BALDWIN, Edna and Frederick Jr (Brooklyn NY)

 

Siblings Edna and Frederick Baldwin Jr.

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: Edna "Adelina" Baldwin / Frederick Smith Baldwin Jr

PHOTO TAKEN: both taken at Holler Studio, Brooklyn NY, respectively 1905 and 1907

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Dec 2022 South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Festival

Edna and Freddie Jr were the children of Frederick Smith BALDWIN (1880-1948, son of Smith Baldwin and Emma L. Maginnes) and Florence A. FICKEN (1880-1967, daughter of John C Ficken and Adelina [surname not found]). 

Florence's father John C Ficken in 1887 died a ghastly death of being literally burned alive in a gas lamp explosion. This happened when Florence and her sisters were very young. Her mother Adelina remarried John McGINN a few years later and the girls are seen in public records sometimes as Ficken and sometimes McGinn.

Edna was born in 1903.  Freddie was born Mar 10, 1906. He became a celebrated pianist and professor at the Indiana University School of Music. The photo at right was found online in a newspaper story about an upcoming piano concert in which he was a headliner. He died at age 89, 31 Mar 1995.

1910 Census > NY > Nassau > Hempstead > 225 Laurel Avenue

• McGINN, Adelina, head, 50 wd, born in NY of German parents, Nurse for private family
• BALDWIN, Fred S, son-in-law, 30, born in NY of NY parents, inspector for fire insur co.
• BALDWIN, Florence A., daughter, 29, 2 children born, 2 living, born in NY
• BALDWIN, Edna A., gr-dau, 6, born in NY
• BALDWIN, Fred S. Jr, gr-son, 4, born in NY
• McGINN, Magdelena F., dau, 24 s, born in NY, trained nurse at hospital
• McGINN, Harriet, dau, 18 s, born in NY, telephone operator

NOTE - Florence's sister Magdalena died in 1918 during the flu epidemic, just a few weeks before she was to be sent overseas to be a WWI nurse.

1930 Census > NY > Nassau > Hempstead > 15 Maryland Avenue

• BALDWIN, Frederick S., head, 50, married at age 21, Assessor at Town Hall
• BALDWIN, Florence, wife, 49, married at age 20
• BALDWIN, Edna A., dau, 26 s, secretary at Town Hall
• BALDWIN, Frederick S. Jr, son, 24 s, music teacher
• BROWN, Howard, nephew, 16 s, no occupation

1948 - the siblings' father Frederick Sr. died of a heart attack on February 4 after returning home from work. There is a good obit and a couple great photos of him at his Find-a-Grave page. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38867047/frederick-s-baldwin

1950 Census > NY > Nassau > Hempstead > Maryland Avenue

• BALDWIN, Florence, head, 69 wd
• BALDWIN, Edna A., daughter, 46 never married
• BALDWIN, Frederick S., son 43, married, private piano teacher

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Frederick Jr reports his marital status as "married" but there is no wife in the household. He may be separated at this time. Ancestry says he married Margaret Melis (1908-2000). They had a daughter Melissa.

1967 - mother Florence died.

I worked up the following descendancy chart, in order to see how many of these name fit together, and which lines I could follow in an attempt to find an existing relative to whom I may send the photos.

Information was source from Newspaper archives and obituaries. Names in CAPs are the photos I acquired at the show.

Alfred Baldwin (-) m. Mary Titus (1832-1926)

 -- Smith S. Baldwin (1854-1932) m. Emma L. Maginnes

     -- Frederick Smith Baldwin (1880-1948) m. Florence Ficken

         -- EDNA ADELINA BALDWIN (1904-1978) unmarried

         -- FREDERICK SMITH BALDWIN Jr. (1906-1995) m. Margaret Melis

             -- Melissa Zaraya Baldwin (_) m. __ Schock

     -- Edna A. Baldwin (-) m. George Aaron Flansburgh

     -- Alfred Baldwin (-)

 -- William Y. Baldwin

 -- James Baldwin

 -- Sarah Amelia Baldwin (-) m. THEODORE HOPKINS 

A photo of Theodore Hopkins was also found in the same box of vintage photos at the antiques show, and that will be my next post.