Kathryn Samantha (Ale) Baker (1911 - 2006)

Born 30 Sep 1911 in Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Willard Glyn Baker — married 25 Dec 1933 (to 7 Apr 1991) in West Milton, White Deer Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 31 Mar 2006 at age 94 in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Kathryn S. Ale was born in September 1911.^[1] Her parents were Clark Ambrose Ale (1883–1946) and Mary Violet Thomas (1888–1986). In 1920 the family was living in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.^[2] By 1930 they had moved to Kelly Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. At age 18 she was a laborer for a meat packer.^[3]

She married Willard Glyn Baker (1911-1991) on Christmas Day 1933 at the Lutheran parsonage in West Milton, Pennsylvania.^[4] They had a farm in Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania.^[5], ^[6] Their children included:

1. Russell Edward Baker (1938–2007)
2. Gerald G Baker Sr (1940–2018)
3. Larry Ronald Baker (1944–1945)
4. Cheryl Darlene Baker (1948–2018)

Kathryn passed away in March 2006 at age 94. She was buried with Glyn in Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906–1913; Box Number: 424; Certificate Number Range: Delaware (Rice) - Lehigh (Roth). Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1913 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNMZ-RGY : 3 February 2021), Kathryn S Ale in entry for Clark A Ale, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHHC-9WR : accessed 15 December 2022), Kathryn S Ale in household of Clark A Ale, Kelly, Union, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 9A, line 18, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2150; FHL microfilm 2,341,884.
4. ↑ Marriage: The Daily Item newspaper; Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Published 28 Dec 1933; Page 8, Column 3 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/302613947/
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ6S-38S : 21 May 2020), Kathryn Baker in household of Glyn Baker, Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-10, sheet 13A, line 8, family 235, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3615.
6. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Kelly, Union, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2732; Sheet Number: 23; Enumeration District: 60-11. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220023003/kathryn-samantha-baker: accessed 15 December 2022), memorial page for Kathryn Samantha Ale Baker (28 Sep 1911–31 Mar 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 220023003, citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Lisa Papp (contributor 48526524).