Baker Ladies

"MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS"

(L to R) Great Aunt Pearl Baker, Esther Baker, and
Grandmother Ella Baker Harrington

My Grandmother Ella Baker was born to D.W. Baker (dob 1854) and Esther A. Black Baker (dob 1861). Ella Baker was married to my Grandfather, Henry Philo "Ten" Harrington.
The D.W. Baker was a large family, typical of most farming families of this era. There was a total of fourteen children in the family, twelve boys and the two girls which are pictured above, Pearl and Ella.
Unfortunately, I never knew any of the members on the Baker side of the family. My family moved to Colorado just prior to my birth. Although, I do remember my parents talking about the Baker side of the family. As a young man, my father worked for several of the "Baker Uncles" and thought very highly of them. The Baker family continues to farm in Nebraska. By coincidence, several years ago I received a telephone call from Dr. Roy Baker of Lincoln, Nebraska. He and his family were visiting the Homer area and we had a short time to get acquainted. He is the son of my Great Uncle Will Baker (dob 1900) and Mildred Folts Baker. Roy Baker and I were both born in 1945.
Since our acquittance, we have remained in contact with an occasional phone call but primarily via email. I would like to thank him because he has been a wealth of information pertaining to the Baker side of the family of which I had very little information.

Grandmother and Aunts ~ Harringtons

(DUPLICATED FROM HOLE IN THE WALL BLOGSITE)

I have had this picture in my "family box" for a great number of years, having received it from my mother. She was not one to waste good ink, there was no annotations on the picture as to dating or even the names of the individuals. Perhaps, we could all learn from this for some of the pictures that we have in our possession that might mean something to someone in the future.

Just recently, I had this picture identified. I never had the opportunity to meet any of these ladies. The lady on the left is Ella Belle Baker Harrington. She was my grandmother on my father's side of the family. She passed away in 1939, six years prior to my birth. She was married to Henry Philo "Ten" Harrington. The lady on the right has yet to be identified.

The two young ladies on horseback is Esther Irene Harrington and Virginia "Louise" Harrington, sisters to my father and my aunts. I met "Louise" once or twice as a very young boy as they had moved to Wyoming from Nebraska. "Louise" is the girl on the right, she was born in 1916. Based on that, I will assume this picture was taken between 1924 - 1926. Was not able to identify the horses, except one could possibly have the name of "blaze".

More pictures to come!