Mary Ellen Baker (1857 - 1935)

Born 22 Aug 1857 in Adams, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Myers — married 7 Mar 1876 in Adams, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1935 at age 77 in Washington Township, Adams, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Mary Ellen Baker was born in Adams County, Indiana on 22 August 1857, the daughter of Cornelius Baker and Elizabeth (Rawley) Baker (1830-1904). (Her mother's maiden name is listed on her second marriage record cited below.) ^[1] She lived her early life with her parents in Wabash Township, Adams, Indiana, where her father was a farmer. After he died in 1861, she lived in the household of Jacob Baker.^[2][3][4] On 7 March 1876, she married James Myers (1854-1917) in Adams County Indiana.^[5] Mary Ellen continued to live with her husband and their children, first in Indiana and then in Michigan, until his death in 1917.^[6][7][8][9] Following James's death, Mary Ellen married Charles Girard on 12 August 1918 in Alpena, Michigan.^[10] The couple lived together as of 1920 and 1930.^[11][12] Mary Ellen died in Washginton Township, Adams, Indiana on 3 January 1935, and was buried in Bunker Hill Cemetery in Geneva, Adams, Indiana on January 6th.^[1][13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificate 18-1, 3 January 1935, Mary Ellen Gerard; Repository: "Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011," digital image collection published online by Ancestry.com; (https://www.ancestry.com; accessed 18 April 2018).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBT-GJF?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-R1F%3A1589426070%2C1589423636%2C1589424552 : 24 March 2017; accessed 23 November 2022), Mary Ellen Baker in household of Cornelius Baker, Indiana > Adams > Wabash Township > image 16 of 17; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37859144/cornelius-baker: accessed 23 November 2022), memorial page for Cornelius Baker (1829–6 Oct 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37859144, citing Bunker Hill Cemetery, Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Thomas Baker (contributor 46988502).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6P3W-5FW?cc=1438024&wc=K2NX-MNL%3A518664801%2C518654502%2C519232501 : 8 June 2019), Mary Ellen Baker in the household of Jacob Baker, Indiana > Adams > Wabash > image 4 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJF-V21 : 3 August 2022; accessed 23 November 2022), James Meyers and Mary E Baker, 07 Mar 1876; citing Adams, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004186025.
6. ↑ State of Michigan Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death No. 181, 13 August 1917, James Myer [sic]; Fremont, Saginaw, Michigan. Repository: SeekingMichigan.org Death Certificates, online database with images (www.seekingmichigan.org; accessed 21 June 1917).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMH-T1W : 13 January 2022; accessed 23 November 2022), Mary E. Myers in household of James Myers, Wabash Township, Adams, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMB7-1HS : 30 November 2021; accessed 23 November 2022), Mary E Myers in entry for James Myers, 20 June 1900, Wabash Township, Adams, Indiana.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLPH-13M : accessed 24 November 2022), Marie Myers in household of James Myers, Sanborn, Alpena, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 6B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 635; FHL microfilm 1,374,648.
10. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3RY-J1F : 18 February 2021; accessed 23 November 2022), Chas. H. Girard and Mary E. Baker Myers, 12 Aug 1918; citing Marriage, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4210017.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXZ-3R8?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-R41%3A1036472001%2C1036660101%2C1036671901%2C1589332741 : 11 September 2019; accessed 23 November 2022), Mary Ellen Girard in household of Charles Girard, Michigan > Alpena > Alpena Ward 3 > ED 10 > image 2 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQT2-CPY : accessed 24 November 2022), Mary Girard in household of Charles H Girard, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 3B, line 91, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 973; FHL microfilm 2,340,708.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37858795/mary-e-gerard: accessed 24 November 2022), memorial page for Mary E. Baker Gerard (1858–1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37858795, citing Bunker Hill Cemetery, Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Thomas Baker (contributor 46988502).