1828 born in Hamilton, Ohio, USA Wikipedia entry
1834 moved to Indiana
1846 married Sarah Ann Unruh
1853 moved to California – Gold Rush. Bought the Temperance Hotel and sold it soon after. Invested in stock market
1859 invested in gold mining
1862 Divorced Sarah
? travelled to Australia, India, Japan. Loaned money to consul general and was given a ring in return.
1867 March 1st – on Hermann from San Francisco to Yokohama with Frederik Blekman, De Witt Clinton Brower, Ferdinand Gilbert, A. Fischer, J.R. Marshall, G.W. Burgess. Arrive 12th April.
1867 April – Baldwin & Gilbert obtain 14 passports for troupe to travel for 1 year to USA and France.
1867 May 1 – Stanley departs Yokohama for Hong Kong, then San Francisco
1867 June 6th – combined Great Dragon Troupe Great Dragon Troupe arrive in San Francisco on the Stanley
1867 June 13 – EJ Baldwin returns to San Francisco on Colorado from Yokohama. 6 Japanese on board in steerage.
1867 July 4 – Colorado leaves San Francisco for Yokohama, arrived July 27
1867 July 29 – Colorado leaves Yokohama for San Francisco, arriving August 24th – Baldwin, Brower, De Roza and 31 strong Hayatake Troupe (according to Kurata – Daily Alta only records De Roza and Brower and 29 Japanese)
Claims he sold his stake in Great Dragon Troupe to W.S. Gilbert.
1869 Married second wife Mary Cochrane nee Riess
1872 Sarah Ann nee Unruh, his first wife, dies
1875-6 built Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco
1876 his second wife divorces him
1879 married third wife Jane/Jennie Virginia Dexter
1881 Jane Baldwin nee Dexter dies
1883 January – shot by his cousin Verona Baldwin, suffered from blood poisoning but recovered. Verona claimed Baldwin had raped her.
1883 married fourth wife Martha Agnes Fowler
1884 married fifth wife Lilian Bennet
1885 April – sued for breach of promise by Louise Perkins. Settled 1887.
1896 shot – sued by Lillian Ashley for seduction. While she was on the witness stand, her sister Emma Ashley, walked up behind Baldwin and fired a pistol at him, grazing his skull.
1909 died
1910 Lillian Ashley sues for part of his estate, claiming her daughter Beatrice is by him
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