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Susan BAKER

Female 1855 - 1927  (71 years)


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  • Name Susan BAKER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Birth 18 Oct 1855  Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8] 
    Christening 20 Sep 1857  Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church,Elizabethtown,Lancaster,Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 115 
    Residence 1860  Walnut Township, Atchison, Kansas Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1880  Walnut Township, Atchison, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1900  Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1910  Pascoe Township, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 10 Apr 1927  Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I115  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 Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, I,   b. Jan 1849, Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1917, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1876  Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Walter Blackburn SCRUGGS,   b. 4 Sep 1877, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1941, Napa, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [natural]
     2. Herndon SCRUGGS,   b. 1 Feb 1879, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1880, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [natural]
     3. Martha SCRUGGS,   b. 5 Apr 1880, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1881, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [natural]
     4. Lawrence Barnard SCRUGGS,   b. 8 Sep 1883, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1973, Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     5. Charlotte SCRUGGS,   b. 22 Aug 1886, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1889, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [natural]
     6. Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, II,   b. 30 May 1888, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1964, Worsley, Clear Hills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [natural]
     7. Susan SCRUGGS,   b. 2 Mar 1890, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1978, Ottawa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     8. Edward SCRUGGS,   b. 30 Nov 1891, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1979, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [natural]
     9. Simeon Elsworth SCRUGGS,   b. 8 Oct 1893, Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1961, Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [natural]
     10. Edith E. SCRUGGS,   b. 16 Aug 1897, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1966, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Oct 1855 - Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Nov 1876 - Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Apr 1927 - Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on ancestry.com. Susan, 6, b. in Pennsylvania, living with parents 44/46 and 6 siblings (Henry21, Louis17, Joseph15, John13, Adam11, Christian9). location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS Kansas 1865: on ancestry.com. Susan, 9, b. in Pennsylvania. location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas. [ts: last name is spelled "Becker"]

      CENSUS 1870: on ancestry. com. Susan, 15, b. in Pennsylvania, living with parents55/56, 3 siblings (John21, Christian16, Rosia9). location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS Kansas 1875: on ancestry.com. Susan, 19, b. in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer [sic], living with parents58/60 and 4 siblings (John26, Adam24, Christ21, Rosa14). location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS 1880: on ancestry.com. Susan 25, b. in Pennsylvania, keeping house; location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas; living with Joseph 31, Walter B. 2, Herndon 1, Martha 1 mo., Simeon 71.

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1885: on ancestry.com. Suson [sic] 29, b. in Pennsylvania, living with Joe36, Walner7, Lavrenes1. location: Walnut Township, Atchison County, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1895: on ancestry.com. Susan, 39, b in Pennsylvania, living with Joseph46, Walter17, Lawreax11, Joseph6, Susan5, Edward3, Simion1. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas.
      Other sources also available for Susan Baker Scruggs -- 1885, 1900, 1905, 1910.

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Susan, 44, b October 1855 in Pennsylvania, married 23 years, had 15 children/7 still living, living with Joseph51, WalterW22, Lawrence16, Joseph32 [should be 12], Susan10, Edward8, Simmeon6, EdithE2. location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: Suson, 48, b in Pennsylvania, living with JM56, L21, Josie17, Susie15, Edward13, Simeon11, Edith7. location: not mentioned on census form.

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Susan, 54, b in Pennsylvania, married 42 years, had 9 children/7 still living, living with JosephM61, Joseph M Jr21, Edward18, Simion16, Edith12. location: Pascoe Township, number 16 12 11 E, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

      CENSUS 1920 -- missing. However, in September 1920, Susan was in Canada at the wedding of her son, Joseph Murphy Scruggs II.

      There is conflicting data about the children of Joseph Scruggs and Susan Baker.
      - On the 1880 United States Census for Kansas, the first 3 children were Walter, Herndon and Martha.
      - On the 1900 United States Census for Kansas, Susan is listed as having had 15 pregnancies, of which only 7 are alive: Walter, Lawrence, Joseph, Susan, Edward, Simeon, Edith. (p.2813-2814).
      - On the 1910 US Federal Census for Kansas, Susan is listed as having had only 9 pregnancies, 7 of whom are alive.
      - Clarise Scruggs wrote out a list of Joseph's siblings, only 10. There were 4 girls: Martha, Charlotte, Susan, Edith, and 6 boys -- Walter, Herndon, Lawrence, Joseph, Edward, Simeon.
      - Ruth Scruggs stated that there was likely other girls born in 1881, 1882, and 1887 and a boy in 1885, bringing the total to 14 pregnancies; there is no official record of these other births so far. There is no record of any children born after Edith.
      - The "Kansas, Births and Christenings, 1818-1936" record lists son Simeon as Susan's tenth birth in 1893. But we know of at least one birth after Simeon, that of Edith.
      FamilySearch database changed the birth date from 18 Oct 1855 to 29 Oct 1854 -- no source listed for either (26jr14,ts). October 1855 is the birth date on the 1900 US Census for Susan (from FamilySearch).

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] 1895 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-169. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [S16] 1905 Kansas State Census.
      Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. Microfilm reels K-1 - K-181. Kansas State Historical Society. Found on Ancestry.com.

    3. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas; Roll: 372; Family History Film: 1254372; Page: 509A; Enumeration District: 011; Image: 1023. Found on Ancestry.com.

    4. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas; Roll: 486; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1240486. Found on Ancestry.com and on familysearch.org.

    5. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Pascoe, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1267; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0154; FHL microfilm: 1375280. Found on Ancestry.com and familysearch.org.
      NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.
      /pal:/MM9.1.1/ML73-H66 : accessed 09 Jun 2013).

    6. [S30] Personal Information, Handwritten Note by Clarise Ruth Hovis Scruggs and further notes by Marjorie Hockley Scruggs.

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

    8. [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.

    9. [S174] Oklahoma State Vital Records index, Found on ancestry.com.


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