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The family of Fred Baker and Martha Emily (Woodside) Baker,
my paternal grandfather's (Delbert Saunders) maternal grandparents.
Fred is the man on the right side of the group. His wife, Martha, is the woman standing in the doorway with her arms folded. Their children are Nora Belle (in the white shirt, next to Martha), Nellie (standing between Martha and Fred), Frank (the boy standing in front of Martha), Ruby (the girl in white at the left-front of the group) and Mamie (the girl in the dark dress at the right-front of the group). Nora Belle Baker was my grandfather Delbert's mother - my great grandmother. The photo was taken at their family home in Dillon, Montana.
Fred Baker was born in 1858 in Summit County, Utah. He died in 1910, in Dillon, the year before my grandfather was born.
Martha Woodside was born January 22, 1866, in McDonough County, Illinois, to parents Nancy Jane (Seybold) Woodside and John Robinson Woodside. As a young woman, Martha taught school in Illinois. She died February 4, 1939 in Stockton, California. After her first husband, Fred, died, Martha married Dan Dwight. Because Fred Baker died before my grandfather Delbert was born, Dan Dwight is whom he called "grandfather."
Martha and Fred had a child who died May 11, 1887 following what the Glendale Gatherings social column listed as "a measles epidemic [that] has been engulfing the neighborhood." I think the child's name was Bessie. She would have been the oldest of their children.
Martha and Fred had a child who died May 11, 1887 following what the Glendale Gatherings social column listed as "a measles epidemic [that] has been engulfing the neighborhood." I think the child's name was Bessie. She would have been the oldest of their children.
