Raymond Clark Baker

1884 - 1964  (80 years)

• Name	Raymond Clark Baker
  Birth	12 Feb 1884	Highland, Oakland, MI
  Gender	Male
  Census	25 Jun 1900	Highland, Oakland, MI ; age 16, born Feb 1884 in MI, at school, living with father
  Census	30 Apr 1910	Saginaw, Saginaw, MI ; C.R., age 25, born MI, marr 5 yrs, grocery merchant, parents born MI/MI
  Residence	Aug 1918	Paris, FRA ; residing Paris through May 1920 working for YMCA
  Census	17 Apr 1930	Plymouth, Wayne, MI ; age 46, born MI, 1st marr at 21, parents born MI/MI, he & spouse living with a friend
  Census	10 Apr 1940	Detroit, Wayne, MI ; age 56, born MI, H4 ed, residing here in 1935, apartment manager
  Death	29 Dec 1964
  Burial		West Highland Cemetery, Highland, MI
  Person ID	I15451	Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Wilson Waldo Baker,   b. 12 Jan 1860, Highland, Oakland, MI d. 17 Jul 1928 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Bertha A Clark,   b. 1864   d. 8 May 1900, Clyde, Allegan, MI (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1881
  Family ID	F5836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lillian MacCurdy,   b. 22 Jan 1885, Milford, Oakland, MI d. 14 Jan 1991, Contra Costa Co, CA (Age 105 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1905	Milford, Oakland, MI
  Notes	from "Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940" (ancestry.com) On 4 Oct 1905 in Milford MI, Ray C Baker, 21, a clerk residing Detroit, born Highland MI to W.W. Baker and Bertha Clark, married Lillian MacCurdy, 20, residing Milford, born Milford to Jay MacCurdy and Not Given. 1st marriage for both. Witnesses Jay MacCurdy & Wilson W. Baker.
  Children	1. Edwina Rae Baker,   b. 6 Feb 1907, Michigan d. 24 Sep 1995, Contra Costa Co, CA (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F5897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Clarisse Louise Tardy,   b. 20 Apr 1892, Nevers, FRA d. 1955 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Feb 1922	Paris, FRA
  Notes	from "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925" (familysearch.org), for 5 Jul 1922 Passport Application of Raymond C Baker "Marriage book No. 248 issued 8th Arrondissement, Paris, attesting to marriage on Feb. 21, 1922 of Ray Baker aand Clarisse Louise Tardy, born Nevers, France, on April 20, 1892."
  Family ID	F5896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Ray Clark Baker Passport Photo passport dated 5 Jul 1922

  
  

  Headstones

  Ray & Clarisse (Pardo) Baker Gravestone BAKER CLARISSE L. / 1892 - 1955 RAY C. / 1884 - 1964

  
  

• Notes

  from "U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925", 28 May 1918 This is to certify that Ray C. Baker was born on the 12th day of February 1884 in township of Highland, county of Oakland, State of Michigan. Parents names Wilson W. Baker, father, Bertha A. Clark Baker, mother, now deceased. Signed, Wilson W Baker, 14 May 1918....This is to certify that Mr. Raymond Clark Baker has been appointed a secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. of the United States for service with the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France. We hereby endorse his application for a passport to visit France and Great Britain. Mr. Baker will serve for the duration of the war. from "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014" (ancestry.com) Ray Baker was born 12 Feb 1884, died Dec 1964. Issued in MI.