Joseph Weldon Baker (1911 - 1988)

Joe was born in 1911 to Ursie Benson Baker and Viola Ozella Willingham. His father moved the family from Texas to California by the time Joe was 9. He married after 1930, and passed away in 1988 at 77 years old, less than two months after his wife.

Timeline with Sources

• 1911 Apr 21 - Birth - Hamilton Co, Texas - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997[1] Certificate Number 16454, Roll number 1911_0001

• 1920 United States Federal Census[2] - Township 12, Kern, California, USA - Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single - Household members: Ursie Baker 46; Viola Baker 39; Lulu Baker 18; Homer Baker 16; Edna Baker 14; Fay Baker 12; Qultmail Baker 10; Bailey (Joe) Baker 8; Bill Baker 6; Ladine Baker 3; Doris Baker 1

• 1930 United States Federal Census[3] - Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Occupation: Gardens Laborer - Household members: Ursia B Baker 52; Viola H Baker 49; Joseph W Baker 17; William Baker 15; Ladine Baker 13; Doris Baker 11; Norma Baker 9

• aft 1930 - Marriage to Alpha Ellen Riden - Bakersfield, Kern, California

• 1938 - Residence: Merced; Madera, California - U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995[4] California Merced 1938 Merced, California, City Directory, 1938, p 82

• 1940 Oct 16 - Residence: Modesto, Stanislaus, California - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947[5] - Employer: Western Geophysical Co

• 1967 - Residence: Los Banos, Merced, California - U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995[6] California Los Banos 1967 Los Banos, California, City Directory, 1967, p 81

• 1988 May 12 - Death of wife Alpha Ellen Riden - Los Banos, Merced, California - California, Death Index, 1940-1997[7] — U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014[8]

• 1988 Jul 6 - Death - Fresno, Fresno, California - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007[9]