Homer Frank Baldwin

Homer Frank Baldwin, son of Oscar Frank Baldwin and Lucy A. Fisher, was born Oct. 18, 1881 in Grayslake, Lake Co., Illinois. He married with LYDIA FLORETTA HILDEGARDE MANTHE. She was born July 12, 1889 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin. He died Apr. 19, 1968 in Waupaca, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin.

Children were: Ethel (1910-1917), Muriel (1913), Earl (1916), Marian (1917), Victor (1919), Audrey (1921), Ruth (1924), Robert (1926), and Faye (1930).

• 1905 census: Homer Baldwin (23, b Wisc); in Union, Wisc. w father, step-mother; and sibs. He is farm laborer.

HOMER FRANK BALDWIN

Obit: Manawa Advocate, 25 Apr. 1968: HOMER BALDWIN, Manawa. Homer Baldwin, aged 86, passed away Friday morning at the Riverside Hospital, Waupaca, after a short illness. He was born Oct. 18, 1881, in Grays Lake, Illinois, and resided in the Waupaca County area most of his life. He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Donald (Muriel) Blink of Appleton; Mrs. Frank (Marion) Kroll of Green Bay; Mrs. Frank (Audrey)Peluso of Milwaukee; Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Ross Jr. of Oshkosh; Mrs. Jack (Faye) Emnott of Sheboygan....three sons..Earl of Big Falls; Victor of Richland Center; and Robert of New London; one half-brother, Willard of Symco; 25 grandchidren; 17 great grandchildren. Services were held Monday. Burial was in the Little Wolf Cemetery.

• 1910 census: Homer (28, b Wisc) and wife Lydia (21, b Wisc)' in Little Wolf, Wisc. w dau. Ethel (2m).
• 1920 census: Homer (38) and wife Lydia (30), in Waupaca Co., Wisc. w ch. Muriel (7), Earl (4y6m), Marien (3y1m), and Victor (1).
• 1930 census: Homer (49), and wife Lydia (40), in Manawa, Wisc. a ch. Muriel (17), Earl (14), Marian (13), Victor (11), Audrey (9), Ruth (6), Robert (4), and Faye (0). Also there is his father-in-law Carl Manthe (66, b Germany).
• 1940 census: Homer (59) and wife Lydia (50); in Manawa, Wisc. w ch. Victor (21), Ruth (16), Robert (14), Fae (10). Also there is fath-in-law Carl Manthe (75). He is a laborer on sewage proj (WPA).
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