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Personal data Henry Peter 'Hans' Baker 

  • He was born on August 15, 1884 in in proximo, Wellsburg, Grundy Co., IA.
  • He died February 1976 in fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN, he was 91 years old.
  • This information was last updated on December 29, 2011.

Household of Henry Peter 'Hans' Baker

He is married to Grietje Sleeper.

They got married on March 13, 1936 at Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, he was 51 years old.

Henry Peter Baker oo Grietje Sleeper

Marriage source: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Buffalo Center IA, Centennial Book Committee, MCMXCII) pg. 217, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Married by Rev. William Everts in the Reformed Chr. parsonage. Witnesses were Mr. & Mrs. Ubbe Winter. <>

Notes about Henry Peter 'Hans' Baker

Henry Peter 'Hans' Baker

Source: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Buffalo Center IA, Centennial Book Committee, MCMXCII) pgs. 216 & 217, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Resident of Timely Mission Nursing Home at the time of his death.

SSDI: "HENRY BAKER b. 15 Aug 1885 d. Feb 1976 last SS address of record: 50424 (Buffalo Center, Winnebago, IA) Long-time or retired railroad workers" <>

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Birthday August 15, 1884

  • The temperature on August 15, 1884 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.


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