Edward Gray BAKER
Bessie Belle (Wakefield)
HESS
Husband: Edward Gray BAKER
Birth: 8 Nov 1902, Emmett, Canyon (now Gem)
Co., Idaho
Death: 18 Jun 1987, Spokane, Spokane
Co., Washington
Burial:
Father: Horace Benjamin BAKER
Mother: Sarah Letitia KIRBY
Marriage: 1932, Canyon
Co., Idaho
Divorce: Aft 1940, Idaho
Wife: Bessie Belle (Wakefield) HESS
Birth: 3 Jan 1912, Emmett, Gem Co., Idaho
Death: 12 Apr 1981, Mountain Home, Elmore Co., Idaho
Burial: Apr 1981, Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home, Elmore Co., Idaho
Father: Marion Lafayette WAKEFIELD
Mother: Gertrude E. MILLER
Children:
1. Bradley BAKER, b: 8 Jun 1934, Emmett, Gem Co., Idaho
d: 14 Nov 2000, Orlando, Orange Co., Florida
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Notes:
Bessie and her sister and brother were actually born as Wakefields but
were raised by Moses Hess and assumed that surname. In 1920, they were
living with Moses and they had the surname of Wakefield. By 1930, they
were living with Edward's sister and her husband (the children's uncle) and they
had assumed the surname of Hess.
By 1930, Edward was in jail with his brother Ray.
1930 Federal Census Data
(T626_0398, Page 22A), County Jail, Caldwell, Canyon Co., Idaho,
Enumeration District: 6, Enumeration Date: 3-Apr-1930, Family #38
NAME |
Relation |
Sex |
Age |
M/S W/D |
Age Marr |
POB |
Fa. POB |
Mo. POB |
In Sch |
Occupation |
BAKER, Edward G |
Prisoner |
M |
27 |
S |
|
ID |
NY |
IA |
|
None |
In 1940, Edward, Bessie & Bradley were living
with Edward's parents,
Sometime later they divorced and Bessie married Dewey J. Labbee.
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Sources:
1) Birth - Wife: Gem County Idaho Vital
Statistics - Births, Cert. #D62-0511
2) Death - Husband: Spokane County Washington Vital Statistics - Deaths,
State Cert. #015786