My paternal grandfather, ALLEN ANDREW BAKER was a son of HENRY BAKER (1856-1928) and his wife VICTORIA HUPP BAKER (1860-1937). He was born on July 19, 1896, in Harrietsville, Ohio. Census records suggest that Allen's parents moved around a little within Noble County through his childhood.
According to "Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918", page 602; Allen A. Baker enlisted in Caldwell County OH on 4 September 1918. Promoted to Private, first class 14 Nov 1918, he served in the 158 Depot Brigade until his Honorable Discharge 5 Dec 1918. He described himself as being of medium height and weight, and having brown hair & eyes when he completd his draft registration June 5, 1918.
Available historic records give no indication that Allen Baker ever had any children. It is probably not well known at all that in 1920-1921, well before his first marriage, he was living near, and working with, CLAUDIA REYNOLDS ELWONGER (a young widow). Census records DO prove that Allen and Claudia lived just a couple blocks from each other in Beloit, and both were "Kiln Placers" at the Pottery nearby. What is not discernable in the records is when they began dating, or when they stopped. They did however, have one child, a son, (my father) Luther Roland Elwonger. Luther was born December 15, 1921 in Beloit, Ohio. As far as I have been able to determine, Allen and Claudia never married.
Allen married his first wife, Florence, a few years later -probably in or about 1924 (the 1930 census reported they had been married 6 years). When the census was completed on April 16, 1930, Allen & Florence were living on E. Vermont Ave in Sebring and he was still working as a Kiln Placer at the pottery. By that time he had bought a home, which he valued at $4,000. They did not have any children listed in the home at the 1930 census.
When the census was done in 1940, Allen & Florence were living at 697 West Ohio Avenue, in Sebring.
By WWII, Allen & Florence had moved to Stark Ohio according to his WWII Draft Registration, completed in September 1942.
Florence died in 1943, and at some point after that Allen married Mary Jane Brown Mainwaring.
He lived in the Alliance area for about 45 years, retiring from the Morgan Engineering Co. in 1961. He was a former employe of the Limoges China Co., Sebring, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Alliance. He was a member of American Legion Post 166 and World War I Barracks 289.
Allen Andrew Baker died in Alliance on October 11, 1964. He was married at the time to his second wife and obituary listed stepsons and additional employment information.
He is buried with his first wife Florence in Grandview Cemetery. His parents, Henry & Victoria Baker, are buried nearby.
Allen was a direct descendant of two verified Revolutionary War Ancestors, Captain John Baker, and Philip Hupp.
SOURCES:
~"Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918"
~US Census records 1900-1940
~Obituary - Allen Baker
~Luther Elwonger birth record
~headstones - Allen Baker, Florence Baker
~Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
~Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
~Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 ("Andrew Baker")
~Social Security Death Index (Allen Baker)
~World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Allen Andrew Baker)
~U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Allen Andrew Baker)
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PLEASE NOTE:
~Much thanks to Debra A Felger for adding photo of headstone of Allen and of his parents Henry & Victoria Baker.
~Now that ancestry.com is using findagrave as a source, I am finding that some tree owners are going a step further and copying my memorial biographies and adding them as their own stories in their trees, without the source information. PLEASE, if you copy/paste my bios to your ancestry tree or anywhere else, INCLUDE my source information, and a link to the memorial. That way, serious researchers can see where your information comes from and be able to verify it for themselves. These profiles are revised as additional information becomes available and if you have not linked to the memorial, other researchers would have no way of knowing that. Some tree owners are already doing this, and it is very much appreciated.
According to "Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918", page 602; Allen A. Baker enlisted in Caldwell County OH on 4 September 1918. Promoted to Private, first class 14 Nov 1918, he served in the 158 Depot Brigade until his Honorable Discharge 5 Dec 1918. He described himself as being of medium height and weight, and having brown hair & eyes when he completd his draft registration June 5, 1918.
Available historic records give no indication that Allen Baker ever had any children. It is probably not well known at all that in 1920-1921, well before his first marriage, he was living near, and working with, CLAUDIA REYNOLDS ELWONGER (a young widow). Census records DO prove that Allen and Claudia lived just a couple blocks from each other in Beloit, and both were "Kiln Placers" at the Pottery nearby. What is not discernable in the records is when they began dating, or when they stopped. They did however, have one child, a son, (my father) Luther Roland Elwonger. Luther was born December 15, 1921 in Beloit, Ohio. As far as I have been able to determine, Allen and Claudia never married.
