Mayme worked as a saleswoman, according to the 1900 Census. She married Walter E. Baldwin on Nov. 5, 1902 in Evansville, Ind. Walter was a railroad man, working as a conductor with C&EI Railroad.
On Oct. 4, 1904, Mayme gave birth to Walter Jr., apparently her only child. By 1910, the Census indicates the Baldwins had moved to Mount Vernon, Ind. They continued there at 823 W. Fourth Street in the 1920 Census. Walter Jr. played basketball at Mount Vernon High and was known as "Baldy the Bullet."
By 1930, they had returned to Evansville, owning a house valued at $4,500 at 1600 S. Morton Ave. About this time, their niece, Betty Myers, lost her father and came to live with the Baldwins while her mother, Margaret, went to work in Louisville. Betty later remembered the home, writing: "I thought it was a very GRAND, brick house on the corner." Betty lived with the Baldwins for about three years before moving to Louisville after her mother remarried.
Mayme was an active member and past matron of St. Paul Episcopal Church, the Sunbeam Chapter of Eastern Star in Mount Vernon and the Women's Mason organization.
Husband Walter died May 14, 1934 at the Morton Avenue home after 33 years as a conductor with C&EI Roalroad. Mayme went to work as a practical nurse, selling the Morton Avenue home. She died at her sister Josephine Platz's house at 706 Court Street in Evansville. She is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Evansville. By then Walter Jr., an executive with Standard Oil, lived in Milwaukee. An avid golfer, he died there April 12, 1982, leaving wife Kaye and daughter Susan.
Obituary
Evansville (Ind.) Sunday Courier & Press, Sept. 3, 1939:
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin, 54, active in women's Masonic organizations, died at 5:15 o'clock yesterday morning in the home of a sister, Mrs. George Platz, Van Cleve apartments, 706 Court Street.
She had been ill for 15 weeks.
Mrs. Baldwin was a past matron of Sunbeam Chapter No. 1 Eastern Star in Mt. Vernon.
She was also an affiliated member of Robert Morris Chapter, Eastern Star, Evansville; a member of the Evansville Past Matrons and Past Patrons Associated and White Shrine.
Mrs. Baldwin was the widow of W.E. Baldwin, C and E.I. railroad conductor, who died four years ago.
Other survivors are a son, Walter E., Milwaukee, Wis.; other sisters, Mrs. Nellie Schwinzer, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen, Evansville; a brother, P.R. Walsh, Evansville, and several nieces and nephews.
The body is at the Robert Smith Memorial chapel for funeral services at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, the Rev. Joseph G. Moore., St. Paul's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
On Oct. 4, 1904, Mayme gave birth to Walter Jr., apparently her only child. By 1910, the Census indicates the Baldwins had moved to Mount Vernon, Ind. They continued there at 823 W. Fourth Street in the 1920 Census. Walter Jr. played basketball at Mount Vernon High and was known as "Baldy the Bullet."
By 1930, they had returned to Evansville, owning a house valued at $4,500 at 1600 S. Morton Ave. About this time, their niece, Betty Myers, lost her father and came to live with the Baldwins while her mother, Margaret, went to work in Louisville. Betty later remembered the home, writing: "I thought it was a very GRAND, brick house on the corner." Betty lived with the Baldwins for about three years before moving to Louisville after her mother remarried.
Mayme was an active member and past matron of St. Paul Episcopal Church, the Sunbeam Chapter of Eastern Star in Mount Vernon and the Women's Mason organization.
Husband Walter died May 14, 1934 at the Morton Avenue home after 33 years as a conductor with C&EI Roalroad. Mayme went to work as a practical nurse, selling the Morton Avenue home. She died at her sister Josephine Platz's house at 706 Court Street in Evansville. She is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Evansville. By then Walter Jr., an executive with Standard Oil, lived in Milwaukee. An avid golfer, he died there April 12, 1982, leaving wife Kaye and daughter Susan.
Obituary
Evansville (Ind.) Sunday Courier & Press, Sept. 3, 1939:
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin, 54, active in women's Masonic organizations, died at 5:15 o'clock yesterday morning in the home of a sister, Mrs. George Platz, Van Cleve apartments, 706 Court Street.
She had been ill for 15 weeks.
Mrs. Baldwin was a past matron of Sunbeam Chapter No. 1 Eastern Star in Mt. Vernon.
She was also an affiliated member of Robert Morris Chapter, Eastern Star, Evansville; a member of the Evansville Past Matrons and Past Patrons Associated and White Shrine.
Mrs. Baldwin was the widow of W.E. Baldwin, C and E.I. railroad conductor, who died four years ago.
Other survivors are a son, Walter E., Milwaukee, Wis.; other sisters, Mrs. Nellie Schwinzer, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen, Evansville; a brother, P.R. Walsh, Evansville, and several nieces and nephews.
