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Note: 1880 census, Benton Co., Kane tnshp: He may be Berker, Hanibal 23 IL GER GER farm laborer boarder with James Stolenberg, saloon keeper
1885 Iowa Census, Belle Plaine, Benton Co., Main ST.: Backer, Herman general --? IL; Laura 20 IL; Louisa 1 IA.
not in 1895 IA census
1900 census, Chester, Douglas, South Dakota: Baker, Hermana H. head Mar 1857 43 M 18 yrs IL GER GER saloon keeper; Laura wife Feb 1863 37 M 18 yrs 2 ch 2 liv IA GER GER; Lula dau May 1883 17 IA; Sylvia dau Jul 1891 8 IA.
1910 census, Armour Ward 1, Douglas, SD: Baker, Herman head 54 M1 for 27 yrs IL GER/PRUSSIA GER/PRUSSIA own income; Laura wife 47 M1 27 yrs 2 ch 2 liv IL GER/PRUSSIA GER/PRUSSIA.
1920 census, Armour, Douglas, South Dakota: Baker, Herman J. head 63 IL GER GER gardening; Lora wife 55 IA GER GER.
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955: Baker no first name Douglas Co. 13 Sep 1928. This could be him, but grave, below, says 1933.
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Douglas Co., SD (WPA Project), Block N, Lot 9:
Grave 6: Laura Baker d, 1924 age 60
Grave 7: Herman J. Baker d. 1933 age 77
Grave 5: Ruth Jordan d. 1924 age 13. [1920 census, Ruth R. Jordan 8, dau. Lewis E. Jordan 48 IA MI IA and Henrietta 48 IA IA IA oldest child is 24, so marriage ~1895; Iowa marriages 1851-1900 L.E. Jordan and Etta Howe 10 Jul 1894 Guthrie Co. - why is she in the same grave lot? The only other Jordan nearby is Block N, Lot 8, Grave 10 "Infant" - maybe the lot and grave were misread and there is no connection]
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