Ernest Ray Buker

Ernest Ray Buker
(1875-1951)

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Ethel Leona Bennett

Ernest Ray Buker ¹

Born: 5 Nov 1875, , , Nebraska ²
Unmarried: Ada Pearl Bennett Never Married
Died: 24 Feb 1951, , Lincoln, Oregon at age 75 ³

bullet General Notes:

Ethel Leona said he was in prison in 1944.
Ernest was undoubtedly the carrier of the Huntington's Chorea gene / disease that has had such a dreadful affect on his descendants. The gene / disease does not show up in the families of any of Ada Bennett's siblings.

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Huntington Chorea
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1880, Cedar, Boone, Nebraska. ⁴
Wm. Buker, 43, farmer, born in Nebraska. Emeline Buker, 38, born in Nebraska. L. Frank Buker, 19, born in Nebraska. S. Fred Buker, 15, born in Nebraska. P. Oliver Buker, 13, born in Nebraska. H. William Buker, 9, born in Nebraska. C. Dick Buker, 6, born in Nebraska. R. Earnest Buker, 4, born in Nebraska. Horrace Buker, 7 mos, born in Nebraska.

• Census, 1885, Cedar Rapids, Boone, Nebraska. ⁵
W. H. Buker, 49, born in Ohio. Emiline Buker, 43, born in Ohio. Frank L. Buker, 24, born in Nebraska. Perry O. Buker, 18, born in Nebraska. Hary H. Buker, 14, born in Nebraska. Earnest R. Buker, 9, born in Nebraska. Horan Buker, 5, born in Nebraska.

• Census, 1900, Alpine, Utah, Utah. ⁶
William H. Buker, 63, fruit farmer, born May 1837 in Ohio. Emmeline Buker, 58, born Feb 1842 in Ohio. Ernest Buker, 24, farm laborer, born Nov 1875 in Nebraska. Horace Buker, 20, farm laborer, born Nov 1879 in Nebraska.

• Occupation: school teacher, 1900, Fort Canyon, Alpine, Utah, Utah. ⁷
Ernest was a school teacher for the kids in Fort Canyon above Alpine, Utah for a short time.

• Occupation, 1901, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Ernest Buker, living on 'Q' Street working at Dewey & Sons.

• Census, 1910, Alsea, Lincoln, Oregon. ⁸
Ernest R. Buker, 34, born in Nebraska, weaver in shingle mill.

• World War 1 Draft Registration, 12 Sep 1918, Toledo, Lincoln, Oregon. ²
Ernest Ray Buker of Waldport, Lincoln, Oregon, 42, born 5 Nov 1875. Occupation: fisherman for F. C. Barnes, Co., of Waldport, Lincoln, Oregon. Nearest Relative: William H. Buker of Waldport, Lincoln, Oregon. Medium height, stout build, blue eyes, brown hair.

Ernest had a relationship with Ada Pearl Bennett, daughter of Robert Nicholas Bennett and Rosa Clara Logie, Never Married. (Ada Pearl Bennett was born on 28 Dec 1882 in Alpine, Utah, Utah,⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² died on 28 Jan 1904 in Alpine, Utah, Utah ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ and was buried on 30 Jan 1904 in Alpine, Utah, Utah ⁹ ¹¹.) The cause of her death was hemorrage of the lungs.

bullet Marriage Notes:

Not married.

1 Wild, Jennie A. (Jennie Adams),Alpine yesterdays : a history of Alpine, Utah County, Utah, 1850-1980 (Salt Lake City : Blaine Hudson Printing, 1982), 385, 387.

2 United States Selective Service, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 (National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
www.ancestry.com).

5 Nebraska, Boone, Cedar Rapids, 1885 Nebraska State Census (www.ancestry.com).

7 Wild, Jennie A. (Jennie Adams),Alpine yesterdays : a history of Alpine, Utah County, Utah, 1850-1980 (Salt Lake City : Blaine Hudson Printing, 1982), 387.

9 State of Utah. Department of Health., Ada Pearl Bennett death certificate, State Board of Health File no. 530, document no. 0402552 (1904, certificate in possession of Lee R. Drew).
Ada Pearl Bennett, single, white, female, died 28 Jan 1904 in Alpine, Utah of hemorrage of the lungs age 21 years, 1 month. Born 28 Dec 1882 in Alpine Utah to Robert N. Bennett, who was born 27 Aug 1855 in Ohio and Rosa C. Logie who was born in American Fork, Utah. J. W. Johnson, M.D.of Alpine, Utah. Emil Anderson, undertaker of American Fork, Utah.

10 Utah, Utah County, Alpine Cemetery, "Tombstone data.," Ada P. Bennett, tombstone, born 28 Dec 1882, died 28 Jan 1904.

11 Utah Valley Regional Family History Center, Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index (www.ancestry.com).

12 Edmund West, Family Data Collection - a study about human genetics and disease. ([database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001.)

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