Sara was the third of four children born to Allen and Mary McGowan.[1] She grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2]
She served in the US Navy from 1944 to 1946, and was discharged as a Yeoman First Class.[3]. In 1950, Sara was working as a stenographer at the U.S. Federal Housing Agency.[4]
She married Albert Biderbost when she was about 32. They are the parents of three children. Albert died in 1967, leaving Sara and their children, then ages ten and under.
She was living in Seattle and working for the Passport Division of the US Department of State in 1990.[5] She retired from the passport agency at age 71.
Sara died at age 90. She is buried in Holyrood Catholic Cemetery, Shoreline Washington.[6]
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3ZD-69H : accessed 6 October 2019), Sarah J Mcgowan in household of Allen E Mcgowan, Minneapolis (Districts 1-250), Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 19B, line 80, family 320, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1090; FHL microfilm 2,340,825.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSKB-Z7R : 27 July 2019), Sarah Jane Mcgowan in household of Allen E Mcgowan, Ward 10, Minneapolis, Minneapolis City, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-291, sheet 6A, line 28, family 127, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1987.
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