Harry J. Badman (1918 - 2001)

Born 29 Oct 1918 in Slocum Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 23 Apr 2001 at age 82 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Harry J. Badman was born in Slocum Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania on 29 Oct 1918.^[1] He was the son of Joseph Badman and Florence Arnold. At the time of the 1920 census he was 1 year old and lived in Slocum Township with his parents and older brother William.^[2] In 1930 he lived in Slocum Township with his parents and three siblings. He was 11 and attending school.^[3] In 1940 he lived in Slocum Township with his parents and six siblings. He worked as a laborer in the coal mines.^[4]

While fishing in Mud Pond, Slocum Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania in 1932, Harry, William Badman, Howard Arnold, and three other friends found a canoe sunk in the shallow water. The boys tugged it out of the water, carried it to Howard's home in Folstown, and stored it in his garage, where it remained for about 30 years. In 1961 it was investigated by the Society for Preservation of Pennsylvania Archeology from Harrisburg and determined to be an Indian dugout canoe from about 1250 A.D. They donated the canoe to The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg where it is on permanent display.^[5][6]

Harry served in the U.S. Army during World War II. At the time he enlisted he was working for the Glen Alden Coal Company at the Bliss Colliery.^[7] He enlisted at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania on 22 May 1942 as a private and was honorably discharged on 31 Jan 1946 with the rank of staff sergeant.^[8]

Harry began dating his brother's sister-in-law, Betty Seward after he was discharged from military service. He and Betty applied for a marriage license on 16 Mar 1946 at the Luzerne County Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. They were married by Rev. Vernon Brooke Yeich on 23 Mar 1946 in Pond Hill, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.^[9] The couple raised four daughters (still living in 2021) and one son, Ronald H. Badman. Harry died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania on 23 Apr 2001^[1] and is buried in Stairville Cemetery, Dorrance Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPXM-LNG : 8 January 2021), Harry Badman, 23 Apr 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTS-CQT : 3 February 2021), Harry Badman in entry for Joseph Badman, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH7W-D7W : accessed 28 March 2021), Harry J Badman in household of Joseph Badman, Slocum, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 200, sheet 6A, line 25, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2072; FHL microfilm 2,341,806.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQDP-3YD : 13 December 2019), Harry Badmin in household of Joseph Badmin, Slocum Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-254, sheet 1B, line 47, family 13, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3560.
5. ↑ Whitebread, Helen. A History of Slocum Township and its Environs. Slocum Township Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Page 8.
6. ↑ Paul Golias, "Amazing finds," Citizens' Voice, 9 Mar 2019 Updated 17 Apr 2020, Web edition (https://www.citizensvoice.com/lifestyles/amazing-finds/article_2c9f1934-0295-5a31-a634-103c80ea72fd.html : accessed 28 Mar 2021)
7. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942." images, Ancestry.com, card for Harry J Badman, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Original data: United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II. National Archives and Records Administration Branch locations: National Archives and Records Administration Region Branches.
8. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8RY-W3B : 5 December 2014), Harry J Badman, enlisted 22 May 1942, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, 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.
9. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHFD-DSP : 5 August 2020), Harry J Badman and Betty Seward, 23 Mar 1946; citing Marriage, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 September 2018), memorial page for Harry J Badman (29 Oct 1918–23 Apr 2001), Find A Grave: Memorial #24019662, citing Stairville Cemetery, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Star Kline (contributor 46964248).