Helen Marie Glowka^[1]

1922 - 2012  (90 years)

• Name	Helen Marie Glowka  [2]
  Birth	25 Feb 1922	Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Residence	1935	Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Census	1940	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Residence	Jul 1940	Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA   [7]
  Residence	Oct 1945	Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [8]
  Residence	May 1979	Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [9]
  Residence	Dec 2005	Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [10]
  Occupation	Owner, leather store  [1]
  Occupation	Servant (1940)  [5]
  Death	20 Mar 2012	Massachusetts, USA   [2, 11]
  Burial	20 Jun 2012	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA   [2, 11]
  Person ID	I413	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Józef Piotr Główka           b. 1 Nov 1893, Celinów, Mazowsze, Poland           d. 11 Apr 1984, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Katarzyna Ziemba           b. 29 Dec 1899, Marki, Tarnobrzeg, Galicia, Austria           d. 8 Jan 1971, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Joseph Bourgeois, Jr.           b. 8 Feb 1922, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 4 Jan 1999, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1944	Massachusetts, USA   [12]
  Children	+ 1. L.M. Bourgeois   2. Edward Joseph Bourgeois, III           b. 19 Jul 1948, Massachusetts, USA           d. 2 Apr 1998, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Feb 1922 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1930 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1935 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1940 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Jul 1940 - Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1944 - Massachusetts, USA Residence - Oct 1945 - Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - May 1979 - Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Dec 2005 - Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 20 Mar 2012 - Massachusetts, USA Burial - 20 Jun 2012 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Owned a leather shop (Helen’s Leather) on Charles Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Also owned stores in Boulder and Connecticut. The Boulder store was run by her brother Bill Glowka. At the time of the 1940 census, Helen was working as a servant in the household of Manuel Glazier, 412 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, Massachusetts. [1, 5, 11]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Personal conversation with Joseph Whalen. [S443] U.S. Army, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington National Cemetery ANC Explorer. [S2672] Ancestry.com (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics), Birth Index entry for Helen Glowka. [S191] 1930 US Census - Household of Joseph Glowka. [S2403] 1940 US Census - Household of Manuel M. Glazier. [S6] U.S., Social Security Death Index. [S4423] Petition for Naturalization for Catherine Glowka. [S6460] Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration), WWII Draft Registration Card of Edward Joseph Bourgeois, Jr. [S3326] Josephine M. Colson, Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bourgosis [Bourgeois] (envelope only). [S2668] Joseph Whalen, Whalen Addresses. [S2202] Obituary of Helen M. (Glowka) Bourgeois. [S2729] Ancestry.com (Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics), Massachusetts Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970.