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- [S558109721] Erin Bohannon, Bohannon Web Site, 19 Feb 2021, Harold Willis Baldwin.
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- [S558109708] Aidan Fenton, Fenton Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/person-15028640_214381911_214381911/harold-willis-baldwin.
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- [S558109684] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage).
Harold Willis Baldwin&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Aug 3 1911 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Spouse: Thais Virginia Bales - Aug 28 1933 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1920 - Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1930 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1935 - Wichita, Kansas&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1940 - Wichita Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Sep 6 1964 - Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States&lt;br&gt;Burial: Sep 11 1964 - Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States&lt;br&gt;Parents: <a>Harry Willis Baldwin</a>, <a>Mary Lillian Baldwin (born Ott)</a>&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Thais Virginia Baldwin (born Bales)</a>&lt;br&gt;Son: <a>Harold Dee "Hal" Baldwin</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>John Robert Baldwin</a>, <a>Howard Stewart Baldwin</a>, <a>Jennie Frances Schraft (born Baldwin)</a>&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional information: <br> <br>LifeSketch: Harold and Thais' son, Gary Baldwin wrote the following reflection on their lives:1933 in Wichita, Kansas where they spent their early married years. Harold worked for the Wichita Transportation Company as a bus driver and later moved to a scheduling position in management. Harold had previously joined the Army National Guard at the age of 17 and with part-time training at Ft Riley, Kansas, and through correspondence course work, he was able to qualify for commissioning as a second lieutenant in the US Army. Medical injury forced Harold's discharge from the Army early in World Wand, after recovering, he rejoined the Army as an infantry sergeant. He was sent to the South Pacific with an engineering battalion, serving in the Pacific Theater until wars' end. He rejoined the Wichita bus company and resumed his former job as a Scheduling Superintendent. His sons have vivid memories of their dad standing at the corner of Market and Douglas streets in his official looking uniform, directing the flow of big busses as they passed through that busy intersection. Mom always took the boys by "Dad's Corner" when they changed buses during downtown trips. After the war, Harold was known to his many friends and those in the family as "Sarge." This expression of respect and love was most notable in the presence of his nephews and nieces as they always excitedly addressed him as their "Uncle Sarge." Not to be forgotten was his ever-present cigar and the warmth his friendly personalitys in 1946 where he spent the remainder of his life. Harold rose to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and over the years became a survey and construction superintendent with the Air Force Civil Engineering Corps. Harold passed away on active duty with the US Air Force in 1964 at Luke AFB, Arizona, after having spent 30 years of his life in the service of his country. He was a decorated soldier and a loving father and family man.e war effort on the home front as an employee at Beach Aircraft Corporation in Wichita while simultaneously raising her two small sons. Her family was re-united after the war and life was again "normal" for Thais. That was short lived as Harold re-entered the service in 1946 and was assigned to Smokey Hill AFB near Salina, Kansas. Thais assumed the busy, albeit spartan, life of a military wife faced with setting up a home in a former Army hospital ward at nearby Camp Phillips. As Sarge's career moved onward, Thais and the boys found themselves living in a building at Biggs AFB in El Paso, Texas that was formerly used as a dormitory to house military enlisted men. The life of a military man's family was as exciting as it was unconventional, evidenced by the numerous World War II surplus aircraft parked less than 100 feet from Thais' home on an inactive taxiway at the Air Force base. Her concern was continually for not just the safety of her boys, but more importantly for the safety of the airplanes, as the kids played under and around them constantly. No amount of money could buy toys like that for young teenage boys! Harold's next assignment was to an air base in England. Thais' life took on an expanded responsibility; that of being a military wife faced with keeping a home for her family in a totally foreign setting. Life in England in the early 1950's was as if one stepped back in time many decades when compared to life in the United States. Thais relished in the challenges of being a guest in this great, tradition-steeped country and kept her English friendships for the remainder of her life. With the boys grown and gone from home, Thais traveled with Harold for subsequent military assignments to Spokane, Washington, Arlington, Virginia and Zaragoza, Spain, with their final home made at Luke AFB in Glendale, Arizona. Throughout these many years, Thais worked as a civilian employee at the military installations where they lived. After Harold's death, Thais maintained a home in El Paso, Texas caring for her mother for over twenty years. Thais and her mother moved to San Antonio, Texas to spend the remaining years of her life with her two sons and her beloved grandchildren. Thais can best be remembered as a woman who rose to every challenge she faced, whether it be raising her boys, enduring a war that added unique demands on women of that era, or the re-establishment of her home many times over as the wife of a career soldier. She was always quick to offer a helping hand, kept a hearty smile on her caring face and enjoyed very much the role she played as a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
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- [S558109723] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage).
