Ancestors of Bette Baker Clarno

Bette Baker Home Page	Family of Nathan and Susan Baker	Family of Polly Bollinger and Eliza Smith	Parents of Eliza Smith	"The Centennial History of Oregon"	Site Home
Family of Felix Baker and Laura Smith	Family of George Miller and Alice Smith		Daniel Smith and his Ancestors	Cooper Mountain Cemeteries in Aloha, OR
Family of Otto Rudolph Martin and Agnes Franzenbach	Family of Wilhelm Martin and Mollie Spindle	Family of Casper Franzenbach and Susanna Schmidt	Lucile E. Fisher - 2nd wife of Charles Baker

Ancestors of Bette Baker Clarno 1921-2007

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Bette Jane Clarno

Bette Jane (Baker) Clarno was born on June 3, 1921 in Portland, OR, and died December 21, 2007. She spent most of her childhood summers at her grandparents' beach house in Long Beach, WA, of which she often fondly spoke. She moved with her husband, Robert Clarno, and their four children to San Diego in 1952. She spent 19 years playing the piano for Adult Education School choruses. Upon retiring, Bette and Bob enjoyed 10 years of travel in their 5th wheel exploring all 50 states. Bette was predeceased by her husband of 59 years in 1999. She is survived and will be greatly missed by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Jan Clarno of Burbank, WA, daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Ron Tenison of Beaverton, OR, daughter and son-in-law Sally and Mark DiVecchio of San Diego, daughter Mary Clarno of San Diego, and sister Charlene Baker of Tacoma, WA, 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren, and her many friends from Belmont Village of Sabre Springs. The family thanks San Diego Hospice for their invaluable support and suggests donations to them in lieu of flowers.

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Bette wrote down her Autobiography.
Here is an HTML version which can be viewed with any browser.
Here is a PDF version which is a little easier to read.

Bette's Father's Side - Baker

Bette Baker Clarno's father was Charles Baker. Bette's grandparents were Felix Baker and Laura Smith. Bette's great-grandmother was Eliza Smith. Read more about Eliza Smith and the woman who adopted her, Polly Bollinger, here: Eliza Smith. This is the best page to start reading about Bette's ancestry.

Read more about the Family of Felix Baker and Laura Smith

Read more about the family of Alice Smith (Laura's sister) and George Miller: Family of George Miller and Alice Smith

Read more about Felix Baker (Laura's 1st husband) here: Family of Nathan Baker and wife Susan.

Read more about Eliza Smith and the woman who adopted her, Polly Bollinger, here: Eliza Smith.

Read more about the parents of Eliza Smith (Laura's mother), Aaron Goins and Ann Leonard.

Laura Smith and her second husband Thomas Young as well as Eliza Smith and her daughter Mary Alice (along with her husband, George Miller) are buried at Cooper Mountain Evangelical Cemetery near Aloha, OR

Recent Updates:
23 Jun 2007 Following a visit to Aloha, OR, I've added tombstone photos from both Cooper Mountain Cemeteries.

Major Outstanding Questions on the Baker Side

1. The last we saw of Fielden/Felix Baker was the 1880 census in NC. What happened to him? He was fathering children with Laura Smith up until 1897.

2. Charles Baker had a wife named Lucille J. , born about 1907, whom he married about 1928. She may have died about 1932/3. They appeared in the 1930 census. Where was she born? Where were the married? When did she die? Where is she buried? Where is her death certificate?

I've found the answers to some of these questions. Look on this web page.

3. Eliza Smith appears in the 1900 census (Reedville living with George and Alice Miller) and 1920 census (Aloha living with George and Alice Miller). She does not appear in the 1910 census. Where was she that year? Did she go back to NC?

4. Who was Daniel Smith? Did he even exist? Who was the father of Eliza Smith's three children?

Bette's Mother's Side - Martin

Bette's mother was Frances Martin. Bette's grandparents were Otto Rudolph Martin and Agnes Franzenbach. Both Rudolph and Agnes were born in what is now Germany.

Read more about the Family of Wilhelm Martin and Mollie Spindle

Major Outstanding Questions on the Martin Side

1. Where is Otto Rudolph Martin buried?

Acknowledgements

Much of the first hand information on these web pages is from Bette Baker Clarno. She had a wonderful memory for what happened in the early 20th century. Bette passed away on 21 Dec 2007.

My co-researcher who first showed me the marriage of Felix Baker and Laura Smith and has been a constant source of information is Angie Baker Ryan, the great-granddaughter of Lester George Baker, one of Felix's sons. Angie has discovered at least half of what you see here.
You can reach Angie at angiebaker44

hotmail.com

This site prepared and maintained by Mark DiVecchio

email : markd@silogic.com

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State Maps showing counties from the Census	http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/printmaps.html
Catawba County Cemetery Index	http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/
Los Angeles Public Library	http://www.lapl.org/resources/guides/vital_records.html
Oregon Historical Records Index	http://genealogy.state.or.us
Heritage Trail Press Oregon Death Index	http://www.heritagetrailpress.com/Death_Index/
North Carolina Vital Records	http://vitalrecords.dhhs.state.nc.us/vr/index.html
Washington County Oregon Cemeteries	http://www.rootsweb.com/~orwashin/Cem/cemlist.html
Washington State Vital Records	http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/washington-vital-records.htm
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OREGON	http://www.gswco.org/
Washington County, Oregon. Part of the OregonGenWeb and USGenWeb Projects.	http://www.rootsweb.com/~orwashin/index.html
Find A Grave	http://www.findagrave.com/
North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975	http://content.ancestry.com/
Death Certificates (contains only extracted information from death certificates and no images)	http://search.labs.familysearch.org/
Additionally in Washington State, in cooperation with Microsoft Research, is digitizing many of the state's public and historic records. Eventually images of the death certificates will be available online but no date is projected.	Washington State Digital Archives - Digital Archives Home

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Bette's Father's Side - Baker

Bette's Mother's Side - Martin

Acknowledgements

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