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BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Gloria (View posts)
Posted: 5 Jan 1999 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: BAKER, JENNINGS
Looking for any information on a company in Victoria,
BAKER BRICK & TILE COMPANY. This company was built where
Mayfair Mall is today. The Baker brothers James & John
Baker ran the business in the early 1900's.

Richard Baker b.1816 Dublin, Ireland
married
Mary/Margaret Jennings b. 1814 Cork, Ireland

Children were, Michael, William, Richard, James, John,

George, & Caroline Baker
All died in Victoria,B.C. except Caroline.

James Baker b.1854 London, Ontario d.1929 Victoria, B.C.

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 1 Oct 2001 5:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Jul 2002 7:54AM GMT
Noticed your message, I have a lot of old bricks and yes
I have some from Baker Brick & Tile. Would you like one?

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 4 Nov 2001 5:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 20 Mar 2002 4:15PM GMT
Surnames: Baker Bricks
Hello Michael,

Thank you for your offer, but I do have some.
Curious on where you found them?
Thanks Michael!

Kind regards,
Gloria

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 4 Nov 2001 9:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Jul 2002 7:54AM GMT
Gloria, I obtained about 1000 bricks that had been collected
by a Vancouver long shoreman on his lunch breaks from a number of old demolished houses. He collected them about
20 years ago. I live in a 1905 house and wanted old brick for a
patio. In the collection there is about 20 different marked bricks.

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 5 Nov 2001 3:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 20 Mar 2002 4:15PM GMT
Surnames: Baker Brick
Hi Michael,
Thank you for replying! Where in Victoria do you live. Wonderful to hear the old brick is still around!!!!!!

Gloria
gloria.wallin@shaw.ca

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 5 Nov 2001 3:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 20 Mar 2002 4:15PM GMT
Surnames: Baker Brick
Hi Michael,
Thank you for replying! Where in Victoria do you live. Wonderful to hear the old brick is still around!!!!!!

Gloria
gloria.wallin@shaw.ca

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 5 Nov 2001 6:25AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Jul 2002 7:54AM GMT
I live just outside of Fort Langley on 272 St.

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 30 Jul 2013 11:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Tranter, Cooper, Jones, Jubb, Matthews, Woodward
This is quite an old conversation but I just stumbled across it today! My gr. gr. grandfather Seymour Tranter worked for the Baker Bros Brick Co. from about 1890-1905. I just got 2 Baker Bros bricks this year from someone who was re-doing their patio in their backyard and knew someone would want them. There was a LOT of them. There are many collectors in Victoria of old things!
Jacquie

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 5:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
That company was owned by my grandmother's family. She was Vera Baker, her father was John I believe. It was located on Douglas St. They also owned Victoria Ice Company

Re: BAKER BRICK & TILE CO., VICTORIA, B.C.

Posted: 6 Jan 2015 10:33PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Just come across this board and realize this is real long shot but am trying to track down my grandfather 's time in Vancouver Island.Have traced him and his wife to Vancouver from the UK circa 1910 according to the 1921 census he is listed as a brick labourer in Field Apartments,his name was William Henry Greenwood and his wife was Winifred Mary Greenwood .
If anyone can help me with this it would be appreciated as I've hit a "brick wall" sorry for that !
Regards
Adrian
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