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Chester Earl Baker

Male 1894 - 1949  (55 years)


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  • Name Chester Earl Baker 
    Birth 13 Jan 1894  Buffalo, Erie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 13 Jun 1900  Buffalo, Erie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 6, born Jan 1895 in NY, living with parents
    Census 1 Jun 1905  Buffalo, Erie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 11, born US, at school, living with parents
    Census 21 Apr 1910  Buffalo, Erie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 16, born NY, living with parents
    Census 10 Jan 1920  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 26, born NY, secretary at overall factory, living with parents
    Census 12 Apr 1930  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 37, born NY, 1st marr at 32, secretary at overhalls co, parents born MI/OH
    Census 16 Apr 1940  Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 46, born MI, H2 ed, residing here in 1935, secretary at overall co.
    WW1 Reg Card 1942  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 48, born 13 Jan 1894 in Buffalo NY, NOK Betty Jane Baker
    Death 28 Aug 1949  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I15234  Family Tree
    Last Modified 25 May 2017 

    Father AncestorsCheselton Elisher Baker,   b. 3 May 1861, Jackson, Jackson, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1954, Michigan City, LaPorte, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother AncestorsIda Rheiner,   b. 30 Jan 1864, Dayton, Montgomery, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1946, Michigan City, LaPorte, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 16 Dec 1884  Montgomery Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993" (familysearch.org)
      On 16 Dec 1884 in Montgomery Co, OH, Cheselton E Baker married Ida Rheiner.
    Family ID F5725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsElla Maria Priske,   b. 19 Nov 1893, Berlin, Berlin, GER Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1967 (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1925  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952" (ancestry.com)
      on 1 Jun 1925 in Detroit, Wayne Co MI, Chester E Baker, 31, a secretary residing Detroit, born NY to Chester E Baker & Ida Rheiner, married Ella M Priske, 29, residing Detroit, born WI to Paul Priske & Emily Schwandt. 1st marriage for both.
    Children 
    Married1. Betty Jane Baker,   b. 1929, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5729  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2022 

  • Notes 
    • from "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" (ancestry.com)
      Chester Baker was born 13 Jan 1894 in Buffalo NY, Death date 28 Aug 1949.
    • from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950" (ancestry.com)
      Mr. Chester Baker, born Jan 1894 in Buffalo NY to Cheslton Baker and Ida Riener, died on 28 Aug 1948 in Detroit, Wayne, MI.
    • from "The Detroit Free Press", 29 Aug 1949 (newspapers.com)
      C.E. BAKER, JR. - Funeral arrangements are being completed for Mr. Baker, 55, who died Sunday at Jennings Hospital after a short illness. Mr. Baker was manufacturing manager and treasurer of the W.M. Finck Overall Co. His home was at 1318 Audubon, Grosse Pointe Park. Born in Buffalo, Mr. Baker came to Detroit in 1908, when he was first employed by the Finck company. He was graduated from the Detroit College of Law. Surviving are his wife, Ella M.; a daughter, Betty Jane; his father, sister and a brother.