Alice May (Rowe) Baker (1869 - 1922)

Born 3 Feb 1869 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Grant Baker — married 23 Jul 1888 in La Salle, Illinois, United States

Died Sep 1922 at age 53 in Tonganoxie Township, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Alice was born in 1869. She was the daughter of Thomas Rowe and Mary Reed.

They were living in Grand Rapids, La Salle, Illinois in 1880.^[1]

Alice married Henry Grant Baker on 23 Jul 1888 in La Salle county, Illinois.^[2] They had two sons - John Rowe Baker and Albert Reed Baker.

They were living in Farm Ridge, La Salle, Illinois in 1900 and 1910.^[3][4]

They moved to Kansas. They were in Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas in 1920.^[5]

She passed away in September 1922, in Tonganoxie, Kansas, where she was residing,^[6] and was buried on 22 Sep 1922 in Grand Ridge cemetery in Grand Ridge, La Salle county, Illinois. ^[7] The obituary indicated that her funeral was to be held 16 September 1922. Her surviving relatives were her husband, Henry Grant Baker, her two sons, and her sister Emma (Rowe) Slater.

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Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV4-P8R : 19 August 2017), Alice Rowe in household of Thomas Rowe, Grand Rapids, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 65, sheet 227A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0222; FHL microfilm 1,254,222.
2. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2P4-H2B : 10 February 2018), Henry Grant Baker and Alice May Rowe, 23 Jul 1888; citing Ottawa, La Salle, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,710,811.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWY-NNC : accessed 8 December 2018), Alice May Baker in household of Henry G Baker, Farm Ridge Township Grand Ridge village, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,315.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKDB-ZNK : accessed 8 December 2018), Alice M Baker in household of H G Baker, Farm Ridge, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 1A, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 300; FHL microfilm 1,374,313.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6L-31W : accessed 8 December 2018), Abee Baker in household of Henry G Baker, Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States; citing ED 113, sheet 7A, line 28, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 537; FHL microfilm 1,820,537.
6. ↑ Mrs. Alice Rowe Baker, obituary, The Streator (IL) Times, Thursday, Sep 14, 1922, page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31361286/mrs_alice_rowe_baker_obituary/
7. ↑ Information from La Salle County Genealogy Guild cemetery Database.

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