MARGARET BAUMAN

Class of 1935

After deciding that this woman was the Margaret Bauman in the Class of 1935, her obituary belies that fact. - Her obituary, probably written by her sister-in-law, Margaret "Peggy" Walsh Bauman, who died in 2015, states that the Margaret Bauman, subject of this research, graduated from the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing. Is that possibly an error? Please email lcflu@aol.com if you know who the St. Francis Margaret Bauman was.

Margaret Mary Bauman, born 1914/1915 in Etna, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was the daughter of Herman Bauman, born in Baden, Germany, and his wife, Mary, born in Pennsylvania. The family lived on Vilsack Street in Etna. At the time of the 1920 Federal Census, C.[Charles] Herman and Mary Bauman had the following children in the home: Maria, Claritta, Bertilla, Herman C., Julian J., Margaret, and Raymond.

In 1930, Margaret M. Bauman was 15, and lived with her parents and siblings, Herman, Julian and Raymond. In 1940, Margaret lived with her parents and brother, Raymond, and was employed as a hospital nurse.

On July 5, 1940, soon after the 1940 census was enumerated, the father, Herman Bauman, died. His wife, Mary (Mertz), died in 1949, at St. Francis Hospital. Margaret M. Bauman provided the information for the death record.

MOTHER'S OBITUARY: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 23, 1949 -- MRS. MARY BAUMAN - Requiem high mass for Mrs. Mary C. Mertz Bauman, 75, a lifelong resident of the Sharpsburg-Etna district, will be sung at 10 a.m. Monday in All Saint's Church. Mrs. Bauman's son, the Reverend Herman C. Bauman, assistant pastor of old St. Patrick's Church, will be the celebrant. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Sharpsburg. Mrs. Bauman died at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. She lived at 57 Vilsack street, Etna. A charter member of All Saints Church, she was also a memebr of Christian Mothers Confraternity and the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association. Wife of the late Herman Bauman, retired foreman of the Lincoln Foundry, she is survived by three sons, Father Bauman, Julian J., of Harrisburg, and Raymond G. Bauman, of Mt. Lebanon; three daughters, Sister M. Pascal, of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Sister Francis Clare of the Order of St. Francis, Millvale, and Margaret Bauman at home; a brother, Joseph M. Mertz, of Etna, and six grandchildren.

Sister Francis Clare died in 1976, Sister Pascal Bauman died in 1990, and Raymond Bauman died in 1997. All obituaries indicate that Margaret Bauman - Margaret Ormond - had married and lived in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Margaret Mary Bauman Ormond married Douglas S. Ormond, date unknown. She died November 24, 2004 at Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

OBITUARY: ORMOND, Margaret Mary - 90, Truro, passed away November 29, 2004, in Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro. Born in Etna, Penn., she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mary (Mertz) Bauman. She received her registered nurse training in St. Joseph's [error] School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. She also received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. She was an audiologist in the Pittsburgh Public School System. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church in Truro. She was an avid reader, well traveled and enjoyed bird watching. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Peggy Bauman, Pittsburgh; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Douglas Ormond; sisters, Sister Paschal, Sister Francis Clare, Marcella Bauman, Bertilla Bauman; brothers, Herman, Julian, and Raymond Bauman. No visitation by request. A funeral service will be held on Friday at 9:30 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church, Truro, Father Ronald Cairns officiating. Interment in Robie Street Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Colchester Community Funeral Home, Truro. Donations in her memory may be made to a charity of your personal choice. ORMOND, Margaret Mary (BAUMAN); 90; Etna PA>Truro NS; Chron-Herald; 2004-12-1; kbutler

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