Two-year-old Earl was recorded in the 1880 census on the farm of his widowed grandfather, Elbridge Baldwin, at Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Earl, his parents, six brothers and one sister filled the home of the sixty-seven year old farmer. Earls' dad, John Baldwin age 37, helped farm his father's land.
By 1900 John and Hattie Baldwin had their own farm in Dublin, New Hampshire. Six sons and one daughter were still at home. All the boys, 18 & up, were working as day laborers; this included Earl who was twenty-one.
Earl married in 1908 to Inez and moved in with her parents at 1 Richmond Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. They were enumerated there in the 1910 census. Mr. Baldwin started work as a machinist in one of the many chair shops in town here. His father, George Babcock, was a tinsmith. Maybe Earl wanted to get away from the rural life for awhile or maybe his new wife didn't want anything to do with a farm.
Whether he had worked there all along or not, according to his WWI draft card of 1918, Earl performed his machinist job for the P. Derby Company of Gardner. That factory was located at 232 Main Street. His address on that document was 159 Graham Street where he had purchased a home. His birth date of June 23rd was also confirmed. A duplicate record had a possible date of June 21st as when he was born. Earl, 40, was described as tall with a medium build. He had brown hair and blue eyes.
The Baldwins did not have any children so they had plenty of room at their home to take in Inez's aging parents and later on her widowed sister, Nellie Hosmer. By the 1930 census Earl was reportedly retired by age fifty-one.
He and Inez traveled from New York City to Los Angeles aboard the S.S. President Harrison in 1933. They departed January 12, 1933 and made it to L.A. by January 29th. A return trip was not found but they must have enjoyed the vessel since they took another trip on it at the end of the year possibly in celebration of their twenty-five years together. A ship manifest for the S. S. President Harrison had their departure date out of N.Y., N.Y. on December 18th and an arrival date of March 26, 1934 at the same port of entry. Disappointingly, details of where they visited were not included.
Earl F. Baldwin died at his home, 159 Graham St., in 1938 and in 1940 only his widow and her sister, Nellie, remained at their Gardner home.
By 1900 John and Hattie Baldwin had their own farm in Dublin, New Hampshire. Six sons and one daughter were still at home. All the boys, 18 & up, were working as day laborers; this included Earl who was twenty-one.
Earl married in 1908 to Inez and moved in with her parents at 1 Richmond Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. They were enumerated there in the 1910 census. Mr. Baldwin started work as a machinist in one of the many chair shops in town here. His father, George Babcock, was a tinsmith. Maybe Earl wanted to get away from the rural life for awhile or maybe his new wife didn't want anything to do with a farm.
Whether he had worked there all along or not, according to his WWI draft card of 1918, Earl performed his machinist job for the P. Derby Company of Gardner. That factory was located at 232 Main Street. His address on that document was 159 Graham Street where he had purchased a home. His birth date of June 23rd was also confirmed. A duplicate record had a possible date of June 21st as when he was born. Earl, 40, was described as tall with a medium build. He had brown hair and blue eyes.
The Baldwins did not have any children so they had plenty of room at their home to take in Inez's aging parents and later on her widowed sister, Nellie Hosmer. By the 1930 census Earl was reportedly retired by age fifty-one.
He and Inez traveled from New York City to Los Angeles aboard the S.S. President Harrison in 1933. They departed January 12, 1933 and made it to L.A. by January 29th. A return trip was not found but they must have enjoyed the vessel since they took another trip on it at the end of the year possibly in celebration of their twenty-five years together. A ship manifest for the S. S. President Harrison had their departure date out of N.Y., N.Y. on December 18th and an arrival date of March 26, 1934 at the same port of entry. Disappointingly, details of where they visited were not included.
Earl F. Baldwin died at his home, 159 Graham St., in 1938 and in 1940 only his widow and her sister, Nellie, remained at their Gardner home.
Two-year-old Earl was recorded in the 1880 census on the farm of his widowed grandfather, Elbridge Baldwin, at Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Earl, his parents, six brothers and one sister filled the home of the sixty-seven year old farmer. Earls' dad, John Baldwin age 37, helped farm his father's land.
By 1900 John and Hattie Baldwin had their own farm in Dublin, New Hampshire. Six sons and one daughter were still at home. All the boys, 18 & up, were working as day laborers; this included Earl who was twenty-one.
Earl married in 1908 to Inez and moved in with her parents at 1 Richmond Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. They were enumerated there in the 1910 census. Mr. Baldwin started work as a machinist in one of the many chair shops in town here. His father, George Babcock, was a tinsmith. Maybe Earl wanted to get away from the rural life for awhile or maybe his new wife didn't want anything to do with a farm.
Whether he had worked there all along or not, according to his WWI draft card of 1918, Earl performed his machinist job for the P. Derby Company of Gardner. That factory was located at 232 Main Street. His address on that document was 159 Graham Street where he had purchased a home. His birth date of June 23rd was also confirmed. A duplicate record had a possible date of June 21st as when he was born. Earl, 40, was described as tall with a medium build. He had brown hair and blue eyes.
The Baldwins did not have any children so they had plenty of room at their home to take in Inez's aging parents and later on her widowed sister, Nellie Hosmer. By the 1930 census Earl was reportedly retired by age fifty-one.
He and Inez traveled from New York City to Los Angeles aboard the S.S. President Harrison in 1933. They departed January 12, 1933 and made it to L.A. by January 29th. A return trip was not found but they must have enjoyed the vessel since they took another trip on it at the end of the year possibly in celebration of their twenty-five years together. A ship manifest for the S. S. President Harrison had their departure date out of N.Y., N.Y. on December 18th and an arrival date of March 26, 1934 at the same port of entry. Disappointingly, details of where they visited were not included.
Earl F. Baldwin died at his home, 159 Graham St., in 1938 and in 1940 only his widow and her sister, Nellie, remained at their Gardner home.
By 1900 John and Hattie Baldwin had their own farm in Dublin, New Hampshire. Six sons and one daughter were still at home. All the boys, 18 & up, were working as day laborers; this included Earl who was twenty-one.
Earl married in 1908 to Inez and moved in with her parents at 1 Richmond Street, Gardner, Massachusetts. They were enumerated there in the 1910 census. Mr. Baldwin started work as a machinist in one of the many chair shops in town here. His father, George Babcock, was a tinsmith. Maybe Earl wanted to get away from the rural life for awhile or maybe his new wife didn't want anything to do with a farm.
Whether he had worked there all along or not, according to his WWI draft card of 1918, Earl performed his machinist job for the P. Derby Company of Gardner. That factory was located at 232 Main Street. His address on that document was 159 Graham Street where he had purchased a home. His birth date of June 23rd was also confirmed. A duplicate record had a possible date of June 21st as when he was born. Earl, 40, was described as tall with a medium build. He had brown hair and blue eyes.
The Baldwins did not have any children so they had plenty of room at their home to take in Inez's aging parents and later on her widowed sister, Nellie Hosmer. By the 1930 census Earl was reportedly retired by age fifty-one.
He and Inez traveled from New York City to Los Angeles aboard the S.S. President Harrison in 1933. They departed January 12, 1933 and made it to L.A. by January 29th. A return trip was not found but they must have enjoyed the vessel since they took another trip on it at the end of the year possibly in celebration of their twenty-five years together. A ship manifest for the S. S. President Harrison had their departure date out of N.Y., N.Y. on December 18th and an arrival date of March 26, 1934 at the same port of entry. Disappointingly, details of where they visited were not included.
Earl F. Baldwin died at his home, 159 Graham St., in 1938 and in 1940 only his widow and her sister, Nellie, remained at their Gardner home.
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