Family History of Rebecca Polk
(1904-1989) and the two would have five children, Gladys Virginia
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Family History of Rebecca Polk
(1904-1989) and the two would have five children, Gladys Virginia
Baker (1926-2010), Nellie Frances Baker (1928-1985), Helen Edith Baker (1936- ), Floyd Edward Baker (1934-2019), and Evelyn Pauline Baker (1939-2019). 193 In Figure 4.3 “Number of Births over a Lifetime, by Year of Prime Childbearing Age,” Fischer and Hout examine 4-year samples of data of the number of children women had across four periods: 1900-1904, 1935- 1939, 1960 to 1964 and 1985, which are shown on four separate charts. 194 Fischer and Hout further breakdown this data by showing the number of children born and the percentage of women who had that many children. Their charts also demonstrate that women converged on having two children, showing that between 1985-1989, the mean number of chil- dren born to a woman was 1.93. Amanda and her husband Luther had five children by 1939, as their youngest child Evelyn, was born that year. 191 Joseph Floyd Wine, Life Along Holman’s Creek (Stephens City: Commercial Press, 1985), 151. 192 Wine, Life Along Holman’s Creek, 151. 193 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CN28-Z3Z : accessed 28 April 2022), Amanda Baker in household of Luther Baker, Ashby Magisterial District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 1A, line 29, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Admin- istration, 2002), roll 2460; FHL microfilm 2,342,194. 194 Fischer and Hout, Century of Difference; How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years, 66. 61 The chart for 1934-1939 shows that roughly 5% of women had five chil- dren whereas 65% had 0-2 children during this time frame. Amanda was a housewife her entire life, based on census records in 1930 which listed her occupation as ‘home’, Amanda’s death certifi- cate listing her occupation as ‘housewife’, as well as family oral history. 195 Due to her health declining in later life, Amanda was una- ble to live with her husband, Luther, and moved to a nursing home. 196 Amanda passed away at the age of 79 on January 21, 1985, from respira- tory arrest. 197 She was buried at Christ Reformed Church Cemetery in Conicville, Virginia, where her husband Luther would be buried almost exactly four years later. 198 Download 0.91 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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