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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. William Walter "Walter" BAKER: Birth: 27 OCT 1878 in Irving, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 27 FEB 1962 in Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  2. Arthur Taylor BAKER: Birth: 16 MAY 1882 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 8 FEB 1963 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  3. Robert Owen "Owen" BAKER: Birth: 16 MAR 1888 in Farmington, Whitman Co., Washington, USA. Death: 5 JUN 1964 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  4. Hattie May BAKER: Birth: 13 FEB 1890 in Farmington, Whitman Co., Washington, USA. Death: 24 AUG 1970 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  5. Clifford Albert BAKER: Birth: 29 APR 1893 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 6 FEB 1962 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  6. Grace Ellen BAKER: Birth: 21 JAN 1896 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 8 MAR 1986 in Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  7. Alia Belle "Alice" BAKER: Birth: 11 SEP 1904 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 22 DEC 1970 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Peterson, Goldie (Keyes)
2. Title:   Walters, Edward "Eddie"
3. Title:   1880 Lane Co., Ore. Census
4. Title:   Chewning, Nita (Jacobson)
5. Title:   1860 Fulton Co., Ill. Census
6. Title:   Fitzpatrick, June
7. Title:   1900 Lane Co., Ore. Census
8. Title:   1910 Lane Co., Ore. Soundex
9. Title:   1920 Lane Co., Ore. Soundex
10. Title:   Oregon Death Certificate
Page:   Baker, Elizabeth Ellen
11. Title:   Tombstone Inscription
Page:   Baker, Elizabeth E.
12. Title:   VanOrden, Linda

Notes
a. Note:   From Jan Gillespie:
  William A. Baker, Sr. died in July of 1899. Apparently, he left some property in the Irving area to his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth (Walters) Baker and her children. They each received a seventh interest in this property. The Bakers valued it at about $300 in 1900.
  What is interesting is that W.A. Baker, Sr. did not mention his son and Elizabeth’s husband, W.A. Jr. in the property inheritance. Of course, it is possible that Sr. left other property or money to his son. However, there were so many kids from his 2 marriages, who knows how it unfolded? And, of course, Alia Baker was not born until 1904, so she isn’t listed at all.
  Apparently, W.A. Jr. and Elizabeth wanted to sell the property, but in order to do so, they had to take control of their minor children’s interest in the property. Initially, they went to court to have Elizabeth named as the guardian for her children in the interest of the property. However, most likely because she also had an interest in the property, she was probably deemed unsuitable to represent her children’s separate interest. Ditto for her husband, since he was omitted from the inheritance, it might be considered a conflict also.
  My husband pointed out that, in this day and age, a guardianship would not be established. It would be a conservatorship instead. And, as we suspected, A.C. Woodcock was the Baker’s attorney. After Elizabeth was disallowed as the guardian, Woodcock was named as such.
  In October of 1903, the property was finally allowed to be sold. A Mr. Ensley bought it for the grand sum of $1150. After paying Woodock his attorney fees, the Baker probably netted about $1000, which was a lot of money in those days. And much more than the $300 they said it was worth in the initial petition.
  Of course, William "Walter" Baker was already an adult as age 25 in 1900 but during the three years the process took, Arthur Baker turned 21 and he also then had an adult’s stake. The other children’s interests in the property were allowed to be sold by Woodcock and their parents. The Bakers would have no obligation, other than moral, to preserve the proceeds for the children, so it is unknown what happened to the money meant for each minor grandchild of W.A. Baker, Sr.
  What we also learned in searching the deed records in Lane County was that Woodcock did a lot of work for the entire Baker family, including Mary Jane (Bushnell) Baker and Fred L. Baker, in just that three year time span.
  After showing my mother-in-law what we’d found, she said that up until the Depression, her grandparents were "comfortable." However, when the Commerce Bank in Eugene failed, they lost every dime they had. . .
  Lucille (Wells) Hostick who is in the nursing home (she had a stroke a couple of weeks after her husband Herb died) knew all about it. She said the property in question is one that, in the winter, the kids had to be ferried across to get to school because it flooded so badly. . . ____________________________________________________ The Register Guard, Eugene, Lane Co., Ore., Nov. 11, 1935, p 3: Mrs. Elizabeth E. Baker
  Mrs. Elizabeth E. Baker, resident of Lane county for nearly 60 years, died late Saturday at her home, 1038 Taylor street, at the age of 79 years. Mrs. Baker came to Oregon from Iowa in 1875 and has lived in Lane county practically all the time since. She was married in this city in 1877 to Albert Baker, the couple having celebrated their golden wedding in 1927.
  Mrs. Baker was born in Marion county, Iowa, Feb. 22, 1856. She was a member of the Christian Church all her life.
  Surviving are the widower, Albert Baker; four sons, Walter Baker of Springfield, Arthur T. Baker, Owen Baker, and Clifford Baker all of Eugene; three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Williams, Mrs. Grace Maxwell, Mrs. Alta Blaine, all of Eugene; 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
  The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Branstetter-Simon Chapel and burial will be in the new I.O.O.F. cemetery. ___________________________ Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998:
  Name: Baker, Elizabeth County: Lane Death Date: 09 N 1935 Certificate: 517 Spouse: Wm



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