Talk:Barbara Bovard
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Née Cleek? No.[edit]
Suggestion withdrawn (but check edit history for details). I no longer believe Barbara Cleek is related. Bee Ostrowsky (talk) 09:34, 24 October 2022 (PDT)
- I would want better proof. For one thing, the fan was Barbara E. Bovard. Leah Zeldes Smith (talk) 16:31, 22 September 2022 (PDT)
Spotted her in a 1929 newspaper, I think[edit]
It's not much, but it seems to be a link to Barbara Edge Bovard the fan!
OK, I think this is her.[edit]
Barbara Eleanor Edge was born January 29, 1922 in Fort Worth, Texas to Edna Orton (1896–1948) and William Taylor Edge (1898–1963).
Her mother then married Albert James Bovard (1888–1926); city directories from 1929–1930 listed Edna E. Bovard as the widow of Albert J. In the 1930 census Edna Bovard-Edge (sic) was a 33-year-old widowed stenographer living with her 8-year-old daughter Barbara E. Edge in Seattle.
She appears to have settled down in Los Angeles; in 1950 Barbara E. Edge was working for the city library as a typist, and her father's 1963 obituary referred to his daughter "Miss Barbara Edge of California". When Barbara died on November 19, 1998, her last address had been in the 90006 ZIP code, just a mile or two west of the downtown library.
What do we think? Bee Ostrowsky (talk) 09:15, 24 October 2022 (PDT)
- Other than her inability to pronounce “Astounding” at age 12, sounds right. Good work. —Leah Zeldes Smith (talk) 23:48, 24 October 2022 (PDT)
- Or at age 8, at least. Of human interest (but not relevant to her name): Barbara had an older sister Mary Cora Edge who died in infancy. Their father may have left once he realized Edna was pregnant again, because he couldn't have been single for too long. I happen to know the LAPL director and have asked him if anyone remembers her, but I haven't heard anything specific yet. Bee Ostrowsky (talk) 14:30, 26 October 2022 (PDT)
Not to be confused with...[edit]
- Barbara Edge (1919–2009), who appears as "Miss Barbara Edge" in society columns of the Imperial Valley Press (El Centro, California) around the late 1930s. Her middle name was Muriel.
