Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger
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Title
Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger
Subject
Dellinger, Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman (1927-2007)
Description
Portrait of Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger as a young woman with a flower in her hair.
Anna Mae was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Shenandoah County as a young child. Her parents were Aden Albert Hollar and Catherine Rebecca Fadeley. By 1940, she lived with her widowed mother, older brother, and grandmother (Julia A. Fadeley) on a farm west of Edinburg.
She married Harold Bishop Bowman (1922-1982) in October 1946. His parents were Boyd Miley and Virginia Pearl (Grandstaff) Bowman. At that time, she was a 19-year old beautician and her husband was a laborer. They had two children together before divorcing in 1961.
In 1977, Anna Mae married again. Dwight Elmo Dellinger (1919-2003) was born in Virginia to Charles Cecil and Nellie Verl (Will) Dellinger. He was a widow living in Edinburg when he and Anna Mae married.
Both are buried in Edinburg.
Anna Mae was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but moved to Shenandoah County as a young child. Her parents were Aden Albert Hollar and Catherine Rebecca Fadeley. By 1940, she lived with her widowed mother, older brother, and grandmother (Julia A. Fadeley) on a farm west of Edinburg.
She married Harold Bishop Bowman (1922-1982) in October 1946. His parents were Boyd Miley and Virginia Pearl (Grandstaff) Bowman. At that time, she was a 19-year old beautician and her husband was a laborer. They had two children together before divorcing in 1961.
In 1977, Anna Mae married again. Dwight Elmo Dellinger (1919-2003) was born in Virginia to Charles Cecil and Nellie Verl (Will) Dellinger. He was a widow living in Edinburg when he and Anna Mae married.
Both are buried in Edinburg.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "June 1945" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Maxine Burkholder.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 009673 and 016024.
Identifier
009673
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Anna Mae (Hollar) Bowman Dellinger,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed January 10, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/33000.
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