Elda Marie Baty (1922 - 1928)

Born 15 Jun 1922 in Mariposa Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 May 1928 at age 5 in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Elda Baty died young.

Elda was born to Roy Baty and Lola Hitchler on 15 Jun 1922 in Mariposa, Jasper, Iowa.^[1] Unfortunately, she was only 5 years old when she died on 23 March 1928 in Newton, Iowa.^[2] She found a piece of bread that had been treated with rat poison for vermin control and she ate it and died a short time later. Her entire family was grief struck and her parents devastated. Ninety years later, her siblings still spoke fondly of her.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVNC-85M : 10 March 2018), Leroy Newton Baty in entry for Elda Marie Baty, 15 Jun 1922; citing Mariposa Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,863,300.
2. ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-95VQ : 8 November 2017), Roy Baty in entry for Elda Baty, 23 Mar 1928, Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #501871, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784559.
3. ↑ Information passed to SJ Baty by family members.