Robert Roger Baird1

M, #46585, b. circa 1890, d. 5 February 1945
Pedigree
Father*Robert Baird2 b. 20 Nov 1851, d. 5 Jul 1909
Mother*Charlotte Rogers3 b. 1850, d. 10 May 1940
Last Edited30 Jul 2022
     He was born circa 1890.1
     Robert Roger Baird died on 3 February 1945, at his home on Route 1, near Sanger, Fresno County, California USA.1
     
     Robert Roger Baird was buried on 6 February 1945 at Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno County, California USA.1
     In the obituary of Charlotte Baird who died 10 May 1940, her son, Robert Roger Baird of Sanger, was listed as a survivor.3

Citations

  1. [S13044] Obituaries: Robert Roger Baird, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, 05 Feb 1945, Page 2, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Robert Roger Baird (Aged 55). Hereinafter cited as Fresno Bee.
  2. [S2] Personal knowledge/research of Rick Moffat (Mesa, AZ 85207), a plcae holder to link siblings.
  3. [S13056] Woman 60 Years in Fresno County Called By Death, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, 11 May 1940, Page 11, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary for Charlotte Baird (Aged 89). Hereinafter cited as Fresno Bee.

Robert Baird1

M, #46586, b. 20 November 1851, d. 5 July 1909
Pedigree
Last Edited25 Jul 2022
     He was born on 20 November 1851, Old Monkland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.2 Robert married Charlotte Rogers in 1883.3,1
     Robert Baird died on 5 July 1909, Sanger, Fresno County, California USA at age 57.2,1

Family

Charlotte Rogers b. 1850, d. 10 May 1940
Children

Citations

  1. [S13056] Woman 60 Years in Fresno County Called By Death, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, 11 May 1940, Page 11, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary for Charlotte Baird (Aged 89). Hereinafter cited as Fresno Bee.
  2. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Robert Baird
    Grave marker transcription:
    Robert Baird     1851 - 1909.
  3. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: Robert Baird.
  4. [S2] Personal knowledge/research of Rick Moffat (Mesa, AZ 85207), a plcae holder to link siblings.

Mary Okle Fowler1

F, #46591, b. 15 March 1901, d. 2 May 1973
Pedigree
Last Edited24 Jul 2022
     She was born on 15 March 1901, Adair Twp., Camden County, Missouri, USA.1 Mary married Thomas Clinton Sykes on 20 September 1957, Fresno, Fresno County, California USA.1
     Mary Okle Fowler died on 2 May 1973, Fresno County, California USA.1

Family

Thomas Clinton Sykes b. 14 Aug 1902, d. 2 Nov 1975

Citations

  1. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Mary Okle Carte née Fowler.

Mary Delilah Latisha Rankins1

F, #46592, b. 8 October 1926, d. 28 December 2017
Pedigree
Last Edited24 Jul 2022
     She was born on 8 October 1926, Cedarville, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA.1 Mary married Thomas Clinton Sykes in 1973.1
     Mary Delilah Latisha Rankins died on 28 December 2017, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada USA.1

Family

Thomas Clinton Sykes b. 14 Aug 1902, d. 2 Nov 1975

Citations

  1. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Mary Delilah Latisha Sykes née Rankins.

Jack Howard Jones1,2

M, #46593, b. 9 September 1923, d. 5 April 1953
Pedigree
Father*Earl Jones4
Mother*Madeline (?)3
Last Edited17 Sep 2022
     He was born on 9 September 1923, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA.1,2,5 Jack married Barbara June Sykes on 14 November 1946, California USA.1,6,5
     Jack Howard Jones died on 5 April 1953, in Fire Engine House No. 9, Fresno, Fresno County, California USA at age 29.3,1
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Jack Howard Jones.
Survived by his wife, Barbara June Jones. Survived by one parent, Madeline Jones.3

     Jack Howard Jones, of Fresno, registered for the draft on 30 June 1942 at Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA, at the age of 18. He was employed at the Merced Army Flying School. He listed his next-of-kin/contact person as his mother, Mrs. Earl Jones. He was described as 5' 9" and 180 lbs, with blue eyes, red hair and a light complexion.2
     Jack H. and Barbara Jones appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Fresno, Fresno County, California, enumerated 24 April 1950, described as a fireman for the city of Fresno.5
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Fresno Bee published in Fresno, California, 6 April 1953.3

Family

Barbara June Sykes b. 8 Jun 1925, d. 8 Aug 1995
Marriage*Jack married Barbara June Sykes on 14 November 1946, California USA.1,6,5 

