Edna Catherine (Sam) Orme (1903 - 2002)

Born 2 Nov 1903 in Bengal, India

Wife of Ronald Frank Orme — married 1938 in Asansol, West Bengal, India

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 2002 at age 98 in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Edna was born on 2nd November 1903 in Bengal, India, the daughter of Aleck and Margaret Sam. She was baptised at the Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth, Calcutta on 20th January 1904.^[1][2][3]

She married Ronald Orme in Bengal in 1938.^[4][5]

Edna passed away on 10th October 2002. Her death was registered in Chester, Cheshire, England.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth and death dates taken from a Christmas letter to Chris Orme from immediate family, 2002 and backed up by the death index record (see below), which also gives Edna's second name.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} England and Wales Death Registration Index, Chester East (District 3441D); Reg no K8D; Ent no 077; D0R 1002, ORME, Edna Catherine, died Q4 2002, Chester. Birth 2 Nov 1903. Record accessed by Chris Orme on 27 Aug 2018 at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD/D/2002/10/74335048
3. ↑ Baptism record from the Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth, Calcutta, records Edna Catherine Sam's baptism on 20th Jan 1904 and records her date of birth as above. Record accessed at "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGWQ-DWL : 10 February 2018), Edn Catherine Sam, 20 Jan 1904; citing Calcutta, Bengal, India, reference ; index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 527,525.
4. ↑ Marriage: "India Marriages, 1792-1948"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 005142040; FHL microfilm: 533198; Record number: 75; Packet letter: A
   FamilySearch Record: HGG2-CFW2 (accessed 20 October 2023)
   Edna Catherine Sam (34) marriage to Ronald Frank Orme (27) on 9 Sep 1938 in Āsansol, West Bengal, India.
5. ↑ Marriage record from British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns shows the marriage of Edna Catherine Sam (34) to Rolald Frank Orme (27) at Asansol, Bengal in 1938. "Rolald" is surely a transcription error. Record accessed on findmypast by Chris Orme on 18 Mar 2014. No image of the original document is available.