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Josephine GROFF

Female 1860 - 1914  (54 years)


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  • Name Josephine GROFF  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Josephine's parents may have been John and Amanda Groff, living in Walnut, Atchison, Kansas in 1860. Could this John Groff be the one who was killed in August 1877? And are either of them related to Frances Groff, who married Robert Scruggs in the early 1860 (wife #2)?
    Birth 29 Apr 1860  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 142 
    Death 22 Dec 1914  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas. Plot: R12-BL203-BK4. Findagrave Memorial# 22681025. She is buried with her husband Christian Baker Jr.
    Person ID I142  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father John Edward GROFF,   b. 2 Jun 1831, Hannover, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1877, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1858  likely Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christian BAKER,   b. 4 Dec 1852, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1951, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1880  Oak Mills, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9] 
    Children 
     1. George BAKER,   b. May 1881, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. James Franklin BAKER,   b. 3 Feb 1883, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1900, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)  [natural]
     3. Pearl BAKER,   b. Jan 1887, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Bertha A. BAKER,   b. Apr 1889, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1989, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 100 years)  [natural]
     5. Charles Earl BAKER,   b. 3 May 1897, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1965, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     6. Josephine Laura BAKER,   b. Oct 1893, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1987, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 93 years)  [natural]
     7. Mae BAKER,   b. Apr 1896, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1992, Orange, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 95 years)  [natural]
     8. Edith Melvina BAKER,   b. 5 Dec 1901, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1990, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F55  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Apr 1860 - Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Dec 1914 - Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. Josephene[sic] Groff, 2 mo., b in Kansas, living with parents:John28/Amanda17, brother JamesH.2 and 2 other men; Hiram26 (Groff??) and R.H.Malice26. location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1865: on ancestry.com. Josephine Groff, 4, b in Georgia, living with John33, Amanda23, James7, JohnE.3, Margaret1 Groff. Location: Atchison, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Josaphine Graff[sic], 10, b in Kansas, attending school, living with parents:John37/Mandy29 and siblings: James11, John8, Robert4 and Ida1 Graff + 3 others: Mary Bishop52, James36 & Joseph34 Adams. location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1875: on familysearch.org. Josephine Groff, 14, b in Kansas, living with John42, Amanada35, James16, J.H.13, Robert9, Rita7, Laura5, Katie3, Cora1mo. Groff. Location: Atchison, Kansas.

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Josephine Baker, 20, b in Kansas, living with husband Christian Baker26 and brotherRobertGroff14. location: Mt Pleasant, Atchison, Kansas

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Josephine Baker, 40, b.April 1860 in Kansas, married 20 years, had 9 children/6 still living, living with husband:Christ[sic]46 and children: George19, Pearl13, Bertha11, Josie7, May5, Charlie3 Baker and 2 servants. location: Walnut Township, Archison County, Kansas
      (Note: other children mentioned in ingridkirschbaum Family Tree (ancestry.com) lists other children: JamesFranklin 1883-1900, Robert Leonard 1885-1885, Christian 1890-1893

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org Josephine S Baker, 59, b. in Kansas, married 30 years, had 10 children/7 still alive, living with husband:Christian56 and 3 chidren: Mary15, Charlie12, EdithM.8 Baker. Location: Carthage Township, Texas County, Oklahoma

      BURIAL 1914: Josephine S Groff Baker, b. April 29, 1880, d. Dec. 22, 1914, Buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Atchison, Kansas, Plot R12-BL204-BL3. Findagrave Memorial# 22681025

  • Sources 
    1. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut Township, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623; FHL microfilm 1,240,470. Found on familysearch.org.

    2. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Carthage, Texas, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 249, sheet 9B, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1273; FHL microfilm 1,375,286. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Mt Pleasant, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: 372; Family History Film: 1254372; Page: 489B; Enumeration District: 010; Image: 0984. Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut Township, Atchison, Kansas Territory, United States, citing p. 170, household ID 1216, FHL microfilm 803,346. Found on Familysearch.org.

    5. [S105] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Kansas, United States; citing p. 10, family 75, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 545,927. Found on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.

    6. [S21] 1865 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-8. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    7. [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.

    8. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Found on findagrave.com and ancestry.com.
      Kansas, Find a grave, 1854-2012.

    9. [S108] Genealogy Bank Obituaries, Found on familysearch.org.


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