Walter Christian Baker

1896 - 1978  (81 years)

• Name	Walter Christian Baker
  Birth	24 Oct 1896	Lockport, Niagara, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	Jun 1900	Lockport, Niagara, NY ; age 3, born Oct 1896 in NY, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1905	Lockport, Niagara, NY ; age 8, born US, at school, living with parents
  Census	22 Apr 1910	Middleport, Niagara, NY ; age 13, born NY, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1915	Middleport, Niagara, NY ; age 18, born US, laborer, living with parents
  Census	1920	Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY ; age 23, born NY, chemist in factory, parent born NY/NY
  Census	5 Apr 1930	Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY ; age 34 born NY, marr at 21, personnel superintendent, parents born NY/NY
  Census	5 Apr 1940	Chicago, Cook, IL ; age 43, born NY, H2 ed, residing in Niagara Falls NY in 1935, personnel director in Whol. Aluminum Heating Supplies
  Military Service	1942	Flossmoor, Cook, IL ; WW2 Draft Reg Card, age 45, born 24 Oct 1896 in Lockport, NY, works at Whiting Corp, NOK Mrs. Amy Baker
  Death	19 Mar 1978	Whittier, Los Angeles, CA
  Burial		Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, CA
  Person ID	I6839	Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Francis Baker,   b. 25 Dec 1864, Middleport, Niagara, NY d. 18 Dec 1940, Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Belle Retallack,   b. Feb 1867, New York d. 20 Nov 1940, Niagara Falls, Niagara, NY (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	1895	New York
  Family ID	F2248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amy Ida Thaxter,   b. 27 Apr 1896, New York d. 18 Feb 1987, Anaheim, Orange, CA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1918	Middleport, Niagara, NY
  Notes	from "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936" (familysearch.org) On 10 Jul 1918 in Middleport, Niagara, NY, Walter C Baker, 21, a soldier, residing Niagara Falls, born NY to Chas. Francis Baker b. US & Mary Retallack b. US married Amy Ida Thaxter, 22, a teacher, residing Barker, born NY to Wm. Thaxter b. ENG & Hattie Kenyon b. US. 1st marriage for both.
  Family ID	F2262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2019

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Mirada Review", 23 Mar 1978 (newspapers.com) Services for Walter Christian Baker, 81, of Fullerton, former longtime resident of Whittier, were conducted March 22 by Rose Hills Mortuary in Rainbow Chapel, with the Rev. Dr. Alister Sinclair officiating. East Whittier Masonic Lodge #776, F.& A.M also officiated. Interment followed in Rose Hills Memorial Park. Mr. Baker, a resident of California for 28 years, was born in New York. He died March 19 in Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier. Her served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I. He is survived by his wife, Any of Fullerton; and a sister, Florence Baker Starkins of Canada. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Emphysema Research Foundation.