The Shemwell Family

Margaret Baker1886

Name
Margaret Baker
Given names
Margaret
Surname
Baker
Birth June 1886 38 32
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn W Baker
November 25, 1886 (Age 5 months)
Birth of a sisterLillian Baker
May 1893 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 14 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Bradford Baker
December 4, 1911 (Age 25 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a fatherJesse T Baker
September 19, 1916 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 43 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
Death of a motherIsabelle Bradford
June 20, 1931 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 59 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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
Death of a sisterIda Louise Baker
November 14, 1960 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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
Deathunknown

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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
elder sister
Ida Louise Baker
Birth: 1877 29 22Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1960St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
19 months
elder brother
Jesse Bradford Baker
Birth: January 30, 1881 33 26Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 4, 1911El Paso, Texas, United States
5 years
herself
7 years
younger sister

Margaret Baker has 2 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

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