Individual Details

Lydia Ellen BECKER

(8 Oct 1888 - 15 Jul 1971)

Find-a-Grave reports that Lydia's maiden name was Becker, but her marriage record, the 1900 Census, and the parent information in the 1925 Iowa Census all state that it was Baker.

Events

Birth8 Oct 1888Cedar Bluff, Cedar, Iowa, United States
Marriage19 Feb 1908Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Raymond Lee HINES
Census (family)15 Apr 1910Pioneer, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Raymond Lee HINES
Census (family)1 Jan 1920Fremont, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Raymond Lee HINES
Census (family)1 Apr 1930Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Raymond Lee HINES
Census (family)1 Apr 1940Fremont, Cedar, Iowa, United States - Raymond Lee HINES
Death15 Jul 1971Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States
Alt nameLydia Ellen BAKER
BurialRose Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Cedar, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseRaymond Lee HINES (1883 - )
ChildVelma Raylene HINES (1908 - )
FatherHerman BECKER ( - )
MotherEmma ZERBE ( - )

Notes

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Raymond L. Hines, age 26, a farmer; his wife, Lydia E, age 20; and daughter, Velma R, age one year and six months. Raymond and Lydia had been married for two years. She had had one child.

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Raymond Hines, age 36, a farmer; his wife, Lydia, age 31; and daughter, Velma, age 11.

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Raymond L. Hines, age 46, a laborer at odd jobs; his wife, Lydia E, age 41; and Velma R, age 21, a salesman in a drugstore.

Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Raymond Hines, age 56, a farm laborer; and his wife, Lydia, age 51.

Alt name

Lydia's marriage record, the 1900 Census, and the parent information in the 1925 Iowa Census all state that her surname was Baker. The gravestone and obituary for Lydia's parents, however, confirm that the name was Becker. Perhaps Baker was an Anglicized variation.

1925 Iowa Census: Lydia Hines, age 36

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Endnotes

1. "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937," digital images online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 January 2017), Raymond L. Hines and Lydia E. Baker; Iowa Department of Public Health; 1907-1908, 429 (Adair-Emmet), image 244.

2. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 4 January 2016), Lydia Ellen Becker Hines; memorial #78288361.

3. Social Security Death Index, Lydia E. Hines.

4. "Iowa, Select Marriage Index, 1758-1996," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 January 2016), Raymond L. Hines and Lydia E. Baker; Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL film 0986809; ref ID 2:3M0QGN0.

5. "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937," digital images online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 January 2017), Raymond L. Hines and Lydia E. Baker; Iowa Department of Public Health; 1907-1908, 429 (Adair-Emmet), image 244.

6. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Iowa, Cedar, Pioneer, enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 12B, image 23, dwelling 177, family 181, Raymond L. Hines and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884 : accessed 4 January 2017); National Archives Records Administration.

7. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Iowa, Cedar, Fremont, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 9B, image 17, dwelling 9B, image 17, lines 98-100, Raymond Hines and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 January 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.

8. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Iowa, Cedar, Mechanicsville, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 1A, image 1, dwelling 8, family 8, lines 26-28, Raymond L. Hines and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 4 January 2017); National Archives and Records Administration.

9. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Iowa, Cedar, Fremont township, enumeration district (ED) 16-11, sheet 5B, image 10, household 99, lines 64-65, Raymond and Lydia Hines; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed 4 January 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.

10. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 4 January 2016), Lydia Ellen Becker Hines; memorial #78288361.

11. Social Security Death Index, Lydia E. Hines.

12. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 4 January 2016), Lydia Ellen Becker Hines; memorial #78288361.