William Whiteley Baker Jr. (born 1894)
William Whiteley Baker Jr was born on Dec 11 1894 in Delaware, USA [HL002V][GDrive]
His father was William Whitely Baker Sr. (born 1867), who was born on Oct 27 1867 [HL0030][GDrive] .
His mother was Lizzy Whiteley Baker (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116208822/lizzy-baker) (1872 - 1944).
Father - William Whitely Baker Sr.
The American Agricultural Chemical Company (or AACC) was led for many years by William Whitely Baker Sr. (born 1967), who passed in 1918 . His legend was called out here in the American Fertilizer 1918 issue.
Note that the father of William Whiteley Baker Jr. has a middle name of "Whitely" (no "e"), but WIlliam Whiteley Baker Jr.'s middle name is "Whiteley" (with an "ey"). This is because the Jr.'s mother had a maiden name of "Whiteley", but his grandmother (his father's mother, who was Mary Eilizabeth Baker ) had a maiden name of "Whitely".
Relation to Bernard Nadal Baker (great uncle)
The grandfather of William Whiteley Baker Jr. was Charles E. Baker (born 1845) - See relationship at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120978215/charles-e-baker .
A brother of Charles E. Baker (b 1845) was Bernard Nadal Baker (born 1854) . - See relationship at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124676153/bernard-nadal-baker
1917 (June) - Draft Registration
William Whiteley Baker Jr. was 22 years of age when he registered on June 5, 1917. Note:
- The employer and job is hard to read, but we can see at that time it looks like "A[??????? ?????????] of Sub-Committee on on [?????], Sub-Committee on Fertilizer [????????????] Council of National Defense", located in Washington D.C. .
- His address looks to be "Tanglewood Road, Catonsville, MD". As of 2019, there doesn't appear to be any homes on this small suburban road build before 1941, so the home may have removed? Hard to tell, without a street address number.
CATONSVILLE, MD HOME
In Catonsville, his great-uncle Bernard Nadal Baker (born 1854) had his full-time residence: A 49-room mansion on 300 acres known as 🌐Ingleside , that he moved out of in 1918 .Google shows this location to be about 2 miles from the states address above.
1917 to 1920 - The Baker-Freeman-Baldwin Wholesale and retail tea, coffee, and cocoa business (Baltimore)
See the January 1917 issue of "The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal" ( See all 1917 issues at [HP0024][GDrive] ). From the Baltimore directory, we can see that William Whiteley Baker Jr. was with "Baker-Freeman-Baldwin" from January 1917 until at least 1920.
The business partners were John Freeman and Edward P. Baldwin, and the business was located at 2108 Eastern Avenue in Baltimore.
1917 to 1923 - Addresses / Businesses
Notes the 1923 directory has a second business address of William W Baker at 206 Vickers building (see Vickers Building, Baltimore ) .
1923 (March) - "R. S. Mueller Company" opens in Baltimore
From the March of 1923 issue of the periodical "The American Fertilizer" ( to download full PDF copies of the July-December 1923 issues, see [HP000X][GDrive]), we read that Robert Swan Mueller I (b1893) opened up his company "R. S. Mueller Company" in Baltimore. Up until not long before then, Robert Swan Mueller I was working with the United States Shipping Board, but now owned and operated his own business as a "Chemical broker", with an apparent focus on the fertilizer industry.
William Whiteley Baker Jr. (identified here as "W. Whiteley Baker Jr.") is an associate of the R.S. Mueller Company.
The R.S. Mueller Company has several specialties including (but not limited to) Chemical brokering, Chemicals, Fertilizer materials, Fish scrap, and sulfuric acid.
William W Baker Jr ("William Whiteley Baker Jr.") was the business colleague of Robert Swan Mueller I, starting in 1923 in Baltimore Maryland when Robert Swan Mueller I (b1893) started his agriculture, fertilizer, and chemical distribution business "R.S. Mueller Co."
1930
Job listed as "Broker" in the "Fertilizer" industry. 36 years of age, living at home with the mother (now a widow), and his sister Elizabeth (now age 30). Their home is a rental that is $60/month.
1930 - Still employed at R.S. Mueller Company
The following Google search shows that W.W. Baker Jr. is still working with (or associated with) the R.S. Mueller Company as of 1930. Unfortunately the full issue is not being shared on Google. See ( 1930-american-fertilizer-volume-73-google-search-wwbaker-jr-mueller-screenshot.jpg / https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QWP_3d4LaD7OmxcCYzo1e3hjLwJOmkUs ) ,
1940 - Census (Baltimore)
Job listed as "Broker" in the "Fertilizer" industry. 46 years of age, living at home with the mother (widow, age 68). Their home is a rental that is still $60/month.
1942 (April) - WW2 draft Registration
William Whiteley Baker Jr. resisted on April 25, 1942. At this time we see that we has 47 years of age, working at H.J. Baker Bro at the Md Trust Building (Maryland Trust Building).
