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William J Baker

Male 1872 - 1951  (78 years)


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  • Name William J Baker 
    Birth 18 Jan 1872  Oakland Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 14 Jun 1880  Hartland, Livingston, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 8, born MI, at school, living with parents 
    Census 2 Jun 1900  Johnstown, Barry, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 28, born Jan 1872 in MI, farm laborer, living with widowed mother 
    Death 17 Jan 1951  Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bedford Cemetery, Battle Creek, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15421  Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2017 

    Father Thomas F Baker,   b. May 1834, Monroe Co NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1881, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Almira Edith Furman,   b. 1839, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1907, Johnstown, Barry, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 10 Sep 1868  Davisburg, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • on 10 Sep 1868 in Davisburgh, Oakland, MI, Thomas F Baker, 35, a farmer residing Hartland MI, born Monroe Co NY, married Almira Edith Furman, 30, residing Highland, Oakland, MI, born Highland.
    Family ID F5819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950" (ancestry.com)
      Will J Baker, single, born Jan 1872 in Oakland Co, MI to Thomas and Elmira Baker, died on 17 Jan 1951 in Battle Creek MI.
    • from "The Battle Creek Enquirer", 18 Jan 1951 (newspapers.com)
      Will J. Baker
      Will J. Baker, 78, of Route 3, Bellevue, a retired farm worker, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday in a local hospital where he had been a patient for less than four hours. Dr. Willard N. Putnam, coroner, said Mr. Baker died of acute lobar pneumonia. Mr Baker was born in Oakland county, Jan. 18, 1872, a son of Thomas and Elmira Baker. He never married. Mr Baker attended Seventh-day Adventist church. He is survived by six nieces, Mrs. Ella Janson and Mrs. Claude VanNocker of Bedford, Mrs. David Swansen of Burlington, Mrs. Rolland Babcock of Route 6, Mrs. Emma Opack of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Woodrow Thompson of Battle Creek; five nephews, Frank Brunt and Roy Brunt of Battle Creek, George Brunt of Assyria township, Fred Brunt of Kalamazoo and Edward Brunt of Route 3., Bellevue, and 43 grandnieces and nephews. Two sisters. Mrs. Alice Van Ripper and Mrs. Emma Brunt, preceded him in death.