The body is at the Robert Smith Memorial chapel for funeral services at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, the Rev. Joseph G. Moore., St. Paul's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
Mayme worked as a saleswoman, according to the 1900 Census. She married Walter E. Baldwin on Nov. 5, 1902 in Evansville, Ind. Walter was a railroad man, working as a conductor with C&EI Railroad.
On Oct. 4, 1904, Mayme gave birth to Walter Jr., apparently her only child. By 1910, the Census indicates the Baldwins had moved to Mount Vernon, Ind. They continued there at 823 W. Fourth Street in the 1920 Census. Walter Jr. played basketball at Mount Vernon High and was known as "Baldy the Bullet."
By 1930, they had returned to Evansville, owning a house valued at $4,500 at 1600 S. Morton Ave. About this time, their niece, Betty Myers, lost her father and came to live with the Baldwins while her mother, Margaret, went to work in Louisville. Betty later remembered the home, writing: "I thought it was a very GRAND, brick house on the corner." Betty lived with the Baldwins for about three years before moving to Louisville after her mother remarried.
Mayme was an active member and past matron of St. Paul Episcopal Church, the Sunbeam Chapter of Eastern Star in Mount Vernon and the Women's Mason organization.
Husband Walter died May 14, 1934 at the Morton Avenue home after 33 years as a conductor with C&EI Roalroad. Mayme went to work as a practical nurse, selling the Morton Avenue home. She died at her sister Josephine Platz's house at 706 Court Street in Evansville. She is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Evansville. By then Walter Jr., an executive with Standard Oil, lived in Milwaukee. An avid golfer, he died there April 12, 1982, leaving wife Kaye and daughter Susan.
Obituary
Evansville (Ind.) Sunday Courier & Press, Sept. 3, 1939:
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin, 54, active in women's Masonic organizations, died at 5:15 o'clock yesterday morning in the home of a sister, Mrs. George Platz, Van Cleve apartments, 706 Court Street.
She had been ill for 15 weeks.
Mrs. Baldwin was a past matron of Sunbeam Chapter No. 1 Eastern Star in Mt. Vernon.
She was also an affiliated member of Robert Morris Chapter, Eastern Star, Evansville; a member of the Evansville Past Matrons and Past Patrons Associated and White Shrine.
Mrs. Baldwin was the widow of W.E. Baldwin, C and E.I. railroad conductor, who died four years ago.
Other survivors are a son, Walter E., Milwaukee, Wis.; other sisters, Mrs. Nellie Schwinzer, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen, Evansville; a brother, P.R. Walsh, Evansville, and several nieces and nephews.
The body is at the Robert Smith Memorial chapel for funeral services at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, the Rev. Joseph G. Moore., St. Paul's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
On Oct. 4, 1904, Mayme gave birth to Walter Jr., apparently her only child. By 1910, the Census indicates the Baldwins had moved to Mount Vernon, Ind. They continued there at 823 W. Fourth Street in the 1920 Census. Walter Jr. played basketball at Mount Vernon High and was known as "Baldy the Bullet."
By 1930, they had returned to Evansville, owning a house valued at $4,500 at 1600 S. Morton Ave. About this time, their niece, Betty Myers, lost her father and came to live with the Baldwins while her mother, Margaret, went to work in Louisville. Betty later remembered the home, writing: "I thought it was a very GRAND, brick house on the corner." Betty lived with the Baldwins for about three years before moving to Louisville after her mother remarried.
Mayme was an active member and past matron of St. Paul Episcopal Church, the Sunbeam Chapter of Eastern Star in Mount Vernon and the Women's Mason organization.
Husband Walter died May 14, 1934 at the Morton Avenue home after 33 years as a conductor with C&EI Roalroad. Mayme went to work as a practical nurse, selling the Morton Avenue home. She died at her sister Josephine Platz's house at 706 Court Street in Evansville. She is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Evansville. By then Walter Jr., an executive with Standard Oil, lived in Milwaukee. An avid golfer, he died there April 12, 1982, leaving wife Kaye and daughter Susan.
Obituary
Evansville (Ind.) Sunday Courier & Press, Sept. 3, 1939:
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin
Mrs. Mayme C. Baldwin, 54, active in women's Masonic organizations, died at 5:15 o'clock yesterday morning in the home of a sister, Mrs. George Platz, Van Cleve apartments, 706 Court Street.
She had been ill for 15 weeks.
Mrs. Baldwin was a past matron of Sunbeam Chapter No. 1 Eastern Star in Mt. Vernon.
She was also an affiliated member of Robert Morris Chapter, Eastern Star, Evansville; a member of the Evansville Past Matrons and Past Patrons Associated and White Shrine.
Mrs. Baldwin was the widow of W.E. Baldwin, C and E.I. railroad conductor, who died four years ago.
Other survivors are a son, Walter E., Milwaukee, Wis.; other sisters, Mrs. Nellie Schwinzer, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen, Evansville; a brother, P.R. Walsh, Evansville, and several nieces and nephews.
The body is at the Robert Smith Memorial chapel for funeral services at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, the Rev. Joseph G. Moore., St. Paul's Episcopal church, in charge. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
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