Mary Susan (Stirrup) Baker (1858 - 1936)

Born 3 Jun 1858 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Ancestors

Died 20 Jun 1936 at age 78 in Miami, Dade, Florida, United States

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Biography

Mary (Stirrup) Baker is part of a Bahamian family.

Mary Susan Stirrup was born 3 June 1858 in Nassau, Bahamas to Theophilus Stirrup and Melinda Swain Stirrup.

The Sturrup family emigrated to Key West, Florida in the early 1870s.

Susan married Charles E Weatherford, son of Charles Martin Weatherford and Sarah Margaret Key Weatherford, 10 March 1881, in Key West. The couple had a daughter, Ruby Lenore Weatherford, born about 1889-1890 in Key West.

The 1900 US Census indicates that Henry and Susan Wilson were living with daughter Ruby Weatherford in Key West and that they had been married for less than a year. They had no chidren and the marriage was short lived.

Susan married Benjamin A Baker 16 February 1902 in Key West. Benjamin, a watchman, died there 5 January 1928. By 1930, Susan was living with her sister, Josephine Frow, in Miami.

Mary Susan Sturrup Weatherford Baker died in Miami, Florida 20 June 1936 at 78 years of age and was buried in the Key West City Cemetery.

Sources

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch , Mary Susan Sturrup, 03 Jun 1858; citing Eastern Island of New Providence, Bahamas, reference p 46; FHL microfilm 222,935.

"Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1J-46K5 : 29 November 2018), Charles E Weatherford and Mary Susan Stirrup, 10 Mar 1881; citing Marriage, Monroe, Florida, United States, Florida State Archives and various county clerks of courts; FHL microfilm .

"Florida State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJC-29P : 19 February 2021), Chas E Weatherford, 2, Monroe, Florida; citing p. 12, sheet letter D, number , line 41, NARA microfilm publication M845 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 888,970.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTFQ-CPV?cc=1325221&wc=9B72-Y4B%3A1030551201%2C1030551202%2C1030596401 : 5 August 2014), Florida > Monroe > ED 106 Key West city Ward 5 > image 10 of 17; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Henry and Susan Wilson were living with daughter Ruby Weatherford.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRN5-HV2?cc=1727033&wc=QZZQ-4X2%3A133639301%2C137529401%2C137632801%2C1589089638 : 23 June 2017), Florida > Monroe > Key West Ward 5 > ED 127 > image 16 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1N-F5SL : 29 November 2018), Benjamin A Baker and Mary Susan Weatherford, 16 Feb 1902; citing Marriage, Monroe, Florida, United States, Florida State Archives and various county clerks of courts; FHL microfilm.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6Z-J5F?cc=1488411&wc=QZJP-QPG%3A1036469901%2C1036813301%2C1037693601%2C1589332287 : 10 September 2019), Florida > Monroe > Key West Ward 5 > ED 99 > image 28 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP4K-JX4 : 23 February 2021), Benjamin Baker, 1928.

"Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP39-1X5 : 23 February 2021), Mary Susan Baker, 1936.