Jacob Henry Baer (1915 - 1986)

Born 11 Jun 1915 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ancestors

Died 18 Jul 1986 at age 71 in Martinez, Riverside, California, United States

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Biography

Buddy Baer is Notable.

According to his Associated Press obituary, Jacob had 55 professional bouts, losing only 7, and had 43 knockouts. He retired from boxing in 1943 and joined the Army in the war effort.^[1]

He also worked as an actor and appeared in films and television series. ^[1]

Jacob was married several times. Spouses: May Randall (m. 1949) ^[2]

He died in 1986 ^[1] and is interred at Sierra Hills Memorial Park in Sacramento, California.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Jacob 'Buddy' Baer, 71, boxer, knocked down Joe Louis in '41," The Courier-Post, (Camden, New Jersey) Digital images accessed 12 Jun 2021, Historical newspapers.
2. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9N-3QC5 : 20 February 2021), Jacob Henry Baer and May Randall Mann, 26 May 1949; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Arlington, Virginia, United States, certificate 11159, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 June 2021), memorial page for Jacob Henry “Buddy” Baer (11 Jun 1915–18 Jul 1986), Find A Grave: Memorial #3189, citing Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave.

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Baer
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX21-WTD : 31 January 2021), Jacob Henry Baer in entry for Jacob Baer, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCXF-3JL : accessed 13 June 2021), Jacob Baer in household of Jacob Baer, Murray, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 262, sheet 5B, line 64, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 109; FHL microfilm 2,339,844.
• "Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Z-5XBM : 8 March 2021), Jacob Baer, 1938; citing Ship Lurline, NARA microfilm publication A3422 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMF9-26W : 5 December 2014), Jacob H Baer, enlisted 15 Dec 1942, Sacramento, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.