Bruce FURMIDGE b. 10 Feb 1916 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 12 Oct 1944 France: Our Family History

1916 - 1944 (28 years)

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Father	Samuel FURMIDGE, b. 4 Mar 1861, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Jan 1923, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 61 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Bertha Minnie TEMME, b. 26 Jul 1880, Missouri, USA d. Feb 1978, Josephine, Oregon, USA (Age 97 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	Abt 1903 [5]
Family ID	F436	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Pauline Harriett SYPHERS, b. 18 Nov 1916, Imperial, California, USA d. 18 Jun 1984, Santa Clara, California, USA (Age 67 years)
Marriage	24 Jun 1943	Los Angeles, California, USA [6]
Family ID	F444	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 10 Feb 1916 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
	Marriage - 24 Jun 1943 - Los Angeles, California, USA
	Death - 12 Oct 1944 - France

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Notes

Bruce Furmidge was a Private in the 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division (Service No. 39710320) during the Second World War. He was killed in action in France and was awarded the Purple Heart. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France (US Headstones and Interment Records for US Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk).

[S382] Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificate Index, Bruce Furmidge, 1916, Cook County; transcript accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk (database: FamilySearch International “Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1871-1922”).
[S448] United States of America, World War II Draft Cards, Bruce Furmidge, Serial No.: 4271, Draft Registration Cards for Hawaii, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, Records of the Selective Service System, 147, Box: 36; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: National Archives at St Louis, Missouri.
[S28] Newspaper Article, “Bruce Furmidge, Service Sunday”, Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii), 11 November 1944, pp4. Digital image accessed on www.newspapers.com.
[S449] Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France, Private Bruce Furmidge, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, memorial page, Find a Grave database and images, Memorial ID: 56655243; Plot: C Row 14 Grave 56.
[S376] 1910 U.S. Census, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication T624, Furnridge Household, Place: 3254 Vernon Avenue, Chicago Ward 2, Cook, Illinois, Roll: 242; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk.
[S179] United States of America, Marriages, Bruce Furmidge, Marriage Index Entry, 1943, California Department of Public Health; digital image accessed on www.ancestry .co.uk courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com.