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John BAKER

Male 1848 - 1909  (60 years)


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  • Name John BAKER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 29 Mar 1848  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 133 
    Death 8 Mar 1909  Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Cause: carcinoma of the face. 
    • Buried in Mt Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas; Plot R17-BL278-BK2, Findagrave Memorial# 22681012
    Person ID I133  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Christian BAKER,   b. 11 Apr 1816, Arnt Borken, Kassel, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1896, Walnut, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Martha BAUMGARTEN,   b. 1 Jan 1815, Amsterdam, Borken, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1880, Walnut, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1838  Arnt Borken, Kassel, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amanda Mary KNIGHT,   b. 5 Apr 1840, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1897, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1877  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F53  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Mar 1848 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Aft 1877 - Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: carcinoma of the face. - 8 Mar 1909 - Atchison, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Christening Date is September 20, 1857, 9-1/2 years after the birth. The family was still in Pennsylvania.

      CENSUS 1850: on ancestry.com. John, 2, b. in Lancaster County, living with parents 34/32, 5 siblings (Elizabeth12, Henry10, Louise6, Joseph4, Adam 5 mo.) + several others. location: Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

      CENSUS 1860: on ancestry.com. John, 13, b. in Pennsylvania, living with parents 44/46 and 6 siblings (Henry21, Louis17, Joseph15, Adam11, Christian9, Susan6). location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS Kansas 1865: on ancestry.com. John, 17, b. in Pennsylvania. occupation: farmer, Regiment 16, Company D??. location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas. [ts: last name is spelled "Becker"]

      CENSUS 1870: on ancestry. com. John, 21, b. in Pennsylvania, occupation: works on farm, living with parents55/56, 3 siblings (Christian16, Susan15, Rosia9). location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS Kansas 1875: on ancestry.com. John, 25, b. in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, living with parents58/60 and 4 siblings (Adam24, Christ21, Susan19, Rosa14). location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. John, 35, b. in United States, occupation: farmer, living with wife Mary39 and her 6 children (James21, John19, Robert18, Ida11, Lalulra9, Cahtharine7). location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas (Note: Mary was the widow of John Groff and the children were all Groffs. John Groff was shot and killed in 1877 by John Baker's sister's brother-in-law (Robert Scruggs).)

      1897 National Homes for Disable Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938: John 50, b. in Pennsylvania, location: Leavenworth, Kansas. John

      BURIAL 1909: findagrave. John, d. March 8, 1909 from carcinoma of the face. Findagrave Memorial# 22681012, Plot R17-BL278-BK2

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] 1850 US Federal Census, Location: Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 1, NARA microfilm publication M432. Found on familysearch.org.

    2. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas Territory; citing p. 183, household ID 1297, NARA microfilm publication M653. Found on Familysearch.org.

    3. [S46] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, citing CHRIST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH,ELIZABETHTOWN,LANCASTER,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm 824,058.

    4. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Kansas, United States; citing p. 30, family 215, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 545,927. Found on familysearch.org.

    5. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 11, sheet 509B, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0372; FHL microfilm 1,254,372. Found on familysearch.org.

    6. [S14] 1875 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-20. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    7. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.


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