This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EmilyMorris511 Surnames: Baker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.baker/16135/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Since today is the 85th birthday of Marilyn Monroe if she were living, it made me think about what I had been told by my Aunt Alice and also my mother. They were Baker girls descended from Jacob Israel Baker, who was born in McLean County, Kentucky. Supposedly, Jasper Newton Baker who married Gladys Monroe in California is somehow a cousin from one of the Bakers in my tree. My Aunt Alice had once lived in Los Angeles and ran into Marilyn Monroe somewhere. She told her who she was and that she was the daughter of Charley Baker. Marilyn had been to Kentucky a couple of times and had met some of the Baker family. She talked about some of them to my Aunt. At this time all I can remember is that she met Volney Baker, who had lived in Oklahoma, but moved back to Kentucky for awhile. I wish I could remember more of the people my Aunt said Marilyn had met, but Volney is the only one I can remember. Jasper Newton Baker came from Knox County, Ky and my faimily came from Muhlenburg and! McLean Counties which is western Kentucky, eventually moving to Oklahoma. I don't know what the connection is to my line. Does anyone know if the Baker family that lived in Knox County had any relatives in western Kentucky? I don't know the connection to my line, but from what I remember my Aunt telling me she seemed to have met people that Alice knew were part of her family. I have always been curious as to the connection. I know that my Baker family originated from Jacob Studebaker, who changed his name to Jacob S. Baker. He was the father of David S. Baker, who I am descended from. My great grandfather was Millard Fillmore Baker. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.