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Claude Andrus Baker

Male 1876 - 1925  (49 years)


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  • Name Claude Andrus Baker 
    Birth 8 Jul 1876  Ossian, Winneshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1 Jun 1880  Military, Winneshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 3, born IA, living with parents 
    Census 1885  Military, Winneshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 8, born Winneshiek Co, living with parents 
    Census 2 Jun 1900  Sioux City, Woodbury, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 22, born Jul 1877 in IA, traveling salesman of hardware, living with parents 
    Census 5 Jan 1920  Des Moines, Polk, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 42, born IA, wholesale brick merchant, parents born NY/IA 
    Census 1925  Des Moines, Polk, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 48, born IA to Andrus Baker b. NY & Louise Hall, b. IA. 
    Death 17 Sep 1925  St Paul, Ramsey, MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16254  Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 May 2017 

    Father Andrus David Baker,   b. 14 Nov 1845, Crown Point, Essex, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1922, Sioux City, Woodbury, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Louise Jane Hall,   b. Oct 1855, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1925, Sioux City, Woodbury, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 13 Nov 1871  Winneshiek Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" (familysearch.org)
      On 13 Nov 1871 in Winneshiek Co, IA, A.D. Baker married Lousia J Hall
    Family ID F6116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Edna Jandt,   b. 18 May 1881, Sioux City, Woodbury, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1901  Sioux City, Woodbury, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" (familysearch.org)
      On 12 Sep 1901 in Woodbury Co, IA Claude A Baker, 25, married Alice Edna Jandt, 20.
    Family ID F6199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 May 2017 

  • Notes 
    • from "Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families"
      Claude Andrus Baker married Alice Edna Jandt, daughter of Geo. Henry and Mary Elizabeth Maudesley Jandt, September 12, 1901. They have no family. Claude A. Baker is a successful business man of Des Moines, Iowa.
    • from "The Des Moines Register", 18 Sep 1925 (newspapers.com)
      Claude Baker Dies After Long Illness
      Brick Dealer Succumbs in St. Paul
      News was received of the death at 7 o'clock last night in St. Paul of Claude A. Baker, brick dealer, with offices in the Shops building. Mr. Baker, whose home was at 4010 Woodland avenue, was widely know in Des Moines. Accompanied by Mrs. Baker, he recently went to the university hospital at Iowa City for treatment, having been in poor health for more than a year. From Iowa City he went to St. Paul, where he was undergoing treatment at the time of his death. News of Mr. Baker's death was received by Mrs. J.B. Trenchard, 655 Forty-first street, his sister. Mrs. Baker, who was with her husband, will accompany the body back to Des Moines. With her is Roy M. Baker of Sioux City, a brother of her husband. Mr. Baker came to Des Moines from Chicago in 1909, and since then has been engaged in the builders' supply business. He was born in Sioux City forty-nine years ago, where his father for years was engaged in the hardware business, being one of the early settlers of that part of the state. Mrs. A.D. Baker, his mother, who survives him, make her home in Sioux City.
    • from "The Des Moines Sunday Register", 20 Sept 1925
      CLAUDE A BAKER BURIAL TOMORROW IN SIOUX CITY
      Funeral services for Claude A. Baker, widely known brick dealer, who died Thursday in St. Paul, will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at Sioux City, the former home of Mr. Baker. Mr. Baker was 49 years old. He had been ill for a year. He came to Des Moines in 1909 from Chicago and resided at 4010 Woodland avenue. Surviving him are his widow, his mother, Mrs. A.D. Baker of Sioux City; a brother, Roy M. Baker, of Sioux City and a sister, Mrs. J.B. Trenchard, 655 Forty-first street.