Citations

  1. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Jack Howard Jones
    Grave marker transcription:
    Daddy     Jack Howard Jones     1923 - 1953.
  2. [S8085] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Publisher: Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; "Database created from Draft Registration Cards of all U.S. states. Images are in Fold3, requiring a subscription to view"; cited as "US WWII Draft., Jack Howard Jones; Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, Birth Date: 09 Sep 1923, Fresno, California, USA, Height: 5 9, Weight: 180, Eye Color: Blue, Hair Color: Red, Complexion: Light, Employer: U S Government Merced Army Flying School, Next of Kin: Earl Jones.
  3. [S13050] City Fireman Dies In Engine House After Foot Race, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, 06 Apr 1953, Page 13, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Jack Howard Jones (Aged 29). Hereinafter cited as Fresno Bee.
  4. [S8085] "US WWII Draft", online U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947: Jack Howard Jones; Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, Birth Date: 09 Sep 1923, Fresno, California, USA, Height: 5 9, Weight: 180, Eye Color: Blue, Hair Color: Red, Complexion: Light, Employer: U S Government Merced Army Flying School, Next of Kin: Mrs. Earl Jones (I presume this was his mother, therefore his father was Earl Jones).
  5. [S13052] Jack H Jones household, 24 Apr 1950 U.S. Federal Census, Washington, DC, USA, Fresno, Fresno, California; Sheet: 20; Enumeration District: 763-75; Dwelling: 233, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration.
  6. [S9000] California, County Birth, Marriage Death Records, 1849 - 1980 (Publisher: California Department of Public Health), Ancestry.com, California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980; "Original data: California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images."; cited as "California, County Birth, Marriage Death Records., Jack H Jones & Barbara J Sykes , Marriage Date: 14 Nov 1946; , Unknown, California, USA.

Madeline (?)1

F, #46596
Pedigree
Last Edited24 Jul 2022
     Madeline married Earl Jones.2
     Mrs. Earl Jones, of Fresno, was listed as next-of-kin/contact on the draft registration of her son, Jack Howard Jones.3
     In the obituary of Jack Howard Jones who died 5 April 1953, his mother, Madeline Jones was listed as surviving.1

Family

Earl Jones
Child

Citations

  1. [S13050] City Fireman Dies In Engine House After Foot Race, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, 06 Apr 1953, Page 13, column 2 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary: Jack Howard Jones (Aged 29). Hereinafter cited as Fresno Bee.
  2. [S8085] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Publisher: Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; "Database created from Draft Registration Cards of all U.S. states. Images are in Fold3, requiring a subscription to view"; cited as "US WWII Draft., Jack Howard Jones; Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, Birth Date: 09 Sep 1923, Fresno, California, USA, Height: 5 9, Weight: 180, Eye Color: Blue, Hair Color: Red, Complexion: Light, Employer: U S Government Merced Army Flying School, Next of Kin: Mrs. Earl Jones (I presume this was his mother, therefore his father was Earl Jones).
  3. [S8085] "US WWII Draft", online U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947: Jack Howard Jones; Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, Birth Date: 09 Sep 1923, Fresno, California, USA, Height: 5 9, Weight: 180, Eye Color: Blue, Hair Color: Red, Complexion: Light, Employer: U S Government Merced Army Flying School, Next of Kin: Earl Jones.

Earl Jones1

M, #46597
Pedigree
Last Edited24 Jul 2022
     Earl married Madeline (?)1

Family

Madeline (?)
Child

Citations

  1. [S8085] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Publisher: Ancestry.com), Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; "Database created from Draft Registration Cards of all U.S. states. Images are in Fold3, requiring a subscription to view"; cited as "US WWII Draft., Jack Howard Jones; Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, Birth Date: 09 Sep 1923, Fresno, California, USA, Height: 5 9, Weight: 180, Eye Color: Blue, Hair Color: Red, Complexion: Light, Employer: U S Government Merced Army Flying School, Next of Kin: Mrs. Earl Jones (I presume this was his mother, therefore his father was Earl Jones).

Charlotte Rogers1

F, #46598, b. 1850, d. 10 May 1940
Pedigree
Last Edited30 Jul 2022
     She was born in 1850, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.2,1 Charlotte married Robert Baird in 1883.3,1
     Charlotte Rogers died on 10 May 1940, Fresno County, California USA.1
     
     Charlotte Rogers was buried on 13 May 1940 at Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno County, California USA.2,1
     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper The Fresno Bee published in Fresno, California 11 May 1940:
Woman 60 Years In Fresno County Called By Death
     Mrs. Charlotte Baird, 89, of Route 1, Box 230, Sanger, died last night in the family residence following a prolonged illness. She was born in Birmingham, England and had lived in Fresno County nearly sixty years. Her husband Robert Baird, died in 1909.
     The death of her parents left Mrs. Baird an orphan when she was 9 years of age. She left England as a girl and went by sailboat to New Zealand, the voyage (photo) Mrs. Charlotte Baird requiring three months. Eight year later Mrs. Baird came to America and settled in Fresno where her brother, Edward Rogers, owned property on Orange Avenue.
     Following her marriage Mrs. Baird and her husband lived in Easton where they operated a dairy and later moved to West Park. Since 1900 she had lived in the Kutner Colony.
     Survivors include three daughters, Eva Baird and Mrs. Florence Hansen of Sanger and Mrs. Winifred Sykes of Barstow Colony; two sons, Robert and Edward Baird of Sanger; a sister, Mrs Emily ???fin of Los Gatos; eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
     Mrs. Baird was an active member of the Methodist Church in Sanger.
     Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 P. M. in the chapel of the Lisle Funeral Home, to be followed by interment in the Belmont Memorial Park.1

Family

Robert Baird b. 20 Nov 1851, d. 5 Jul 1909
Children

Citations

  1. [S13056] Woman 60 Years in Fresno County Called By Death, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, 11 May 1940, Page 11, column 5 viewed at Newspapers.com, Obituary for Charlotte Baird (Aged 89). Hereinafter cited as Fresno Bee.
  2. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Charlotte Baird née Rogers
    Grave marker transcription:
    Charlotte Baird     1850 - 1940.
  3. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: Robert Baird.