Rowena lived in Windsor, Sonoma County, California with her husband Salvadore Burke and their young son, Richard Burke according to the 1940 Census of Arcata (Union Town), Humboldt County, California.
Sources
Second-hand knowledge from Anne Louise Burke, Salvadore Francis Burke , and other family members.
"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2WJ-SV6 : 27 November 2014), Rowena Ellen Bradley in entry for Anne Louise Burke, 26 Jul 1942; citing Humboldt, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9QR-S9J : accessed 7 June 2018), Rowena Burke in household of Salvadore Burke, Arcata, Union Judicial Township, Humboldt, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-49, sheet 11B, line 70, family 251, 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 208.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rowena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rowena: