Wednesday, April 23, 2014

 Sandra Kalas with great-nephew Liev (Linda's (Sandra's sister's grandson b. Feb 24, 2014)
Sandra is a granddaughter of Della Baker Garver
 

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Family Trip to California

In the 40s several family members from Ohio went to see  David A. Baker and Ralph Clarence Kennedy in California. This is the set of pictures of the family doing different activities. They went to the beach, Redwood Forest, Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco and David Baker's almond orchard. 


Back Row LtoR - Sam Stump, Ralph Kennedy, Vernon Baker, Thomas Baker
Middle Row LtoR - Sadie Baker, Fern Roberts, corrected Ethel Vira Ford Kennedy, Amy Stump
Front Row - Elaine Furniss Morton, daughter of Wyona Baker Furniss,  Harold Burnside

The California group photo with three rows was taken in front of Ralph C. Kennedy 's 482 Islay St., San Luis Obispo, California's home. His wife, standing in middle row, third from left, was incorrectly identified as Ralph Baker wife. Her name was Ethel Vira Ford Kennedy. The front step to the house still bear the inscription of Ralph C. Kennedy. Posted by Grandson, John M. Parker-Kennedy of Paso Robles, Ca.


Family members on the trip were:

Thomas Baker and daughter Mildred Baker. Thomas is the son of Samuel and Lydia Kennedy Baker, grandson of William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy.

Vernon and Sadie Baker, Vernon is the son of Samuel and Lydia Kennedy Baker, grandson of William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy.

Elaine Furniss Morton, granddaughter of Vernon and Sadie Baker, great granddaughter of Samuel and Lydia Kennedy and great-great granddaughter of William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy.

Fern Roberts, daughter of Emma Kennedy and Madison Roberts, granddaughter of William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy

Sam and Amy Kennedy Stump. Amy is the daughter of Thomas Shanks Kennedy and Frances Kennedy, granddaughter of William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy

Harold Burnside Jr.(1936) is the son of Harold Burnside and Gladys Kennedy Burnside (1912). Gladys is the daughter of William Centennial (1876) and Mary Kennedy. William Centennial Kennedy is the son of Thomas Shanks Kennedy (1848) and Frances Kennedy, and the son of William Kerr Kennedy (1818) and Margaret Shanks Kennedy. Harold Burnside is the great-great grandson of William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy.

Residents of California:

Ralph C. Kennedy (1888) and his wife Ethel Kennedy. Ralph is the son of Thomas Shanks Kennedy (1848) and Frances Kennedy, and the grandson of William Kerr Kennedy (1818) and Margaret Shanks Kennedy.

David Baker is the son of Samuel and Lydia Kennedy Baker, grandson of William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy.













Elaine Furniss Morton, Daughter of Wyona Baker Furniss, granddaughter of Vernon and Sadie Baker


Beulah Baker Furniss, daughter of Thomas and Rose Baker. Taken at family home on Columbus-Sandusky Rd. Caledonia.


1911 Postcards - Edith Jones to Thomas and Rosa Baker


Front of both postcards, Emerson Jones
Two postcards to Thomas and Rosa Baker from Edith Jones, 1911.

Edith and Homer Jones, children of Samira Kennedy and Elsworth Jones. Samira is the daughter of William Kerr Kennedy and Mary Lance Kennedy. Samira is a half-sister to Lydia Kennedy Baker.

Edith Jones
Edith Jones was born in 1890 and married Hollis Pace. They had two boys, Emerson (1909) and Garnet (1924) Pace. Emerson and Garnet are below.

Homer Jones was born in 1886 and married Ethel Neal. They had two children, Violet (1906) and Gladys (1901) Jones. Violet Jones married Harry R. Kraner and had 3 children. Gladys Jones married Harold L. Kraner and 2 children were married to this union. Did the two sisters marry two brothers? This information was found in the Kennedy genealogy, posted below.
Homer Jones
Homer Jones

Emerson Pace and his brother Garnet Pace, sons of Edith Jones Pace, grandchildren of Samira Kennedy Jones, great-grandchildren of William Kerr Kennedy and Mary Lance Kennedy

Emerson Pace born 1909 married Faye Ione Culler and they had no children.
Emerson Pace
Emerson and Garnet Pace
Emerson


Emerson and Garnet

Emerson and Garnet

Emerson and Garnet

Garnet Golden Pace




Garnet Golden Pace born 1924 is the son of Edith Jones and Hollis Pace. Edith Jones if the daughter of Samira Kennedy and Elsworth Jones. Samira is the child of William Kerr Kennedy and second wife Mary Lance Kennedy. Garnet married Mary Elizabeth Friday and one child was born to this union, Diana Lynn Pace in 1948.