Relationship Record 7

Male/Husband}   Baldwin, Leslie George*		Family History} Olson
Female/Wife}   Pettit, Frances Lydia (Fannie)		Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Cir 1894	Place} Cedar Grove, Essex, New Jersey
Ended: On Date} Exa 23 Jan 1954                      By} Death of husband		Source 1}  52 = Interview Source 2}  53 = Family notes Source 3} 1272=Birth record Source 4} 250 = Birth certif Source 5}  22 = 1900 USA cen Source 6}  25 = 1900 USA cen Source 7} 2226=1905 NJ cen Source 8} 231 = 1910 USA cen Source 9} 747 = 1910 USA cen Source 10} 2149=1915 NJ cen Source 11} 845 = Military rec Source 12} 251 = Marriage rec Source 13} 890 = 1920 USA cen Source 14} 1270=1920 USA cen Source 15} 887 = 1930 USA cen Source 16} 630 = Photograph Source 17} 1253=Photographs Source 18} 1266=Heirloom/mem Source 19}  14 = Death certif
1st Household No.} 121
Photographs} Evelyn & Wilfred, 1918 and 1901
Last Updated         by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 13 Mar 2026 Date Created}    1 Jan 1992
Notes:  Leslie George Baldwin and Frances Lydia Pettit were married about 1894 in Cedar Grove, Essex, New Jersey.  Their son Wilfred was born 21 Dec 1895 in Cedar Grove.  Their daughter Evelyn was born 8 Dec 1896.  At that time they were living on Pompton Turnpike, Cedar Grove.
In the 1900 U.S. census, Leslie Baldwin, 24, and his wife Francis, 24, were living at 164 Wright Street, Newark, New Jersey. they were living at 164 Wright Street, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with their daughter Evelyn, 3.  Their son Wilfred had been sent to grow up with his grandparents, Daniel and Evelena Baldwin in the Verona Twp., Essex.  Leslie was a clerk for a broker. In the 1905 New Jersey State census, Leslie Baldwin, 30, and Fannie, 30, were living with their daughter Evelyn M., 9, in the Verona Twp., Essex, New Jersey.  They were renting their home.  Leslie was a collector. In the 1910 U.S. census, Leslie G. Baldwin, 34, and Frances, 34, were renting a renting a house at 13 Baracha Ave., Rahway Ward 3, Union, New Jersey.  Their daughter Evelyn was 13.  Leslie was a real estate agent, working on his own account.  Wilfred was still living with his grandparents. In the 1915 New Jersey State census, Leslie Baldwin, 40, and Frances, 40, were living at 228A Rector, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey.  Living with them was their son, Wilfred, 20, a chemist assistant, daughter Evelyn, 19, a grocery cashier, and Evelyn, 74, his mother, now a widow. In 1918, when Leslie registered for the draft, he, Frances, and Evelyn, were living at 228 Rector Street, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey.  Evelyn married in 1919, and in 1920 was living with her husband and infant son in Perth Amboy. By 1920, the couple had separated.  In the 1920 U.S.census, Leslie and son Wilfred were both lodgers in Brooklyn, Kings, New York.  Frances was a boarder with a Charles and Mary Gregg in Perth Amboy. *In later years Leslie became known as George L. Baldwin.  The last year documented that the couple was living together was 1918.  However, there are photographs of the "Baldwin home", and photographs of them together in the 1940's.  In later years, they lived separately and apart, with Leslie living with a girlfriend.  They never divorced, and the marriage ended with the death of Leslie on 23 Jan 1954 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
Children:	Total # of Children} 2	Seq. # of Primary} 2
1st Child} Baldwin, Wilfred Leslie   2nd Child} Baldwin, Evelyn Mae
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