Bertha Geneva (Acheson) Baker (1884 - 1930)

Born 23 Nov 1884 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Harry Linton Baker — married 2 Jan 1901 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Died 8 Oct 1930 at age 45 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Biography

Bertha was born 23 November 1884 in Key West, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of Ossian Benjamin Acheson and Elizabeth Ellen Pent.

She married Harry Linton Baker on 2 January 1901 in Key West in a ceremony performed by J. P. Durand.^[2]

Bertha died on 8 October 1930 in Key West,^[3] and she is buried there in the City Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Bertha's Find A Grave memorial provides her full date of birth, though the source for this information is not provided. The month and year are confirmed in the 1900 census, when Bertha lived in her parents' household in Key West. Bertha's death certificate provides her age at death (in years only), place of birth, and the names of her parents. The informant was her brother, Alfred Acheson. Donna Jean Robinson, "Bertha Geneva Acheson Baker," Memorial no. 150031877, posted 31 July 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150031877/bertha-geneva-baker : accessed April 2018). 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Ward 3, enumeration district 100, stamped page 47B, sheet 6B, dwelling 90, family 122, Ossian Hatcherson household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTFQ-FN3?i=11&cc=1325221 : accessed April 2018); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174. Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 15836 (1930), Bertha Geneva Baker, 8 October 1930, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZMQ-CNF?i=2074&cat=816256 : accessed April 2018).
2. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 5: 317, Harry H. Baker and Bertha Achison, 2 January 1901; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YQB?i=389&cc=2397260&cat=341167 : accessed April 2018).
3. ↑ Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 15836 (1930), Bertha Geneva Baker, 8 October 1930, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZMQ-CNF?i=2074&cat=816256 : accessed April 2018).
4. ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "Bertha Geneva Acheson Baker," Memorial no. 150031877, posted 31 July 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150031877/bertha-geneva-baker : accessed April 2018).