Rollin George Baker

1880 - 1971  (90 years)

• Name	Rollin George Baker
  Birth	9 May 1880	Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA ; age 1/12, born Mar in IA, living with parents
  Census	1885	Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA ; age 5, born Winneshiek Co, living with parents
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA ; age 20, born May 1880 in IA, merchant, living with father & stepmother
  Census	18 Apr 1910	Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA ; age 29, born IA, mx1 for 3 yrs, salesman at dry goods store, parents born NY/IA
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA ; age 39, born IA, merchant at general store, parent born ME/IA
  Census	1925	Ridgeway, Winneshiek, IA ; age 44, born IA to G.R. Baker b. NY & Stella Bolles b. IA
  Census	2 Apr 1930	Ridgeway, Winneshiek, IA ; age 49, born IA, 1st marr at 24, retail merchant of grocercies, parents born NY/IA
  Census	8 Apr 1940	Ridgeway, Winneshiek, IA ; age 59, born IA, C2 ed, residing here in 1935, proprietor of general merchandise store
  Death	23 Mar 1971	Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI
  Burial		Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway, IA
  Person ID	I16264	Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 May 2017

  
  

  Father	George Rollin Baker,   b. 1 Jun 1851, Crown Point, Essex, NY d. 6 Oct 1924, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Estella Marar Bolles,   b. Sep 1860, Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA d. 30 Apr 1892, Lincoln, Winneshiek, IA (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1879	Winneshiek Co, IA
  Notes	from "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" (familysearch.org) On 26 May 1879 in Winneshiek Co, IA, G.R. Baker married E.M. Bolles
  Family ID	F6117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henrietta M Stensland,   b. 16 Jun 1882, Iowa d. 1950 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1906	Chicago, Cook, IL
  Children	1. Sybil G Baker,   b. 26 Sep 1908, Ridgeway, Winneshiek, IA d. 4 Oct 1908, Ridgeway, Winneshiek, IA (Age 0 years) 2. Rollin Karl Baker,   b. 20 Sep 1910, Winneshiek Co, IA d. 23 Mar 1988, Cook Co, IL (Age 77 years) + 3. George Woodrow Baker,   b. 27 May 1913, Ridgeway, Winneshiek, IA d. 1945 (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F6203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Sheboygan Press", 24 Mar 1971 (newspapers.com) ROLLIN G. BAKER Rollin G. Baker, 90, formerly of the Heritage Nursing Center, died Thieday afternoon in Sheboygan Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for one day. He was the father of R. Karl Baker, president and general manager of local radio station WKTS. He was born May 9, 1880, in Ridgeway, Iowa, son of the late George and Estella Baker. He attended school there and also attended Iowa State College. Mr. Baker had owned and operated a general merchandise store in Ridgeway until 1945. On Jun 30, 1906, he married Miss Etta Steensland. She died in 1950. He Married Mrs. Myrtle Kendell in 1957. She died in 1970. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Ridgeway and Cresco Lodge, F. and A.M. Hr. Baker came to the Heritage Nursing home about 11 months ago. Survivors, in addition to the Sheboygan son, are three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, and two sister, Miss Helen and Miss Ruth Baker, both of Los Angeles. He was preceded in death by a son, daughter, and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at Cresco, Iowa, Friday afternoon, Burial will be in the Ridgeway Cemetery. Local arrangements are being handled by the Ramm-Ziegler Funeral Home.