Baer, Ray Welty

Birth Name Baer, Ray Welty
Gramps ID I7020
Gender male
Age at Death 66 years, 7 months, 10 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1898-12-10 Dover Twp, Tuscarawas Cty, Ohio, USA  
1a 2a
Census 1900 Dover Twp, Tuscarawas Cty, Ohio, USA  
3a
Census 1910 Sharon Twp, Richland Cty, Ohio, USA  
4a
Census 1920 Sharon Twp, Richland Cty, Ohio, USA  
5a
Census 1930 Sharon Twp, Richland Cty, Ohio, USA  
6a
Death 1965-07-20 Naples, Collier Cty, Florida, USA  
7a
Burial   Shelby-Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Richland Cty, Ohio, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Baer, Charles [I7018]1865-10-221944-01-10
Mother Schear, Matilda E. [I6943]1872-03-051924-11-17
    Brother     Baer, Waldo Frank [I7019] 1897-05-28 1978-05-25
         Baer, Ray Welty [I7020] 1898-12-10 1965-07-20
    Brother     Baer, Ross Foster [I7021] 1901-01-03 1982-12-19
    Sister     Baer, Katherine Ina [I7022] 1903-12-20 1984-10-22
    Brother     Baer, Howard Augustus [I7023] 1906-05-18 1991-02-05

Narrative

[Obituary for Ray W. Baer, posted online to the FindaGrave.com website.]

RAY W. BAER, 66, Naples, Florida, died there suddenly Tuesday morning. Although he had been in failing health for several months, death was unexpected. Born in Dover, Ohio December 10,1898, he had been a Shelby resident on S. Gamble Street Rd. for 50 years. He was a retired mail carrier and had served in that capacity for 30 years as city and rural carrier. He was a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Naples, the O'Brien Post 326 American Legion in Shelby having served in the 28th Keystone Division in World War I. He was active in Union Grange while in Shelby. Suviving are his wife, Abbie; three brothers, Waldo F., of Cardington, Foster of Leipsic and Howard of 11 Windmere Dr.; a sister, Mrs. Katherine (D.M.) Hedrick of Mansfield; and several nieces and nephews.

Narrative

Note: Identifying the spouse of Ray Welty Baer

The first reference I had found for Ray's wife Abbie was her mention in his obituary (posted on the FindaGrave.com website), along with the photo of the headstone he shares with his parents, brother Howard, and sister-in-law Martha. There, in the engraving area next to Ray, is only "Abbie F." with no vital dates. His obituary does not give the place or date of their marriage, nor does it give Abbie's maiden name or any other identifying information.

A quick search of public records for "Abbie Baer" turns up a residence from 1997 in Naples, Collier Cty, Florida, for A.B. Clayton, also known as Abbie A. Baer, b. 10 May 1913. Additionally, there is a US Social Security Death Index record for Abbie A. Baer, b. 10 May 1909, d. 5 Aug 1997, last residence given as Hamilton Cty, Ohio. Further Ohio records searches yields a death record for Abbie A. Baer, b. 10 May 1909 in New Hampshire, d. 5 Aug 1997 in Deer Park, Hamilton Cty, Ohio; this record gives her father's surname as Flint, and her mother's surname as Farnham.

This led to more specific searches for Abbie Flint, which led to a 1930 US Census record in Shelby, Richland Cty, Ohio for a New-Hampshire born Abbie Flint, age twenty, as the employee of the Skiles family, and going further back found the 1920 US Census record for ten-year-old Abbie with widowed mother Rhoda Flint and brother Alburn in Candia, Rockingham Cty, New Hampshire, and further to the 1910 US Census record in Henniker, Merrimack Cty, New Hampshire for the eleven-month-old Abbie with father Henry Flint and mother Rhoda.

Checking into the history for Rhoda and Alburn after that 1920 residence, there is a 1940 US Census record for Rhoda in Candia, and Ohio death records that give her birthplace as Vermont and her date and place of death as 18 Apr 1985 in North College Hill, Hamilton Cty, Ohio; one of these gives her father's surname as Farnham. For Alburn, he appears married with three daughters in the 1940 US Census in Springfield Twp, Hamilton Cty, Ohio, and has an Ohio death record for 10 Nov 1990 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Cty, Ohio.

Abbie's burial location is not currently known to me, as she appears to have survived her mother and brother by several years. I am also uncertain as to whether she ever remarried after Ray's death. One of her adult nieces or some other family member likely saw to the arrangements at her passing, as her husband's obituary mentions no surviving children, so I believe she had no closer surviving family at the time of her death.

Pedigree

  1. Baer, Charles [I7018]
    1. Schear, Matilda E. [I6943]
      1. Baer, Waldo Frank [I7019]
      2. Baer, Ray Welty
      3. Baer, Ross Foster [I7021]
      4. Baer, Katherine Ina [I7022]
      5. Baer, Howard Augustus [I7023]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 [S0223]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6F2-LDM : 8 December 2014), Ray Welty Bair, 10 Dec 1898; citing Dover Twp, Tuscarawas, Ohio, reference v 2 p 62; FHL microfilm 890,357.

  2. US Social Security Death Index [S0098]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9SD-QJS : 20 May 2014), Ray Baer, Jul 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

  3. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMXD-5SD : accessed 10 August 2017), Matilda E Baer in household of Charles Baer, Dover Township (part west of river), Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 109, sheet 5B, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,326.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Dover Township (part west of river), Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
        Charles Baer Head M 35 Ohio
        Matilda E Baer Wife F 28 Ohio
        Waldo L Baer Son M 3 Ohio
        Ray W Baer Son M 2 Ohio

  4. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6D-VDL : accessed 10 August 2017), Charles Baer, Sharon, Richland, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 197, sheet 5A, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1224; FHL microfilm 1,375,237.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Sharon, Richland, Ohio, United States
        Charles Baer Head M 44 Ohio
        Tillie E Baer Wife F 38 Ohio
        Waldo F Baer Son M 12 Ohio
        Ray W Baer Son M 11 Ohio
        Ross F Baer Son M 9 Ohio
        Ina C Baer Daughter F 6 Ohio
        Howard A Baer Son M 3 Ohio

  5. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MM-JD8 : accessed 10 August 2017), Matild Baer in household of Charles Baer, Sharon, Richland, Ohio, United States; citing ED 218, sheet 5B, line 65, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1430; FHL microfilm 1,821,430.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Sharon, Richland, Ohio, United States
        Charles Baer Head M 53 Ohio
        Matild Baer Wife F 47 Ohio
        Waldo F Baer Son M 22 Ohio
        Ray W Baer Son M 21 Ohio
        R Foster Baer Son M 19 Ohio
        Zua K Baer Daughter F 16 Ohio
        Howard A Baer Son M 13 Ohio

  6. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4CW-GCF : accessed 10 August 2017), Charles Baer, Sharon, Richland, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 5A, line 26, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1864; FHL microfilm 2,341,598.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place Sharon, Richland, Ohio, United States
        Charles Baer Head M 64 Ohio
        Waldo F Baer Son M 32 Ohio
        Ray W Baer Son M 31 Ohio
        Katherine Baer Daughter F 26 Ohio
        Howard A Baer Son M 23 Ohio

  7. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [S0132]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV3J-5W8 : 25 December 2014), Ray W Baer, Jul 1965; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 2718, certificate number 32299, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.