Harold Willis Baldwin&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Aug 3 1911 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Spouse: Thais Virginia Bales - Aug 28 1933 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1920 - Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1930 - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1935 - Wichita, Kansas&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1940 - Wichita Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Sep 6 1964 - Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States&lt;br&gt;Burial: Sep 11 1964 - Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States&lt;br&gt;Parents: <a>Harry Willis Baldwin</a>, <a>Mary Lillian Baldwin (born Ott)</a>&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Thais Virginia Baldwin (born Bales)</a>&lt;br&gt;Son: <a>Harold Dee "Hal" Baldwin</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>John Robert Baldwin</a>, <a>Howard Stewart Baldwin</a>, <a>Jennie Frances Schraft (born Baldwin)</a>&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional information: <br> <br>LifeSketch: Harold and Thais' son, Gary Baldwin wrote the following reflection on their lives: Harold and Thais Baldwin were married on August 28, 1933 in Wichita, Kansas where they spent their early married years. Harold worked for the Wichita Transportation Company as a bus driver and later moved to a scheduling position in management. Harold had previously joined the Army National Guard at the age of 17 and with part-time training at Ft Riley, Kansas, and through correspondence course work, he was able to qualify for commissioning as a second lieutenant in the US Army. Medical injury forced Harold's discharge from the Army early in World Wand, after recovering, he rejoined the Army as an infantry sergeant. He was sent to the South Pacific with an engineering battalion, serving in the Pacific Theater until wars' end. He rejoined the Wichita bus company and resumed his former job as a Scheduling Superintendent. His sons have vivid memories of their dad standing at the corner of Market and Douglas streets in his official looking uniform, directing the flow of big busses as they passed through that busy intersection. Mom always took the boys by "Dad's Corner" when they changed buses during downtown trips. After the war, Harold was known to his many friends and those in the family as "Sarge." This expression of respect and love was most notable in the presence of his nephews and nieces as they always excitedly addressed him as their "Uncle Sarge." Not to be forgotten was his ever-present cigar and the warmth his friendly personality brought to any room in which he entered. The call of service life was very strong for Harold, and he re-enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1946 where he spent the remainder of his life. Harold rose to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and over the years became a survey and construction superintendent with the Air Force Civil Engineering Corps. Harold passed away on active duty with the US Air Force in 1964 at Luke AFB, Arizona, after having spent 30 years of his life in the service of his country. He was a decorated soldier and a loving father and family man. Thais began her work life as a soda fountain clerk at Dockum's drugstore in Wichita, Kansas. During the war years that kept Harold away, she contributed to the war effort on the home front as an employee at Beach Aircraft Corporation in Wichita while simultaneously raising her two small sons. Her family was re-united after the war and life was again "normal" for Thais. That was short lived as Harold re-entered the service in 1946 and was assigned to Smokey Hill AFB near Salina, Kansas. Thais assumed the busy, albeit spartan, life of a military wife faced with setting up a home in a former Army hospital ward at nearby Camp Phillips. As Sarge's career moved onward, Thais and the boys found themselves living in a building at Biggs AFB in El Paso, Texas that was formerly used as a dormitory to house military enlisted men. The life of a military man's family was as exciting as it was unconventional, evidenced by the numerous World War II surplus aircraft parked less than 100 feet from Thais' home on an inactive taxiway at the Air Force base. Her concern was continually for not just the safety of her boys, but more importantly for the safety of the airplanes, as the kids played under and around them constantly. No amount of money could buy toys like that for young teenage boys! Harold's next assignment was to an air base in England. Thais' life took on an expanded responsibility; that of being a military wife faced with keeping a home for her family in a totally foreign setting. Life in England in the early 1950's was as if one stepped back in time many decades when compared to life in the United States. Thais relished in the challenges of being a guest in this great, tradition-steeped country and kept her English friendships for the remainder of her life. With the boys grown and gone from home, Thais traveled with Harold for subsequent military assignments to Spokane, Washington, Arlington, Virginia and Zaragoza, Spain, with their final home made at Luke AFB in Glendale, Arizona. Throughout these many years, Thais worked as a civilian employee at the military installations where they lived. After Harold's death, Thais maintained a home in El Paso, Texas caring for her mother for over twenty years. Thais and her mother moved to San Antonio, Texas to spend the remaining years of her life with her two sons and her beloved grandchildren. Thais can best be remembered as a woman who rose to every challenge she faced, whether it be raising her boys, enduring a war that added unique demands on women of that era, or the re-establishment of her home many times over as the wife of a career soldier. She was always quick to offer a helping hand, kept a hearty smile on her caring face and enjoyed very much the role she played as a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
- [S558109688] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: m-t0627-01258; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 87-47.
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The Fenton - Baldwin Family Histories
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