Walter Hall Baker1853–
- Name
- Walter Hall Baker
- Given names
- Walter Hall
- Surname
- Baker
 Birth | 1853 33 25 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 1860 (Age 7 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Jesse B Turley June 1861 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 14 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 14 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 16 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 |
| Census | June 11, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Julia Riddle 1873 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Jane Turley January 11, 1875 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 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 father | John W Baker November 25, 1886 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 brother | Jesse T Baker September 19, 1916 (Age 63 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Jesse T Baker September 1916 (Age 63 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: St Peter's Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 88 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 97 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 93 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John W Baker Birth: October 22, 1819 — Virginia, United States Death: November 25, 1886 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Martha Jane Turley Birth: December 30, 1827 26 22 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 11, 1875 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: November 5, 1846 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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10 months elder brother |
Jesse T Baker Birth: September 5, 1847 27 19 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 19, 1916 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
John Mills Baker Birth: 1851 31 23 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Cynthia Helen Baker Birth: 1852 32 24 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years himself |
Walter Hall Baker Birth: 1853 33 25 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
Walter Hall Baker has 11 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (11)
Parents William D Tyler + Edmonia Margaret Turley
Parents John Dade Turley + Harriett Williams Pearson
Parents Talton Barnes Turley + Harriett Elizabeth Redd
Parents William Christy Turley + Susan M Reid
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John W Baker - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John W Baker - Household
Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
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