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Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1891 - 1977

Biographical Note: Bertha Boeing

Bertha Marie (Potter) Paschall Boeing was born on February 10, 1891 in Tacoma, Washington to Howard Cranston Potter and Alice (Kershaw) Potter. Her first marriage was to Nathaniel Paschall in August 1911; the couple had two sons.

She married her second husband, William E. Boeing Sr., founder of the Boeing Company, on September 27, 1921. She gave birth to Bill Boeing, Jr. in 1922. Bertha Boeing died on June 27, 1977 in Seattle, Washington.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical Information Files - B

 Sub-Group
Scope and Contents Individuals whose names begin with B: Babcock, Harold E. [Cartographer] Biographical sketch, 2000 Babson, Roger W. [Business expert] Babson, Roger, "Possibilities for Aircraft," Aeronautical Digest, November 1923 Baby, Tony [Museum designer] "Enthusiasm is High for Air Museum Here," Seattle Times, June 26,...
Dates: 20th Century
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Biographical Information Files

Bertha Boeing Application for Home-Canning Sugar Allowance

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2014-00-00-5
Content Description

Collection consists of an "Application for Home-Canning Sugar Allowance" for 60 pounds of sugar from Bertha Boeing on behalf of William Boeing and William Boeing, Jr., dated July 22, 1944. A no. 37 sugar war ration stamp is applied next to each family member's name. The application is signed by Bertha Boeing.

Dates: 1944 July 22
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William E. Boeing Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-10-06-B
Abstract

William E. Boeing, Sr. (1881-1956) was an aviation pioneer and founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence, philately, business-related materials, clippings, and ephemera, as well as photographs and illustrations related to his personal and business life, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence.

Dates: circa 1783-2008; Majority of material found within 1900s-1930s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jerry MacDonald Boeing Correspondence Collection

 Collection — Box One
Identifier: 1987-08-25
Contents of the Collection The Jerry MacDonald Boeing Correspondence Collection consists holiday greeting cards and letters sent by the Boeing family to the MacDonald family in the early 20th century. The collection includes 14 custom-designed greeting cards for Christmas and New Year's ranging from 1929-1931 as well as some undated cards; three handwritten letters and one typed letter from 1925-1930; 1 empty envelope, undated; one undated map of Washington State and southern Britsh Columbia; one 1906 photograph of...
Dates: 1906, 1925-1939, undated
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Peter M. Wood Boeing Family Film Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-07-28
Overview

William E. Boeing was an aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The Peter M. Wood Boeing Family Film Collection contains six films, primarily home movies of Boeing family members, from about 1930-1940.

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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