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Bakerton

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EVIDENCE

Historical Records from Bakerton

1027 records 1810–1977

At the Methodist parsonage at Shenandoah Junction, on the evening of December 23d, Mr. Roy Best was married to Miss…

Marriage: Best and Welsh

1914
We were pleased to have a call last Saturday from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Welsh, of Bakerton, who spent…

Mr. & Mrs. Thos. B Welsh; Friends of The Register

1906
Ralph Rankins, employed at the Bakerton quarries, experienced a severe injury today when his hand became caught in some machinery.…

Ralph Rankins, caught in machinery at quarry.

1921
LIST of the LAND TAX in Jefferson County for the year 1848. Name of Owner Flanagan, William Residence Jefferson Estate,…

Land Book, 1848 – William Flanagan

1848
Miss Mary Huggins, of Harper’s Ferry, Miss Gussie McCorkmick, of Brunswick, Md., and Miss Mamie Kaldenback, of Washington, D. C.,…

Huggins, McCormick, Kaldenback visit Walsh’s.

1898
Mr. Adam Kidwiler, an estimable resident of Jefferson county, died at his home near Bakerton on Sunday morning last, at…

Death Notice: Adam Kidwiler

1892
The Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton petitioned the court for a change in the location of the county road…

Lime Company Petitions for Road Change

1920
Marriage Register, Jefferson County, West Virginia No. 34 Time of Marriage April 8, 1909 Place of Marriage Bakerton, W. Va.…

Marriage: David Hetzel & Anna Mary Welsh

1909
New Quarries Opened.The Washington Building Lime Company, which has such extensive quarries and kilns at Bakerton, this county, has just…

New Quarries; Peacher’s Mill

1899
John L. Johnson, a veteran of the civil war, having served in the Potomac Home Brigade, sustained fatal injuries by…

J. L. Johnson, fatal injuries at ore bank.

1902
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PATTERNS

Common Topics in Bakerton

Subjects most frequently associated with this place in surviving records.

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Obituaries & Deaths 208 Industry 162 Limestone Quarries 137 Visitations 123 Real Estate 105 Accidents 101 Marriages & Wedding Announcements 68 Agriculture 45 Railroad 45 Pastimes 42
PEOPLE

Families in Bakerton

People and surnames most strongly associated with Bakerton.

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Common Surnames

Flanagan 338 Welsh 230 Moler 164 Houser 57 Moore 49 Knott 45 Engle 36 Johnson 36 Hopper 33 Carter 32 Kidwiler 31 Daniels 30 Baker 29 Link 28 Duke 27
Catherine Irene Eichelberger 1874–1947
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Frances Magdalena Flanagan 1808–1896
Martin Dineen Welsh 1892–1964
James Flanagan 1809–1856
John Doody 1810–1881
Thomas Buchanon Walsh, Sr. 1834–1875
James Walsh 1827–1871

Identifying the father of Annie G. Murphy

Annie Gertrude Murphy Welsh was born in Maryland in 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. Raised…

A Light Still Burning: The Bakerton Store

With roots in both the working class and the family that employed them, Martin Welsh…

1840 census e1530232819471

A Discussion of the Welsh’s in the 1840 Census

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