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William Charles Baker 1875 – 1963 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1875

Birth Location: Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

Death Date: 1963

Death Location: Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington

Father: Karl (Boeker)

Mother: Christena (Krissel)

Spouse(s): Jessie Canfield

Children(s): Ray Baker, Mae Baker, Clyde Baker, Grace Baker

The story of William Charles Baker began in 1875 in Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. William Charles Baker married Jessie Mable Canfield, and had children including Ray Gilbert Baker, Mae M. Baker, Clyde Lucian Baker, Grace Eveline Baker. William Charles Baker passed away in 1963 in Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington.

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Biography

  • The story of William Charles Baker began in 1875 in Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
  • William Charles Baker married Jessie Mable Canfield, and had children including Ray Gilbert Baker, Mae M. Baker, Clyde Lucian Baker, Grace Eveline Baker.
  • William Charles Baker passed away in 1963 in Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Baker's Ancestors

Self
William Baker
1875 – 1963
Birth Place: Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Parents
Karl (Charles F.) Baker (Boeker)
1821 – 1887
Near Weisbaden, Prussia (now Germany)
Christena (Grissel) (Krissel)
1841 – 1922
Bierstadt, Wiesbaden, Hessen, Prussia
Grandparents
Franz (Heinrich Wilhelm) Boeker
Germany
Karoline (Frederick) Dorothee
Heinrich (Peter) Grissel
1807 – 1854
Breithardt, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
Maria (Eleonore) Hiefs
1807 – 1880
Hohenstein-Breithardt
Great-Grandparents
END Boeker
Johann Greißel
1764 –
Henriette Wölfinger
Johann Hiess
1765 –
Catherine Schmidt
1765 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Baker's Descendants

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William (Charles) Baker (31 May 1875 – 1963) m. Jessie (Mable) Canfield (25 Jul 1881 – 24 Jan 1979)
  1. 1. Ray (Gilbert) Baker (28 Dec 1898 – 12 Jul 1958) m. Helen (A.) Griswold (23 Mar 1902 – 22 Dec 1980)
  2. 2. Mae (M.) Baker (Aug. 31, 1901 – Nov. 5, 1994) m. Ernest (Guy) Padelford (24 May 1887 – 5 Oct. 1955)
  3. 3. Clyde (Lucian) Baker (16 Jun 1904 – 28 Apr 1973) m. Bertha Troost (May 27, 1904 – Feb. 25, 2005)
  4. 4. Grace (Eveline) Baker (19 Aug 1906 – 19 Jun 1990) m. Portor (Edwin) Griswold (13 Mar 1904 – 17 Jan 1979)
    1. 1. Donald (E) Griswold (18 Nov 1928 – 11 Feb 2008)

William Baker's Timeline

2 Records

1875
31 May 1875
Birth of William Charles Baker in Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
1963
1963
Age 88
Death of William Charles Baker in Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington
Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 May 1875
    Event Place: Fairchild, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1963
    Event Place: Sunnyside, Yakima County, Washington

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