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Mildred Alice BakerAge: 87 years19182006

Name
Mildred Alice Baker
Given names
Mildred Alice
Surname
Baker
Married name
Mildred Alice Baker
Birth July 25, 1918
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a husbandHoward Leslie Baker
April 22, 1987 (Age 68 years)
Death June 2, 2006 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arcola Township Cemetery
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husband
Howard Leslie Baker
Birth: May 10, 1915 23 26Lone Rock, Kossuth, Iowa, United States
Death: April 22, 1987Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States
herself
Mildred Alice Baker
Birth: July 25, 1918Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States
Death: June 2, 2006Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States
son
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daughter
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Howard Leslie Baker - Household

Seven Hickory, Coles, Illinois

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Baker, HowardXheadMW25MIARColesILFarmerFarm
Baker, MildredwifeFW22MILArcolaDouglasIL