Edna Randolph (Samples) Bowman (abt. 1922 - 1978)

Born about 17 Aug 1922 in Missouri, United States

Died 5 Jul 1978 at about age 55 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Edna (Samples) Bowman is a part of US Black heritage.

Edna (Samples) Bowman served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 7 Aug 1943
Unit(s): 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Service ended: 11 Dec 1945

Edna served in the famous 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in World War II. She enlisted in the Army 07 August 1943, in Chicago, Illinois ^[2] and was discharged 11 Dec 1945. ^[3]

She married James R. Bowman on 15 October 1954.^[4]. Edna's death registration idicates that she was divorced at the time of her death.

Edna passed away in 1978 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999"
   Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Birth Index, 1920-1999
   Ancestry Record 1170 #13459175 (accessed 10 November 2021)
   Name: Edna Samples; Birth Date: 17 Aug 1922; Birth Place: Missouri, USA.
2. ↑ Military: "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
   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.
   FamilySearch (accessed 10 November 2021)
   Edna R Samples, enlisted 04 Feb 1943, Chicago, Illinois, United States
3. ↑ Military: "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010"
   Ancestry Record 2441 #6984442 (accessed 10 November 2021)
   Name: Edna R Bowman; Birth Date: 8 Jan 1922; Death Date: 5 Jul 1978; SSN: 350120833; Enlistment Branch: ARMY; Enlistment Date: 7 Aug 1943; Discharge Date: 11 Dec 1945; Page number: 1.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960"
   Ancestry Record 1500 #5745344 (accessed 10 November 2021)
   Edna R Samples marriage to James R. Bowman on 15 Oct 1954.
5. ↑ Death Registration: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
   Citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch (accessed 10 November 2021)
   Edna R Bowman, 05 Jul 1978

• 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
  Citing enumeration district (ED) 103-381, sheet 16B, line 42, family 384, 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 933.
  FamilySearch (accessed 10 November 2021)
  FamilySearch Image
  Edna Samples in household of James Jones, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Death Registration: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"
  Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
  Ancestry Record 3693 #6134072 (accessed 10 November 2021)
  Edna Bowman death Jul 1978.