Ida Baltrip

Ida Baltrip

• Father: Harrison Baltrip b. June 1867, d. 25 September 1942
• Mother: Mary Ann Scott b. 12 September 1865, d. 10 July 1960

• Ida Baltrip was born on 21 January 1891 in Texas.
• Her name was recorded as Easter in the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
• Harrison Baltrip and Mary Ann Scott appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ida Baltrip, Ellen Baltrip, Sarah Alice Baltrip, Thomas Lewis Baltrip and Johnie Baltrip.
• Harrison Baltrip and Mary Ann Scott appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ida Baltrip, Ellen Baltrip, Sarah Alice Baltrip, Thomas Lewis Baltrip, Howard Baltrip, Robert Baltrip, Nathaniel D. Baltrip and Myrtle Baltrip.
• She married Will Early, son of Peter Early and Celia Lewis, on 26 December 1911 in Montgomery County, Texas.
• She witnessed the New Tag of Will Early on 5 June 1917 at Montgomery County, Texas; while living with his wife and children in Willis, self-employed there farming.
• Will Early and Ida Baltrip appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Preston Early.
• Will Early and Ida Baltrip appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery County, Texas, at Highway 75. Other members of the household included Preston Early.
• She officially witnessed the death of Will Early on 23 December 1938 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas.
• Ida Baltrip became a widow at the 23 December 1938 death of her husband Will Early.
• Preston Early appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas, at Highway 105. Other members of the household included Ida Baltrip. Also in the household was niece Irma Lee Scott (age 3).
• The following appeared on 10 October 1972 in The Galveston Daily News: (Houston) Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Reece, 79, of Houston, a former Galveston resident, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Carl Barnes Funeral Home of Houston.
       Mrs. Reece died Thursday morning in Heights Hospital.
       She was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a member of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church while residing in Galveston.
       Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Ida Early of Conroe and Mrs. Sarah Bonner and Mrs. Myrtle Heard of Houston, and two brothers, Howard Baltrip of Houston and Nathan Baltrip of Hitchcock.
• The following appeared on 17 November 1972 in The Galveston Daily News: (Hitchcock) Funeral services for Nathaniel D. Baltrip, 65, a Hitchcock resident the past 19 years, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the New Macedonia Baptist Church, the Rev. A. L. Dickson officiating.
       Burial will follow in Mainland Memorial Cemetery, Hitchcock.
       Mr. Baltrip died Wednesday in the Alvin Convalescent Center. He was born Jan. 27, 1907, in Willis.
       He was a member of the new Macedonia Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II.
       Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Baltrip of Hitchcock; two sons, Nathaniel Robert Baltrip and Michael Wayne Baltrip, both of Hitchcock; a brother, Howard Baltrip of Houston; and three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Heard and Mrs. Sarah Bonner, both of Houston and Mrs. Ida Early of Conroe.
       Pallbearers will be Elisha Bryant, S. H. Deadrick, Ernest Mills, Steve Chatman, Louis Anderson and A. Wright.
       A wake service will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Lundy Mortuary. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.
• Ida Baltrip died on 4 May 1984 at age 93 in Montgomery County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 25 Oct 2013