Allen married his first wife, Florence, a few years later -probably in or about 1924 (the 1930 census reported they had been married 6 years). When the census was completed on April 16, 1930, Allen & Florence were living on E. Vermont Ave in Sebring and he was still working as a Kiln Placer at the pottery. By that time he had bought a home, which he valued at $4,000. They did not have any children listed in the home at the 1930 census.
When the census was done in 1940, Allen & Florence were living at 697 West Ohio Avenue, in Sebring.
By WWII, Allen & Florence had moved to Stark Ohio according to his WWII Draft Registration, completed in September 1942.
Florence died in 1943, and at some point after that Allen married Mary Jane Brown Mainwaring.
He lived in the Alliance area for about 45 years, retiring from the Morgan Engineering Co. in 1961. He was a former employe of the Limoges China Co., Sebring, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Alliance. He was a member of American Legion Post 166 and World War I Barracks 289.
Allen Andrew Baker died in Alliance on October 11, 1964. He was married at the time to his second wife and obituary listed stepsons and additional employment information.
He is buried with his first wife Florence in Grandview Cemetery. His parents, Henry & Victoria Baker, are buried nearby.
Allen was a direct descendant of two verified Revolutionary War Ancestors, Captain John Baker, and Philip Hupp.
SOURCES:
~"Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918"
~US Census records 1900-1940
~Obituary - Allen Baker
~Luther Elwonger birth record
~headstones - Allen Baker, Florence Baker
~Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
~Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
~Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 ("Andrew Baker")
~Social Security Death Index (Allen Baker)
~World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Allen Andrew Baker)
~U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Allen Andrew Baker)
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PLEASE NOTE:
~Much thanks to Debra A Felger for adding photo of headstone of Allen and of his parents Henry & Victoria Baker.
~Now that ancestry.com is using findagrave as a source, I am finding that some tree owners are going a step further and copying my memorial biographies and adding them as their own stories in their trees, without the source information. PLEASE, if you copy/paste my bios to your ancestry tree or anywhere else, INCLUDE my source information, and a link to the memorial. That way, serious researchers can see where your information comes from and be able to verify it for themselves. These profiles are revised as additional information becomes available and if you have not linked to the memorial, other researchers would have no way of knowing that. Some tree owners are already doing this, and it is very much appreciated.
My paternal grandfather, ALLEN ANDREW BAKER was a son of HENRY BAKER (1856-1928) and his wife VICTORIA HUPP BAKER (1860-1937). He was born on July 19, 1896, in Harrietsville, Ohio. Census records suggest that Allen's parents moved around a little within Noble County through his childhood.
According to "Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918", page 602; Allen A. Baker enlisted in Caldwell County OH on 4 September 1918. Promoted to Private, first class 14 Nov 1918, he served in the 158 Depot Brigade until his Honorable Discharge 5 Dec 1918. He described himself as being of medium height and weight, and having brown hair & eyes when he completd his draft registration June 5, 1918.
Available historic records give no indication that Allen Baker ever had any children. It is probably not well known at all that in 1920-1921, well before his first marriage, he was living near, and working with, CLAUDIA REYNOLDS ELWONGER (a young widow). Census records DO prove that Allen and Claudia lived just a couple blocks from each other in Beloit, and both were "Kiln Placers" at the Pottery nearby. What is not discernable in the records is when they began dating, or when they stopped. They did however, have one child, a son, (my father) Luther Roland Elwonger. Luther was born December 15, 1921 in Beloit, Ohio. As far as I have been able to determine, Allen and Claudia never married.
Allen married his first wife, Florence, a few years later -probably in or about 1924 (the 1930 census reported they had been married 6 years). When the census was completed on April 16, 1930, Allen & Florence were living on E. Vermont Ave in Sebring and he was still working as a Kiln Placer at the pottery. By that time he had bought a home, which he valued at $4,000. They did not have any children listed in the home at the 1930 census.
When the census was done in 1940, Allen & Florence were living at 697 West Ohio Avenue, in Sebring.
By WWII, Allen & Florence had moved to Stark Ohio according to his WWII Draft Registration, completed in September 1942.
Florence died in 1943, and at some point after that Allen married Mary Jane Brown Mainwaring.
He lived in the Alliance area for about 45 years, retiring from the Morgan Engineering Co. in 1961. He was a former employe of the Limoges China Co., Sebring, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Alliance. He was a member of American Legion Post 166 and World War I Barracks 289.
Allen Andrew Baker died in Alliance on October 11, 1964. He was married at the time to his second wife and obituary listed stepsons and additional employment information.
