Baker, Percy P.

Birth Name Baker, Percy P.
Call Name Percy
Gender male
Age at Death 65 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1875 Калининград (Kaliningrad), Калининградская область, Россия  

 
Emigration     Percy P. Baker, with his parents and 8 brothers and sisters, before the end of the century, emigrated to England.

 
Occupation     Percy P. Baker worked in the streets of East London as a peddler, selling whatever was available

 
Marriage     Percy P. Baker married Edith Salomon

 
Death 1940 London, Middlesex, United Kingdom Percy P. Baker, his wife Edith and son Cecil were killed in the Blitz

Event Note

During the Blitz of London, the factory and home of Percy and Edith Baker were destroyed.
Percy, Edith and son Cecil were killed, along with family members who had only just arrived a week earlier from Germany.
The two surviving daughters were living in Palestine at the time.

 
Occupation 1914   Percy P. Baker Ltd. was officially established in the East End

Event Note

In 1913, Percy P. Baker met two women who taught him the art of brushmaking.
They became the first workers for the company.
By 1940, the company employed 200 workers and both Percy's wife Edith and son Cecil were actively involved.
The manufacturing operation was totally self-reliant. The company made its own handles and ferrules and dressed its own hair.
Percy P. Baker Ltd. was also a major supplier to the British Ministry of Defense and developed special brushes without metal parts for use with TNT.

 

Families

Married Wife Salomon, Edith
  Children
  1. Baker, Cecil
  2. Baker, Ruth

Gallery

Percy P. Baker Ltd, on Carthusian Street, East London

Percy P. Baker Ltd, on Carthusian Street, East London

Pedigree

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