Family History of Rebecca Polk
Ella Florence Baker (1893-1975), Ollie Arbela Baker (1898-1969)
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Family History of Rebecca Polk
Ella Florence Baker (1893-1975), Ollie Arbela Baker (1898-1969),
Charles Lester Baker (1900-1967), Bertha Bedelia Baker (1906-1987), Medford Ray Baker (1909-1992), Oscar Baker (1912-unk), and Jane Baker (1918-unk). Luther married Amanda Elizabeth Reid (1905-1985) in 1925 at the age of 21. 202 Luther and Amanda would have five children who all survived to adulthood. 203 Rebecca’s paternal grandmothers’ parents, Luther and Amanda, may have read the Edinburg Sentinel and Valley Advertiser, which was pub- lished between November 1893-1918. 204 It was later renamed and pub- lished as the Edinburg Sentinel. 205 While it ceased production when Amanda and Luther were teenagers, they may have seen it in their households as a newspaper their parents read and that they themselves read, for local news and advertisements. One interesting aspect of these newspapers is that they provided a significant number of adver- tisements for local banks, local town gossip, and entertainment op- tions for all ages such as the Dixie Theater. 206 The Dixie Theater is 201 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6737-4P4?cc=1325221&wc=9B7Q- 9LT%3A1030552301%2C1034321801%2C1034324101 : 5 August 2014), Virginia > Shenandoah > ED 72 Ashby District (west part) Mount Clifton village > image 10 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).; "United States Census, 1910," FamilySearch, 202 “United States Census, 1930," FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CN28-Z3Z. 203 Personal knowledge of the author, Rebecca Polk. 204 “Edinburg Sentinel and Advertiser,” Chronicling America: Library of Congress, accessed February 23, 2022, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94060209/. 205 “Edinburg Sentinel and Advertiser,” Chronicling America: Library of Congress. 206 Edinburg Sentinel and Valley Advertiser. [volume 22, Number 48] (Edinburg, Virginia), 16 September 1915. Virginia Chronicle: Library of Virginia. < https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=ESVA19150916.1.1&e=---- ---en-20--1--txt-txIN--------> 63 permanently closed and is in downtown Staunton but may have been a special family outing for Luther and his family as Staunton was within an hour’s drive of where Amanda and Luther grew up. 207 Luther worked as a carpenter starting as a young age and was likely taught by his father, who was also a carpenter. 208 For unknown reasons, he switched careers and began working in trucking as a hauler sometime before 1940. 209 He only did this temporarily, as he switched back to carpentry for the remainder of his life, as family always knew him as working as a carpenter. 210 In his later years, Luther went to live in a nursing home due to declining health which prevented him from living on his own. 211 His wife, Amanda, moved to a nursing home prior to her passing. 212 Luther passed away at the age of 84 on January 12, 1989, in Woodstock, Vir- ginia, and was buried at Christ Reformed Church Cemetery in Conicville, Virginia. 213 Download 0.91 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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