Esther Baker

Esther was born in 1885.  Esther's father was Lionel John Baker and her mother was Wairoa Esther Bellshaw.  Her paternal grandparents were John Baker and Rachel Minshull. She had seven brothers and two sisters, named Lionel, Edward, Charles, Ernest, Eunice, Montrose, Frederick, Horace and Flora.  She was the fifth oldest of the ten children.