He is buried with his first wife Florence in Grandview Cemetery. His parents, Henry & Victoria Baker, are buried nearby.
Allen was a direct descendant of two verified Revolutionary War Ancestors, Captain John Baker, and Philip Hupp.
SOURCES:
~"Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918"
~US Census records 1900-1940
~Obituary - Allen Baker
~Luther Elwonger birth record
~headstones - Allen Baker, Florence Baker
~Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
~Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
~Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 ("Andrew Baker")
~Social Security Death Index (Allen Baker)
~World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Allen Andrew Baker)
~U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Allen Andrew Baker)
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PLEASE NOTE:
~Much thanks to Debra A Felger for adding photo of headstone of Allen and of his parents Henry & Victoria Baker.
~Now that ancestry.com is using findagrave as a source, I am finding that some tree owners are going a step further and copying my memorial biographies and adding them as their own stories in their trees, without the source information. PLEASE, if you copy/paste my bios to your ancestry tree or anywhere else, INCLUDE my source information, and a link to the memorial. That way, serious researchers can see where your information comes from and be able to verify it for themselves. These profiles are revised as additional information becomes available and if you have not linked to the memorial, other researchers would have no way of knowing that. Some tree owners are already doing this, and it is very much appreciated.
According to "Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918", page 602; Allen A. Baker enlisted in Caldwell County OH on 4 September 1918. Promoted to Private, first class 14 Nov 1918, he served in the 158 Depot Brigade until his Honorable Discharge 5 Dec 1918. He described himself as being of medium height and weight, and having brown hair & eyes when he completd his draft registration June 5, 1918.
Available historic records give no indication that Allen Baker ever had any children. It is probably not well known at all that in 1920-1921, well before his first marriage, he was living near, and working with, CLAUDIA REYNOLDS ELWONGER (a young widow). Census records DO prove that Allen and Claudia lived just a couple blocks from each other in Beloit, and both were "Kiln Placers" at the Pottery nearby. What is not discernable in the records is when they began dating, or when they stopped. They did however, have one child, a son, (my father) Luther Roland Elwonger. Luther was born December 15, 1921 in Beloit, Ohio. As far as I have been able to determine, Allen and Claudia never married.
Allen married his first wife, Florence, a few years later -probably in or about 1924 (the 1930 census reported they had been married 6 years). When the census was completed on April 16, 1930, Allen & Florence were living on E. Vermont Ave in Sebring and he was still working as a Kiln Placer at the pottery. By that time he had bought a home, which he valued at $4,000. They did not have any children listed in the home at the 1930 census.
When the census was done in 1940, Allen & Florence were living at 697 West Ohio Avenue, in Sebring.
By WWII, Allen & Florence had moved to Stark Ohio according to his WWII Draft Registration, completed in September 1942.
Florence died in 1943, and at some point after that Allen married Mary Jane Brown Mainwaring.
He lived in the Alliance area for about 45 years, retiring from the Morgan Engineering Co. in 1961. He was a former employe of the Limoges China Co., Sebring, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Alliance. He was a member of American Legion Post 166 and World War I Barracks 289.
Allen Andrew Baker died in Alliance on October 11, 1964. He was married at the time to his second wife and obituary listed stepsons and additional employment information.
He is buried with his first wife Florence in Grandview Cemetery. His parents, Henry & Victoria Baker, are buried nearby.
Allen was a direct descendant of two verified Revolutionary War Ancestors, Captain John Baker, and Philip Hupp.
SOURCES:
~"Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918"
~US Census records 1900-1940
~Obituary - Allen Baker
~Luther Elwonger birth record
~headstones - Allen Baker, Florence Baker
~Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
~Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
~Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 ("Andrew Baker")
~Social Security Death Index (Allen Baker)
~World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Allen Andrew Baker)
~U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Allen Andrew Baker)
***************************************************
PLEASE NOTE:
~Much thanks to Debra A Felger for adding photo of headstone of Allen and of his parents Henry & Victoria Baker.
~Now that ancestry.com is using findagrave as a source, I am finding that some tree owners are going a step further and copying my memorial biographies and adding them as their own stories in their trees, without the source information. PLEASE, if you copy/paste my bios to your ancestry tree or anywhere else, INCLUDE my source information, and a link to the memorial. That way, serious researchers can see where your information comes from and be able to verify it for themselves. These profiles are revised as additional information becomes available and if you have not linked to the memorial, other researchers would have no way of knowing that. Some tree owners are already doing this, and it is very much appreciated.
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