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Josephine Baker 1842–1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Mar 1842

Birth Location: Hogan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 29 Mar 1914

Death Location: Mount Sinai, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Thomas Baker

Mother: Rachel Powell

Spouse(s): Wesley Canfield

Children(s): Perry Canfield, Robert Canfield, Anna Prichard, Edwin Canfield

Josephine Baker was born in 1842 in Hogan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA, the child of Thomas B Baker And Rachel Powell. Josephine Baker married Wesley Canfield, and had children including Anna Eliza Prichard, Edwin Leroy Canfield, Perry Canfield, Robert Stewart Canfield. Josephine Baker passed away in 1914 in Mount Sinai, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Josephine Baker was born in 1842 in Hogan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA, the child of Thomas B Baker And Rachel Powell.
  • Josephine Baker married Wesley Canfield, and had children including Anna Eliza Prichard, Edwin Leroy Canfield, Perry Canfield, Robert Stewart Canfield.
  • Josephine Baker passed away in 1914 in Mount Sinai, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Baker
1790–1853
Birth Location: Salisbury, Worcester, Maryland, United States
TB
Rachel Powell
1797–1888
Birth Location: Fallowfield, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
RP

Spouses(s)

Wesley Canfield
1837–1911
Birth Location: –
WC

Children(s)

Perry Canfield
1866–1945
Birth Location: –
PC
Robert Canfield
1880–1936
Birth Location: –
RC
Anna Prichard
1862–1944
Birth Location: –
AP
Edwin Canfield
1868–1939
Birth Location: –
EC

Josephine Baker's Ancestors

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Josephine Baker
1842–1914
Birth Place: Hogan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
Parents
Thomas B. Baker
1790–1853
Salisbury, Worcester, Maryland, United States
Rachel Powell
1797–1888
Fallowfield, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John Baker
1752–1843
Milton, Broadkill Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, US
Great-Grandparents
Sarah Fletcher
1729–1785
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Josephine Baker's Descendants

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Josephine Baker (10 Mar 1842–29 Mar 1914) m. Wesley Canfield (20 November 1837–24 May 1911)
  1. 1. Perry Canfield 1866–1945
  2. 2. Robert (Stewart) Canfield 1880–1936
  3. 3. Anna (Eliza) Prichard 1862–1944
  4. 4. Edwin (Leroy) Canfield 1868–1939

Josephine Baker's Timeline

2 Records

1842
10 Mar 1842
Birth of Josephine Baker in Hogan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
Hogan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
1914
29 Mar 1914
Age 72
Death of Josephine Baker in Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1842
    Event Place: Hogan, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1914
    Event Place: Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mount Sinai, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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