Edward Ardell Bloom (1910 - 1999)

Born 26 Feb 1910 in Cove, Union, Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Sep 1999 at age 89 in Cove, Union, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Edward was born in 1910 in Cove, Oregon.^[1]Tragically, Edward's father Will died on February 1, 1917 in Cove, Oregon and is buried there. He left Cora to raise their young family on her own. Will was 52.^[2]

Edward was thirty years old and still single in 1940. He lived in Silver Pine, Nevada and made his living as an assayer in the field of Placer Mining. ^[3] He registered for the draft in October of 1940 in Denver, Colorado. It appears that he did serve his country.^[4]

He married Barbara May Phelps on June 19, 1953.

He died on September 10, 1999 and is buried in Cove, Union, Oregon with his wife.^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLBM-C3J : accessed 24 October 2020), William Bloom, Cove, Union, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 273, sheet 5A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1290; FHL microfilm 1,375,303.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #43482053 Will Bloom
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYHW-9MC : 20 October 2020), Edward Bloom, Township 7 Osceola, White Pine, Nevada, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet , line , family , 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 .
4. ↑ "Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVM-XRGD : 14 August 2019), Edward Ardell Bloom, 16 Oct 1940; records extracted by (FamilySearch or Partner), images digitized by (Family Search or Partner); citing Draft Registration, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States, citing "Draft Registration Cards for Colorado, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947", NAID 5833895. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGSB-WQ3 : 20 May 2014), Edward A Bloom, 10 Sep 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 February 2021), memorial page for Edward Ardell Bloom (26 Feb 1910–10 Sep 1999), Find A Grave: Memorial #92500323, citing Cove Cemetery, Cove, Union County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by btowle (contributor 47506554) .

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