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Percival Baird

Male Abt 1846 - Abt 1915  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Percival Baird 
    Born Abt 1846 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 56DC204553D6AD43A799FDC8B15AB076E69D 
    Died Abt 23 Jan 1915  Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: dynamite explosion 
    Buried Ida, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • She died before 1900 when her second husband, Percival Baird, was listed as a widow.

      1900 Federal Census of Oakland, Alameda County, California (13 Jun 1900)
      Percival Baird (Wd) 64 M Aug 1835 ME UN UN Head Bricklayer
      Irene 9 F Jan 1891 CA ME UN Daughter At School
      Edward Donahue 32 M Apr 1868 CA UN UN SonL Cement Worker
      Lebra 23 F Jul 1876 CA ME UN Daughter
      (Edward and Lebra married 2 years, no children)

      1910 Federal Census of Oakland, Alameda County, CA (22 Apr 1910)
      Edward Donahoo 44 M IA OH OH Head Foreman Street Works
      Lubra 32 F CA UN OH Wife
      Percy 8 M CA IA CA Son
      (Living at 926 Thirty Sixth Street) (Married 12 years, 1 child, 1 living)

      1910 Federal Census of Oakland, Alameda County, CA (22 Apr 1910)
      Pervical Beard (Wd) 65 M CN CN CN Boarder Laborer City
      (Living at 1527 Broadway)

      San Jose Mercury News, January 23, 1915
      Former Cupertino Man Victim of Explosion
      Percival Baird Dies at Son’s Plantation in Louisiana

      Word has been received by friends in this city and vicinity of the death in Louisiana last week of Percival Baird, formerly for many years an orchardist of the Cupertino district and well-known there, more recently a resident of Oakland and a city employee there. Both here and in Oakland he was well-known in fraternal and political circles.
      Death was due to a dynamite explosion in which Mr. Baird was burned to death. He was 69 years old, a member of Bay View lodge of Masons and the Scottish Rites bodies of Oakland.
      Baird left Oakland some time ago to visit the plantation of his son, George W. Baird, at Missionary, Louisiana. According to the news of the accident, he was watching the process of thawing out blasting dynamite on the ranch, when the explosive caught fire and a detonation followed. Despite the efforts of his son to save him, he was enveloped in flames from the burning gas and died within an hour.
      He is survived by his son and a daughter, Mrs. A.S Welch of San Francisco, and a sister and brother, Mrs. Mary Butler of Oakland and David Baird of San Francisco.
      The funeral was held at Ida, Louisiana, under Masonic auspices.
    Person ID I3  289B Anna Josephine (Bassett) Maguire Baird
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2013 

    Family Anna Josephine Bassett,   d. Bef 1900 
    Married 1895  Alameda Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George W. Baird,   b. 1888
    +2. Irene Russell Baird,   b. 26 Jan 1891, Oakland, Alameda Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1993, Modesto, Stanislaus Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years)
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