Lowell (Stewart) Steward
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Lowell Cedric (Stewart) Steward (1919 - 2014)

Lowell Cedric Steward formerly Stewart
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 24 Aug 1943 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 95 in Ventura, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Lowell Cedric Stewart served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.[1]

Lowell Cedric Stewart was born 25 February 1919 in Los Angeles, California,[2][3] the second child Norman Stacey Steward and Asia Minor Darden.[4]

By 1930, the family was using the surname spelling Steward[5] and continued to do so in most records. One exception was on his WWII Enlistment papers.[6]

In 1943, he married Helen Jane Ford.[7][8]

He died in 2014[9] and is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.[10]

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  1. Wikipedia:Lowell_Steward
  2. Military: "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
    National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1737
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #18541304
    Name: Lowell Cedric Steward; Gender: Male; Race: Negro (Black); Age: 21; Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head); Birth Date: 25 Feb 1919; Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA; Residence Place: Los Angeles, California, USA; Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940; Registration Place: Los Angeles, California, USA; Height: 5 10; Weight: 150; Complexion: Light Brown; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Norman S Steward;
    Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
    Lowell Cedric Steward 21 Self (Head)
    Norman S Steward Mother.
  3. California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGNM-BLQ : 27 November 2014), Lowell C Stewart, 25 Feb 1919; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
  4. "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SF-29H8-8 : 18 January 2018, accessed 1 July 2018), Los Angeles, Los Angeles > Birth certificates 1919 no 500-2900 > image 938 of 3050, Lowell Cedric Stewart, 25 Feb 1919; California State Archives, Sacramento, California, USA.
  5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVX-CFQ : accessed 8 June 2017), Lowell C Steward in household of Norman S Steward, Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 288, sheet 13B, line 100, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 143; FHL microfilm 2,339,878.
  6. "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMFM-D16 : 5 December 2014), Lowell C Stewart, enlisted 28 Jul 1942, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
  7. Los Angeles County, California, United States, Marriage License no 15320 and Certificate of Marriage, Lowell Cedric Steward and Helen Jane Ford, 24 Aug 1943; Los Angeles County Clerk-Register-Recorder's Office, Public Records Division, Norwalk, California, USA; "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893H-2FZ1 : 12 May 2014, accessed 8 June 2017), 005698954 > image 1601-1603 of 2759; FHL microfilm 2,135,397.
  8. Marriage announcement in Pittsburgh Courier, 11 September 1943, page 10
  9. "Lowell C. Steward - Local Tuskegee Airman dies at age 95," obituary, Ventura County Star (California, USA), 20 December 2014, Local section, pg 1B, byline Rachel McGrath Special to The Star; database online, "America's Obituaries & Death Notices," NewsBank.com (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/obit/15255A654031A6F0-15255A654031A6F0?p=OBIT : accessed 7 June 2017).
  10. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 July 2018), memorial page for CPT Lowell Cedric Steward (25 Feb 1919–17 Dec 2014), Find A Grave: Memorial #140223341, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Catahoula Hound (contributor 47660788).
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7S-43K : accessed 8 June 2017), Lawell Stewart in household of Norman Stewart, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 386, sheet 21B, line 78, family 479, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 113; FHL microfilm 1,820,113.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ZS-GWB : accessed 8 June 2017), Lowell Steward in household of Norman S Steward, Councilmanic District 10, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-817, sheet 2B, line 79, family 50, 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 415.
  • 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
    United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 2620; Sheet Number: 7; Enumeration District: 66-2161
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #262476927
    Lowell C Steward (30), single, Real Estate Salesman, head of household in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in California.
  • "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-RGDP : 18 January 2018, accessed 1 July 2018), Lowell Cedric Stewart, 25 Feb 1919; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.




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