Ida A (Perkins) Baker (abt. 1852 - 1938)

Born about Nov 1852 in Mayville, Chautauqua, New York

Ancestors

Died 1938 at about age 85 in New York

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Biography

Ida (Perkins) Baker lived in Appalachia, in New York.

Ida was born about 1852. She was the daughter of Ketchell Perkins and Almina Rolph.

In 1855, she was living with her parents and siblings in Ellery, Chautauqua county, New York.^[1] In 1860 and 1865, she was with her family in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York.^[2][3]

She married Robert Weir before 1874. Robert was the brother of Sarah Elizabeth Weir, the wife of Ida's brother Alfred. Ida and Robert had one son, Robert Ralph Weir, who was born a few months after her husband Robert passed away.

In 1875, she was working in Hanover, Chautauqua, New York as a servant in the household of Mortimer W. Anderson. Son Ralph was living with her.^[4] In 1880, she and Ralph were living with the family of Walter Strunk in Ellery, Chautauqua, New York; she was a servant in their household.

Her second husband was Stephen R. Baker. They were listed on the 1892 Chautauqua, E. D. 04 census.^[5] They were divorced by 1897 when Stephen married again to a Hattie Baker in Lorain county, Ohio.^[6] Stephen died in 1916 in Lorain county, Ohio.^[7]

Ida and son Ralph were on the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York.^{[8][9][10][11]}

She passed away in 1938 and was buried in Magnolia cemetery in Magnolia, Chautauqua, New York.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6SL-55M : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida Perkins in household of Perkins, Ellery, Chautauqua, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,634.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWZ-7TJ : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida A Perkins in entry for Fletche Perkins, 1860.
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNF-F6N7 : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida Perkins, District 01, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing source p. 21, line 38, household ID 156, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 479,638.
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNJR-R2M : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida Weir in household of Mortimer W Anderson, Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing p. 4, line 30, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 479,644.
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQS3-4BL : accessed 28 January 2016), Idia Baker, 1892; citing Chautauqua, E.D. 04, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,648.
6. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD2J-T84 : accessed 28 January 2016), Stephen H Baker and Hattie E Baker, 22 Apr 1897; citing Lorain, Ohio, United States, reference Vol. 7, p363; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 378,296.
7. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8N8-YZZ : accessed 28 January 2016), Stephen H Baker, 02 Nov 1916; citing Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, reference fn 69185; FHL microfilm 1,983,838.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6F-FJ4 : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida M Baker, Chautauqua Township (west side excl. Mayville vill.) Chautauqua Assembly Grounds, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing sheet 6A, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,014.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M546-5ZF : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida A Baker, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,942.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJK5-YVJ : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida Baker, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing sheet 6B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,090.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7HJ-324 : accessed 28 January 2016), Ida Baker, 1930.
12. ↑ www.findagrave.com, Click here for Memorial page for Ida Perkins Baker, Accessed 28 Jan 2016, Memorial # 83995582.