The Shemwell Family

Ida Louise BakerAge: 83 years18771960

Name
Ida Louise Baker
Given names
Ida Louise
Surname
Baker
Birth 1877 29 22
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterLavinia Baker
July 1879 (Age 2 years)
Census June 23, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Bradford Baker
January 30, 1881 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Baker
June 1886 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn W Baker
November 25, 1886 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterLillian Baker
May 1893 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Bradford Baker
December 4, 1911 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a fatherJesse T Baker
September 19, 1916 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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 14, 1930 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherIsabelle Bradford
June 20, 1931 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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
Death of a sisterLottie Cosette Baker
March 22, 1946 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 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 69 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 November 14, 1960 (Age 83 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 13, 1874Saline, Missouri, United States
9 months
elder sister
Lottie Cosette Baker
Birth: October 29, 1874 27 20Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1946St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
Ida Louise Baker
Birth: 1877 29 22Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1960St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
19 months
younger brother
Jesse Bradford Baker
Birth: January 30, 1881 33 26Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 4, 1911El Paso, Texas, United States
5 years
younger sister
7 years
younger sister

Ida Louise Baker has 2 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Baker, Jesse TWM33headMfarmingMOVAMO
Baker, BelleWF28wifeMMONYMO
Baker, CosetteWF5daughterSMOMOMO
Baker, Ida LWF3daughterSMOMOMO
Baker, LaviniaWF11 monthsdaughterSMOMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Baker, Jesse headWMSep184950M26MOVAMOmfg company
Baker, IsabellewifeWFMay185446M2666MOMOMO
Baker, LouisedaughterWFAug187723SMOMOMO
Baker, BradfordsonWMJan188119SMOMOMO
Baker, MargaretdaughterWFJun188614SMOMOMO
Baker, LilliandaughterWFMay18937SMOMOMO
Connors, HarveycousinWMNov188119SMOMOMOclerk

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, Jesse TheadMW64M36MOMOMOpresidentdisinfectant company
Baker, Belle CwifeFW58M3676MOMOMO
Baker, Ida LdaughterFW34SMOMOMO
Baker, LilliandaughterFW16SMOMOMO
Bradford, Lavinia Mmother in lawFW83wd73MOUSUS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Edison - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Edison, WilliamheadMW56MKYUSUS
Edison, CosettewifeFW44MMOMOMO
Baker, Bellmother in lawFW66WdMOPAMO
Baker, Ida Louisesister in lawFW42SMOMOMO
Bradford, Laviniagrandmother in lawFW96WdMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Eidson - Household

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Eidson, WilliamheadMW67M38KYKYMO
Eidson, CosettewifeFW54M23MOMOMO
Baker, Ida Lsister in lawFW52SMOMOMO
Baker, Bell Cmother in lawFW79WdMOMOMO