Lydia B Baker1

#19361, (circa 1849 - 23 January 1937)
Father*Edmund James Baker2 (c 1805 - )

Family 1

John Hughes Edwards b. c 1840, d. 1877
Children 1.Mother Lydia Bowman Edwards12 (1868 - 1930)
 2.Mary Gertrude Edwards+12 (1870 - 1951)
 3.Ellyn L Edwards13 (c 1872 - 1962)
 4.Edmund Baker Edwards+13 (c 1875 - )
 5.Elizabeth R Edwards14 (1876 - )

Family 2

Orray Augustus Taft Jr. b. c 1849, d. 1889
Children 1.Ray Baker Taft15 (1880 - )
 2.Eleanor Baker Taft15 (1882 - )
Her married name was Taft.2 
Her married name was Edwards.3 
Birth*circa 1849She was born circa 1849.1 
Marriage*1 October 1867She married John Hughes Edwards, son of George W Edwards and Elizabeth R Whelan, on 1 October 1867 at Braintree, Massachusetts.3 
19 November 1870She and John Hughes Edwards appeared on the census of 19 November 1870 at 1531 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4 
Marriage*24 April 1879She married Orray Augustus Taft Jr., son of Orray A Taft and Elizabeth White, on 24 April 1879 at Boston, Massachusetts.2 
10 June 1880She appeared on the census of 10 June 1880 in the household of Edmund James Baker at Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, as Lydia B Taft, dau., age 31, marr., keeping house, b. and father b. PA, mother b. MA.5 
1 June 1900She appeared on the census of 1 June 1900 at 341 Marlboro, Boston, Massachusetts.6 
1 June 1900She appeared on the census of 1 June 1900 at Marlboro, Boston, Massachusetts.7 
6 January 1920She appeared on the census of 6 January 1920 at 1090 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.8 
4 April 1930She and Ellyn L Edwards appeared on the census of 4 April 1930 at 520 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.9 
Death*23 January 1937She died on 23 January 1937 at Portland, Maine.10 
Burial*January 1937She was buried in January 1937 at Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk Co., MassachusettsG.11 

Citations

  1. [S767] Massachusetts Marriage Records 1840-1915 (images of registers), online Ancestry.com, 1867, img. 646/1101. Braintree MA Register, no. 85, 1 Oct 1867. John H Edwards, age 26, lawyer, b. and res. Philadelphia, son of George W and Elizabeth R; and Lydia B Baker, age 18, b. res. Dorchester, dau. of Charles A and Ann E; marr. by Rt Rev J J Williams and ---- McNulty, R. C.
  2. [S767] Mass. Marriage Records 1840-1915, online Ancestry.com, Year 1879. City of Boston Marriage Register, no. 759, img. 794/1105. Orray A Taft Jr, age 37, b. Boston, son of Orray A Taft and Elizabeth W; res. Providence, starch manufacturer; and Lydia B Edwards, age 29, b. Dorchester, res. Boston, dau. of Edmund J and Lydia B Baker, second marr.; marr. 24 Apr 1879.
  3. [S767] Mass. Marriage Records 1840-1915, online Ancestry.com, 1867, img. 646/1101. Braintree MA Register, no. 85, 1 Oct 1867. John H Edwards, age 26, lawyer, b. and res. Philadelphia, son of George W and Elizabeth R; and Lydia B Baker, age 18, b. res. Dorchester, dau. of Edmund J and Sarah; marr. by Rt Rev J J Williams and ---- McNulty, R. C. Intentions recorded in Dorchester, 25 Sep 1867 (same source, Dorchester> Dorchester Intentions of Marriages, 1850-1969, img. 104/121.
  4. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. John H (30); Lydia B (22) [no other data recorded]. Also Maria McCarty (23), Hanna Lane (29), Lizza Donaghy (28).
  5. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Edmund J (75), wid., b. and parents b. MA.
  6. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Lidia [sic] B (51), wid., b. MA Nov 1848, father b. MA, mother b. ME, 7 children, all living.
  7. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Lidia B Taft (51), wid., b. MA Nov 1848, father b. MA, mother b. ME, 7 children, all living.
  8. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Lydia B Taft (71), wid., b. and parents b. MA.
  9. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Lydia B Taft (81), wid., b. and father b. MA, mother b. ME, hotel boarder; Ellen Edwards (57), b. and mother b. MA, father b. PA, single.
  10. [S2434] The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, Tue., 26 jan 1937, p. 12, Deaths. Lydia B Taft, wid. of Orray TAft, d. Portland ME 23 Jan.
  11. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, Matching headstones. Lydia Bowman Baker, wife of Orray A Taft Jr., b. 11 Nov 1848, d. 23 Jan 1937; Orray Augustus Taft Jr., b. 1841, d. 1889. Milton Cemetery. Memorials 181389177 and 181388832, created by and photos added by jtb.
  12. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census.
  13. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census.
  14. [S1659] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906, online FamilySearch.com, Elizabeth R Edwards, b. Philadelphia 27 Sep 1876, dau. of John H and Lydia Edwards; citing bk. 1876 p. 47, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1,289,317.
  15. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.