Margaret Elsie Gowdy

1880 - 1968  (88 years)

• Name	Margaret Elsie Gowdy
  Birth	26 Feb 1880	Washington, Washington, IA
  Gender	Female
  Census	16 Apr 1910	Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO
  	M.G. age 30, born IA, mx1 for 7 yrs, 2/2 children living, parents born IL/IA
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Denver, Denver, CO
  	age 39, born IA, parents born IL/IA
  Census	7 Apr 1930	Denver, Denver, CO
  	age 60, born IA, H4 ed, residing here in 1935
  Census	19 Apr 1930	Denver, Denver, CO
  	age 50, born IA, 1st marr at 23, parents born IL/IA
  Census	13 Apr 1950	Denver, Denver, CO
  	age 70, born IA
  Death	8 Mar 1968	Craig, Moffat, CO
  Burial	Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, CO
  Person ID	I16812	Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Leander Harper Gowdy
  Mother	Anna Laura Reid
  Family ID	F6453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Huntington Baker,   b. 27 Apr 1870, Detroit, Wayne, MI d. Apr 1967 (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1903	Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO
  Notes	from "Colorado, County Marriages and State Indexes, 1862-2006" (familysearch.org) On 15 Sep 1903 in Colorado Springs CO, John H Baker married Elsie Margaret Gowdy
  Children	1. Margaret Graham Baker,   b. 11 Nov 1904, Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO d. 15 Jan 1996, Craig, Moffat, CO (Age 91 years) + 2. John Huntington Baker,   b. 15 Mar 1908, Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO d. 21 Nov 1984 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F6452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2025

  
  

• Headstones		John & Margaret (Gowdy) Family Gravestone Plot: Block 24
  		Margaret (Gowdy) Baker Headstone MARGARET GOWDY / BAKER / 1880 - 1968 Plot: Block 24

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Washington IA Evening Journal", 16 Mar 1968 (newspaperarchive.com), Mrs. Margaret C. Baker, a native of Washington, died March 8 in Denver, Colorado. Funeral services were held in that community. Mrs. Baker moved to Colorado as a child and was the widow of John Huntington Baker. Surviving are a son, a daughter, one sister, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. from The Rocky Mountain News, 14 Mar 1968 (coloradohistoricnewspapers.org) Graveside services for Mrs. Margaret G. Baker, longtime Denver resident, were held Tuesday in Crown Hill. Mrs. Baker, who recently moved to Craig, died there Friday in a nursing home after a long illness. She was 99. She was born Feb. 26, 1880 in Washington, Iowa, and came to Colorado as a child. She married John Huntington Baker in Denver in 1903. Surviving are a son, John H. Baker Jr. of Denver; a daughter, Mrs. Owen P Dyar of Craig; a sister, MRs. E.E. Tuck of Los Angeles, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.