William Alden Baker

1878 - 1942  (64 years)

• Name	William Alden Baker
  Birth	8 Apr 1878	Baldwin, Lake, MI
  Gender	Male
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Glencoe, Lake, MI ; age 2, born MI, living with parents
  Census	7 Jun 1900	Goodland, Sherman, KS ; age 22, born Apr 1878 in MI, RR Engineer, parent born NY/NY
  Census	26 Apr 1910	Goodland, Sherman, KS ; age 32, born MI. marr 11 yrs, rail road engineer, parents born MI/NY
  Census	31 Mar 1920	Hale, Yuma, CO ; age 41, born MI, farmer on general farm, parents born NY/NY
  Census	4 Apr 1930	Armel, Yuma, CO ; age 51, born MI, marr at 20, farmer on general farm, parents born MI/NY
  Move	1934	Lebanon, Linn, OR ; move from Colorado to Oregon
  Census	15 Apr 1940	Lebanon, Linn, OR ; age 62, born MI, 8 gr ed, operator of 2nd hand store
  Death	22 Apr 1942	Lebanon, Linn, OR
  Burial	26 Apr 1942	Lebanon IOFF Cemetery, Lebanon, OR
  Person ID	I2554	Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	William Jay “Jasper” Baker,   b. 18 Nov 1845, Cambria, Niagara, NY d. 29 Jun 1926, Hale, Yuma, Colorado (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Sophia Adelaide Crosier,   b. 3 Jan 1848, Pekin, Niagara, NY d. 4 Apr 1895, Sherman Co., KS (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1870	Cambria, Niagara, NY
  Family ID	F687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Jenny Woodring,   b. 9 Jun 1879, Milledgeville, Carroll, IL d. 20 Feb 1946, Lebanon, Linn, OR (Age 66 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	25 Oct 1898	Goodland, Sherman, KS
  Children	+ 1. Mary Adelaide Baker,   b. 23 Nov 1899, Goodland, Sherman, KS d. 16 Oct 1971, Milwaukie, Clackamas, OR (Age 71 years) + 2. Lee Frederick Baker,   b. 7 Jun 1901, Goodland, Sherman, KS d. 13 Feb 1972, Lebanon, Linn, OR (Age 70 years) + 3. Mildred Dolly “Millie” Baker,   b. 27 Jun 1904, Goodland, Sherman, KS d. Dec 1985, Lebanon, Linn, OR (Age 81 years)   4. Celestine Viola Baker,   b. 2 Nov 1906, Goodland, Sherman, KS d. May 1908, Goodland, Sherman, KS (Age 1 year) 5. Wilma Blanche Baker,   b. 8 Dec 1909, Goodland, Sherman, KS d. 17 Nov 1991, Linn Co, OR (Age 81 years) 6. Frank Robert Baker,   b. 7 Jul 1913, Goodland, Sherman, KS d. Dec 1978, Lebanon, Linn, OR (Age 65 years) + 7. Roy Clinton “Jack” Baker,   b. 7 Mar 1918, Wray, Yuma, CO d. 16 Sep 1994, Wilsonville, Clackamas, OR (Age 76 years) + 8. Lowell Joseph “Steve” Baker,   b. 27 May 1920, Armel, Yuma, CO d. 9 Mar 2004, Bend, Deschutes, OR (Age 83 years)   9. Evelyn Mae Baker,   b. 1 Jan 1923, Armel, Yuma, CO d. 5 Jan 1923, Armel, Yuma, CO (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2012

  
  

• Photos

  William Alden Baker

  
  

  Headstones

  William & Edith Baker Gravestone BAKER / EDITH J (1879 - 1946) / WILLIAM A (1878 - 1942)

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper Obituary (courtesy of Robyn Helms Baker) WILLIAM ALDEN BAKER Funeral services for William Alden Baker, who died on Wednesday of last week, were held at the Harry C. Howe funeral home on Sunday at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. D. Lester Fields officiating. Burial was in the Old Fellow cemetery. The Lebanon I.O.O.F. lodge had charge of the services. He was born at Baldwin, Mich., Apr. 8, 1878. He had resided in Lebanon the past eight years. In 1886 he moved with his family to western Kansas, where he was united in marriage to Edith Jenny Woodring on October 25, 1898, at Goodland, Kan. To this union were born nine children, two of whom died in infancy. He is survived by his wife and 7 children: Mary A. Allen, Sandy, Lee F. Baker, San Diego, Calif., Mildred D. Baxter, Wilma B. Richard, and Frank R. Baker, all of Lebanon, Jack Baker, Seattle, Wash, Lowell J. Baker who is now in the U.S. army stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; also one brother, E.C. Baker, of Burlington, Colo., and two half brothers and one half sister of Idaho and Colorado; 12 grandchildren, and a host of friends. from Oregon Death Certificate (posted by diana greb of findagrave.com) William Alden Baker, born 8 Apr 1878 in Baldwin, MI, son of William J Baker of NY and Sophia A Crosur of NY, husband of Edith Jenny, marr 43 years, worked in furniture store, died on 22 Apr 1942 of coronary occlusion in Lebanon, Linn, OR. Resident for 8 yrs. Burial 26 Apr 1942 in Lebanon. Informant Edith Baker

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] Various Authors, RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (MyFamily.com Inc), 21 Mar 2006, Database :375330 by Leana Allen. [S27] Various Arthurs, IGI Individual Record, (Church of Latter Day Saints), for William Alden Baker.