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Oliver Marshall BakerAge: 61 years18801942

Name
Oliver Marshall Baker
Given names
Oliver Marshall
Surname
Baker
Birth July 18, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageHelen Bessie RayView this family
September 17, 1904 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ola Raye Baker
December 6, 1906 (Age 26 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 49 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 61 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 1942 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverview Cemetery
Family with Helen Bessie Ray - View this family
himself
Oliver Marshall Baker
Birth: July 18, 1880Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: 1942Kansas, United States
wife
Helen Bessie Ray
Birth: April 16, 1880South Union, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 14, 1962Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Marriage: September 17, 1904Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
daughter
Ola Raye Baker
Birth: December 6, 1906 26 26Kansas, United States
Death: January 28, 1975Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Marshall Baker - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, Oliver MheadMW29M15ILILINEnglishTrimmerFarm ShopWNo0YesYesOMH
Baker, Bessie RwifeFW29M1511KYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
Baker, RayedaughterFW3SKSILKYNone
Ray, Josephinesister-in-lawFW32SKYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes