived Lunenburg County Register of Marriages and in the NS Register of Marriage Licenses. Her father is given as Daniel Slauenwhite in both registers, while her mother is given as L. Baker in the former, and as Hermion(?) Baker in the latter. Although they disagree on her age, both registers state her place of birth as Tancook.   Since her mother's names is given as BAKER rather than Slauenwhite, and since there are no other children for this couple, it seems likely that she was illegitimate.  Also, it seems likely that she was raised by a Baker as she does not appear in the household of Daniel Slauenwhite in 1881 and her father's name is given Joseph Baker on her death certificate. If one looks at the 1871 Census of Tancook for a Dolly, Dolores, or Dorothy b. abt. 1855 and living in a Baker household, the only person who meets this general description is living in the household of Philip BAKER where she seems to the the illegitimate daughter of Philip's daughter Jemima Baker [1871 Census of Lunenburg County, Tancook, page 9, family #31].  Since, in the Squiggle-Blotch variant of the English language, Hermion and Jemima could be mistaken for each other, this may be the explanation of Dolly's lineage, especially since Jemima is know to had a brother named Joseph Baker.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2087] NS Marriage License [Jacket] Files (1874-1875)--Lu, 1875, #132. [S9178] Parish Register, Blue Rocks Anglican Church, Her date of birth is given in the 1919 baptismal record. [S9178] Parish Register, Blue Rocks Anglican Church. [S9178] Parish Register, Blue Rocks Anglican Church, Age at death given as 62. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Year: 1919 - Book: 95 - Page: 40.