Daisy Pearl (Brous) Baker (1900 - 1967)

Born 19 May 1900 in Esrom, Barton, Missouri, United States

Wife of Arthur MacCammon French — married 22 May 1920 in Girard, Crawford, Kansas, United States

Wife of Milo William Baker — married 11 Aug 1934 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States

Died 20 Mar 1967 at age 66 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Birth and Early Life

Daisy Pearl Brous, known as Pearl, was born on 19 May 1900 in Esrom, Barton, Missouri, United States to Lewis Kenneth Brous (1868-1940) and Matilda Catherine Olive Nealy as the first of six children.

Siblings

1. Frederick Lewis Brous born on 30 December 1901 in Lamar, Barton, Missouri, USA. He married Norma Marguerite Kerr (1904-1972) on 9 July 1927 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. He died on 27 September 1969 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA.
2. Glenn Randall Brous born in 1904 in Jericho Springs, Missouri, USA. He died in the same place in 1905.
3. Ruby Ann Brous born on 13 July 1912 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, USA. She married on 22 January 1938 at Lamar, Barton, Missouri to John Harmon Mack (1910-1985). She died on 22 November 2000 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, USA.
4. Opal May Brous born on 17 January 1916 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, USA. She married 1) Lewis Clayton Jackson (1915-1967) in about 1935 and 2) to Walter Stogdill on 24 December 1937 in Schuyler County, Missouri. She died on 18 July 2011 in Merced, Merced, California, USA.
5. Dorothy Lee Brous born on 28 October 1917 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, USA. She married 1) Ernest Eugene Umphenour (1914-1980) on 7 December 1936 at Lamar, Barton, Missouri and after his death she married 2) Arlo Lex Evans (1911-1998) on 18 July 1986 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. Dorothy died on 14 November 1940 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, USA.

Education

Pearl completed 2 years of college.

Marriages and Family

She married twice.

1. Arthur MacCammon French, known as Mac, (1896-1932) on 22 May 1920 in Girard, Crawford, Kansas
2. Milo William Baker (1906-2002) on 11 August 1934 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas.

Child of the French-Brous Marriage

1. Arthur MacCammon French Jr. born 19 July 1921 in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States. He died on 18 May 1991 in Missouri, United States.

Death and Burial

Pearl died on 29 March 1967 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States at the age of 66. She was buried in the Highland Park Cemetery, Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas. Find A Grave: Memorial #70563220

Sources

• 1910 United States Federal Census on 15 April in Pittsburg Ward 2, Crawford, Kansas. ^[1]
• 1920 United States Federal Census on 11 January in Pittsburg Ward 2, Crawford, Kansas. ^[2]
• 1925 Kansas State Census in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. Family 142. ^[3]
• 1930 United States Federal Census on 25 April in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. Family 575. ^[4]
• 1938 U.S. City Directories in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas. Milo W. Baker and D. Pearl Baker on Forest Street.
• 1940 United States Federal Census on 25 April in Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas. Family 469. ^[5]
• Find A Grave Index.

Footnotes

1. ↑ 1910: Brous, Lewis 41, head, married 11 years, 1st marriage, Proprietor of Pool Hall; Matilda 30, wife, 3 children born, 2 living; Pearl 9, daughter; Fred 8, son; Calvin 34, brother; Mabel 19, sister.
2. ↑ 1920: Brous, Lewis K. 51, head, teacher of high school; Matilda O. 40, wife; Pearl D. 19, daughter, musician in the theatre; Fred L. 17, son, call boy for the railroad; Ruby H. 7, daughter; Opal M. 3 and 11 months, daughter; Dorothea L. 2 and 2 months, daughter.
3. ↑ 1925: French, Arthur M. 28, b. Kansas, head; Pearl 25, b. Missouri, wife; Mac 3, b. Kansas, son; Brous, Fred 23, b. Missouri, brother-in-law.
4. ↑ 1930: French, Arthur M. 33, secretary asst. insurance industry, head; Pearl 29, wife; Arthur M. 9, son.
5. ↑ 1940: Baker, Milo 34, 4 years college, hotel manager, head; Pearl 36, 2 years college, owner of beauty shop, wife; French, Mac 19, son of Pearl, 4 years high school; Chambers, Sarah Bell, 27, 1 year high school, house maid.