Personal Details

Born	August 19th, 1842
Birthplace	Osterville, Massachusetts, USA
Baptized	No Entry
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Occupation(s)	Seaman, politician
Died	1931, aged about 89 years
Died at...	Osterville, Massachusetts, USA
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Burial Place	Osterville, Massachusetts, USA
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Parents

Father	[825saf]	Alvan Baker 7
Mother	[825sam]	Delaney (West) Baker 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [825] - Maria Jane (Blish or "Bliss"?) Baker 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: Centerville, Massachusetts, USA Children by this spouse: I [1165] Chester Linwood Baker 9 b. May 27th, 1863 c. August II [1166] Jennie Maria Baker 9 b. March 1st, 1880 c. June
Wife #2 [827] - Lucy Elmer (Blish or "Bliss"?) Baker 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

Immediate Family Tree

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Clarence Linwood Baker	Alvan Baker	No Entry	No Entry	No Entry
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	Delaney (West) Baker	? West	No Entry	No Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1842 to 1931

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 9 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 18 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 0 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 59 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from before birth until age 0 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from before birth until age 2 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 0 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 2 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 3 to age 6 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 3 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 3 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 3 to age 7 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 4 to age 6 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 4 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 6 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 6 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 6 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 6 to age 14 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 7 to age 10 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 7 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 8 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 8 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 8 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 8 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 8 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 9 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 10 to age 17 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 11 to age 14 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 11 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 12 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 12 to age 14 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 12 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 15 to age 24 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 15 to age 18 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 15 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 16 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 16 1859: Oil Well at age 17 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 17 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 17 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 18 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 18 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 19 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 19 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 19 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 19 to age 23 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 19 1861-1865: Civil War from age 19 to age 23 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 19 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 19 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 19 to age 23 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 19 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 19 1862: US Homestead act at age 20 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 21 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 21 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 21 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 37 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 21 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 21 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 22 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 22 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 23 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 23 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 23 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 24 to age 26 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 24 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 25 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 25 1867: Dynamite at age 25 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 25 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 25 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 26 to age 36 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 27 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 27 to age 34 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 27 1869: Suez canal opened at age 27 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 27 1870: US black men can vote at age 28 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 28 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 28 to age 29 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 29 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 31 to age 36 1873: Color Photographs at age 31 1876: Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 34 1876: American Centennial at age 34 1876: Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 34 1876: Little Big Horn - Battle at age 34 1877-1880: Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 35 to age 38 1877: Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 35 1878: 1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 36 1879: Zulu war at age 37 1879: Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 37 1881: President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 39 1881-1896: 5th Cholera pandemic from age 39 to age 54 1881: James A Garfield president of US at age 39 1881-1885: Chester Arthur president of US from age 39 to age 43 1884: 1st subway at age 42 1884: Motorcycle at age 42 1885-1888: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 43 to age 46 1885: Automobile at age 43 1886: Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 44 1887: X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 45 1888: 70...77 rpm musical records at age 46 1888: Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 46 1889-1892: Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 47 to age 50 1889: North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 47 1889: South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 47 1889: Holerith invents the punch card at age 47 1889: Montana enters the union - 41st at age 47 1889: Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 47 1890: Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 48 1890: Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 48 1890: Battle of Wounded Knee at age 48 1890: Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 48 1891: Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 49 1893: Movies at age 51 1893: New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 51 1893-1897: US Financial panic, depression from age 51 to age 55 1893: Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 51 1893-1896: Grover Cleveland president of US from age 51 to age 54 1894: Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 52 1894-1895: Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 52 to age 53 1896: Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 54 1896: Utah enters the union - 45th at age 54 1897-1901: William McKinley president of US from age 55 to age 59 1898: Spanish American 1-year war at age 56 1899-1902: Boer war from age 57 to age 60 1899-1923: 6th Cholera pandemic from age 57 to age 81 1900: Boxer rebellion in China at age 58 1900: Hawaii organized as a territory at age 58 1900: Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 58 1901: Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 59 1901: Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 59 1901: Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 59 1901-1910: Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 59 to age 68 1901: First British submarine launched at age 59 1901: US President William McKinley assassinated at age 59 1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 59 1901-1908: Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 59 to age 66 1903: Airplane at age 61 1903: Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 61 1904: Radar at age 62 1904-1905: Russian-Japanese war from age 62 to age 63 1907: Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 65 1907: Plastic at age 65 1908: Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 66 1909: Union of South Africa formed at age 67 1909-1912: William Howard Taft president of US from age 67 to age 70 1909: North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 67 1910: Japan annexes Korea at age 68 1910-1936: Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 68 until after line end 1910: Halley's Comet at age 68 1911: South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 69 1912: Alaska organized as a territory at age 70 1912: New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 70 1912: Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 70 1912: Titanic sinks at age 70 1913-1920: Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 71 to age 78 1914-1919: World War I from age 72 to age 77 1914: The Bra at age 72 1915: Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 73 1916: Sonar at age 74 1916: Irish Easter Rebellion at age 74 1917: US enters WWI at age 75 1917: Russian revolution at age 75 1918-1920: Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 76 to age 78 1918-1933: Prohibition from age 76 until after line end 1919: League of Nations instantiated at age 77 1919: Shortwave Radio at age 77 1920: Palestine established at age 78 1920: Women receive right to vote in USA at age 78 1920-1929: Roaring 20's from age 78 to age 87 1921-1924: Warren G Harding president of US from age 79 to age 82 1922: Insulin made available to diabetics at age 80 1925: Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 83 1925-1928: Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 83 to age 86 1926: Sound in Movies at age 84 1927: 1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 85 1927: Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 85 1928: Television at age 86 1928: Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 86 1928: Video Recordings at age 86 1928: Geiger Counter at age 86 1929-1939: Great Depression from age 87 until after line end 1929-1932: Herbert Hoover president of US from age 87 until after line end 1929: Stock Market Crash at age 87 1930: Pluto Discovered at age 88 1931-1933: Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 89 until after line end

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