Gertrude Elizabeth McLaughlin and Ralph Thomas Baker

RALPH THOMAS BAKER married GERTRUDE ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN on June 23, 1924 in Hagerstown, Maryland,²⁶²⁹ daughter of GERTRUDE ELIZABETH POLLARD and WILLIAM HENRY MCLAUGHLIN. She was born January 13, 1905 in Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia,^{56, 2186} and died May 14, 1972 in Winchester Memorial Hospital, Virginia.^{56, 2186, 5335} She is buried in Dayton Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia.^{2186, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Gertrude E. McLaughlin)

Children of GERTRUDE ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN and RALPH THOMAS BAKER:

1. BETTY RAE BAKER, b. May 13, 1929, Welch, McDowell, West Virginia;¹⁶⁸ m. DONALD ALVIN LANGE on April 3, 1950 in Winchester, Virginia⁶⁰⁴³; d. October 26, 2018, Foxtrail Assisted Living, Stephens City, Frederick, Virginia.¹⁶⁸
2. Daughter

Personal Information

• Gertrude Elizabeth McLaughlin was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, Winchester, Virginia. ²¹⁸⁶

Marriage Announcements and News

Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, June 27, 1924²⁶²⁹

Dayton Girls Wed in Hagerstown.

Miss Gertrude McGlaughlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McGlaughlin, of Dayton, and Mr. Ralph Baker, of Bridgewater; Miss Mary Coffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coffman, of Dayton, and Mr. Jason Miller, also of Bridgewater, motored Monday morning to Hagerstown,Md., where they were married.

All are well known and popular young people, and for the present will reside with the parents of the brides in Dayton.

Obituaries

Winchester Evening Star, May 17, 1972²¹⁸⁶

Mrs. Ralph T. Baker

Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Baker, 67, of 210 Walker St., died yesterday in the Winchester Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Baker was born in Dayton on Jan. 13, 1905, daughter of the late William H. and Gertrude Pollard McLaughlin. She was married to the late Ralph T. Baker, and was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church of Winchester.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Betty Rae Lange of Winchester, and Mrs. Joan Elizabeth Flear of Virginia Beach; three brothers, Hunter McLaughlin of Fort Royal, Clyde McLaughlin of Richmond, and Woodrow McLaughlin of Winchester; two sisters, Mrs. Fleeta Long of Winchester, and Mrs. Carrie Leary of Harrisonburg; and five grandchildren.

A funeral service will be conducted tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Jones Funeral Home by Dr. E.T. Clark.

Pallbearers will be her nephews, James McLaughlin, Steve McLaughlin, Glen McLaughlin, Norwood McLaughlin, Donald Long, and Hubert Leary.

Burial will be in Dayton Cemetery at Dayton, with a graveside service at 1 p.m.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 19, 1910712	Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia	William Henry McLaughlin Gertrude Elizabeth Pollard Hunter Aubrey McLaughlin Carrie May McLaughlin Reese Pollard Harry McLaughlin Fleta McLaughlin Gertrude Elizabeth McLaughlin Clyde William McLaughlin
January 13, 1920714	Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia	William Henry McLaughlin Gertrude Elizabeth Pollard Carrie May McLaughlin Fleta McLaughlin Gertrude Elizabeth McLaughlin Clyde William McLaughlin Woodrow D. McLaughlin
April 10, 19302185	Welch, McDowell, West Virginia	Ralph Thomas Baker Gertrude Elizabeth McLaughlin Betty Rae Baker Clyde William McLaughlin
April 23, 19402760	Welch, McDowell, West Virginia	Ralph Thomas Baker Gertrude Elizabeth McLaughlin Betty Rae Baker Daughter
April 17, 19509579	Winchester, Virginia	Gertrude Elizabeth McLaughlin Betty Rae Baker Daughter