Eleanor O. BAKER

Father: Benjamin Moberly BAKER
Mother: Emily Ann HULL

Family 1: Frank WILLIS

(1) 1910 United States Census for Texas, Hemphill Co., Canadian Town, Ward 3: Supervisor's District 13; Enumeration District 138; Sheet 18B; April 27, 1910: Frank and Eleanor O. [BAKER] WILLIS are listed as married for 6 years.

  1. Maurine Elizabeth WILLIS
                                               ___________________
                           _Benjamin H. BAKER_|
                          |                   |___________________
 _Benjamin Moberly BAKER _|
|                         |                    ___________________
|                         |_Eliza GREER_______|
|                                             |___________________
|
|--Eleanor O. BAKER
|
|                                              _Henry Sealy HULL _
|                          _Edwin Sealy HULL _|
|                         |                   |_Eleanor WEBB _____
|_Emily Ann HULL _________|
                          |                    _James YOUNG ______
                          |_Sarah Ann YOUNG __|
                                              |_Olivia J. // _____

Notes

Updated December 17, 2013. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1900 United States Census for Texas, Hemphill Co., Justice No. 1 - Canadian: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 33; Sheet 6A; June 12, 1900.

Nelle BAKER is the daughter of Benjamin and Emile A. BAKER. She is 18 years old, born December 1881 in Texas, and is a school teacher.

(2) 1910 United States Census for Texas, Hemphill Co., Canadian Town, Ward 3: Supervisor's District 13; Enumeration District 138; Sheet 18B; April 27, 1910.

Eleanor O. [BAKER] WILLIS is married to Frank WILLIS, head of household. Their daughter Maureen E. WILLIS resides in the household.

- Age: 29; married for 6 years.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to one child, which is presently living
- Birthplace: Texas, with her father born in Alabama and her mother born in Texas.

(3) 1920 United States Census for Texas, Hemphill Co., Justice Precinct No. 1, Canadian Town, Ward 1: Supervisor's District 18; Enumeration District 142; Sheet 5B; January 6, 1920.

Eleanor O. [BAKER] WILLIS is married to Frank WILLIS, head of household. Their daughter Maureen E. WILLIS resides in the household.

- Address: Main Street, residing at the Hotel Moody
- Age: 38 years old.
- Birthplace: Texas, with her father born in Georgia and her mother born in Texas.

(4) U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Amarillo, Texas via Ancestry.com

- 1928: WILLIS, Frank (Eleanor O.) atty 733-34 Amarillo bldg r1, 412 W 16th av

(5) 1930 United States Census for Texas, Potter Co., Amarillo City, Justice Precinct #1: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 188-10; Sheet 6A; April 3-4, 1930.

Ellenor O. WILLIS is head of household, a widow. Her daughter Maurine E. WILLIS resides with her.

- Address: 118 West 10th Ave.
- Home ownership: no; they are residing in a hotel.
- Radio ownership: no.
- Age: 49 years old at time of census; 23 when first married.
- Birthplace: Texas, with her father born in Oklahoma and her mother born in North Carolina.

(6) Standard Certificate of Death; Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics (attached to an Ancestry user-submitted file)

- Full Name of Deceased: Eleanor O. WILLIS
- Place of Death: P+S Hospital; San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas
- Date of Death: July 3, 1944 at 5:20 am.
- Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage (1 week) and contributory Arterial Sclerosis (5 years)
- Place of Burial or Removal: Amarillo
- Residence: 150 E. Lullwood, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas (residence for last 3 years)
- Date of Birth: December 21, 1880 (age 63 years, 6 months 12 days) in Texas
- Parents: B. M. BAKER (born in Alabama) and Emily HULL (born in North Carolina)
- Informant: Miss Maurine WILLIS

(7) Find a Grave via Ancestry.com

- Name: Eleanor O BAKER WILLIS
- Birth: 1880
- Death: 1944
- Interment: July 5, 1944
- Spouse: Frank WILLIS (1882 - 1929)
- Child: Maureen Elizabeth WILLIS (1904 - 1983)
- Burial: Llano Cemetery; Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
- Plot: Section M1 Lot 29 Space B

(8) The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Texas), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1, Friday, August 18, 1944; page 2.

- "W. C. T. U. NEWS… The tender sympathy of the W. C. T. U. goes out to our dear member, Mrs. Maude JOHNSON in the loss of her sister, Mrs. WILLIS, who passed away recently at San Antonio after a lingering illness of three years or more. Mrs. WILLIS, lovingly remembered as little Nellie BAKER, daughter of the late Dist. Judge B. M. BAKER, spent her childhood girlhood, and much of her married life as the wife of the well remembered attorney, Frank WILLIS, in Canadian…"

(9) LaGrone, Leila B., editor, "A History of Panola County, Texas 1819-1978" (Panola County Historical Commission: Carthage, TX, 1979), page 327 (entry 362) page 363 (entry 426).