Franceska Blettner1809–
- Name
- Franceska Blettner
- Given names
- Franceska
- Surname
- Blettner
- Married name
- Franceska Baker
 Birth | about 1809 |
 Marriage | Joseph Baker — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 3 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Walburga Baker about 1832 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 23 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Maria Joseph Baker about 1834 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 26 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Sophia M Baker April 1840 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 37 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | George W Roberts — Mary Walburga Baker — View this family November 29, 1854 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Michael Alexander Roberts September 27, 1856 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Klumpp — Sophia M Baker — View this family September 15, 1858 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | George James Roberts November 17, 1858 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 48 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Frank J Roberts about 1859 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 52 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 58 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 58 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Louis William Roberts March 25, 1868 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 60 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 69 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a grandson | Louis William Roberts January 5, 1890 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Walburga Baker November 29, 1891 (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George W Roberts — Sophia M Baker — View this family May 1897 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 89 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a grandson | Frank J Roberts March 26, 1899 (Age 90 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Sophia M Baker January 15, 1913 (Age 104 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 107 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 108 years)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 (Age 109 years)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/ |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with Joseph Baker |
| husband |
Joseph Baker Birth: about 1806 Death: |
| herself |
Franceska Blettner Birth: about 1809 Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Mary Walburga Baker Birth: about 1832 26 23 — Baden-Württemberg, Germany Death: November 29, 1891 — Riley, St. Clair, Michigan, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Maria Joseph Baker Birth: about 1834 28 25 Death: |
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6 years daughter |
Sophia M Baker Birth: April 1840 34 31 — Germany Death: January 15, 1913 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |