Sophia was the second child born to Frederick and Mary Baese in Buffalo, New York. She died from complications of typhoid fever in the first year of her life.
Coincidentally, her death occurred in the same year as the financial panic of 1857 which led to the closure in early 1858 of her father's employer, the Buffalo Car Company, a wooden railway car manufacturer.
Those two events and the birth of their third child Mary in July of 1858, roused the unemployed father to leave New York for a better future in Michigan, where he could earn income farming the land.
Coincidentally, her death occurred in the same year as the financial panic of 1857 which led to the closure in early 1858 of her father's employer, the Buffalo Car Company, a wooden railway car manufacturer.
Those two events and the birth of their third child Mary in July of 1858, roused the unemployed father to leave New York for a better future in Michigan, where he could earn income farming the land.
Sophia was the second child born to Frederick and Mary Baese in Buffalo, New York. She died from complications of typhoid fever in the first year of her life.
Coincidentally, her death occurred in the same year as the financial panic of 1857 which led to the closure in early 1858 of her father's employer, the Buffalo Car Company, a wooden railway car manufacturer.
Those two events and the birth of their third child Mary in July of 1858, roused the unemployed father to leave New York for a better future in Michigan, where he could earn income farming the land.
Coincidentally, her death occurred in the same year as the financial panic of 1857 which led to the closure in early 1858 of her father's employer, the Buffalo Car Company, a wooden railway car manufacturer.
Those two events and the birth of their third child Mary in July of 1858, roused the unemployed father to leave New York for a better future in Michigan, where he could earn income farming the land.
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