Agnes Richards

1 November 1843–10 November 1929 (Age 86)
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Agnes

When Agnes Richards was born on 1 November 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, John Kenny Richards, was 38 and her mother, Agnes Hill, was 35. She married George Washington Baker on 18 January 1861, in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States for about 50 years. She died on 10 November 1929, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Baker
1837–1924
Agnes Richards
1843–1929
Marriage: 18 January 1861
Dr. George Washington Baker Jr.
1862–1947
Mary Emma Baker
1864–1940
Julia Baker
1866–1955
Joseph Albert Baker
1869–1937
Lucy Agnes Baker
1871–1958
John Simon Baker
1873–1908
Willard Cyrus Baker
1874–1924
John Lyman Baker
1878–1948
Celestia Baker
1881–1971
Olive Baker
1886–1964
Seth Baker
1887–1951

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 January 1861Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1845 · Oh My Father
    Age 2
    "In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
    1846
    Age 3
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
    Age 23
    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Richard

    Sources (42)

    • Agnes Richards in entry for Joseph Albert Baker, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Agnes Baker in household of George Baker, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Agnes Richards in entry for Willard Baker and Lena E. Beaudry, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"

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