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Revision as of 00:04, 11 January 2025 by Penny Richards (talk | contribs) (start (more soon))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) American missionary For the American musician of a similar name, see Edna Baxter Bruner; for the Canadian-American clergywoman of a similar name, see Edna P. Bruner.| Edna Bruner Bulkley | |
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| Born | July 14, 1883 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1962 (age 78) Claremont, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Ednah Bruner Bulkley |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, Presbyterian missionary |
| Relatives | Lucius Duncan Bulkley (father-in-law) Henry Harrington Janeway (brother-in-law) |
Edna Bruner Bulkley (July 14, 1883 – March 25, 1962) was an American missionary in Thailand (Siam) from 1903 to 1934.
Early life and education
Bruner was born in Sacramento, California, the daughter of Elwood Bruner and Lillian J. Flint Bruner. Her father was an attorney and a pastor.
Career
Bruner became a Presbyterian teaching missionary in Siam in 1903, working at the Wang Lang Girls' School (Kullastri Wanglang) in Bangkok, with principal Edna Sarah Cole and other American women. After she married, she helped to establish a hospital in Trang. On furloughs in the United States, she spoke to church and women's groups about her work.
Personal life and legacy
Bruner married medical missionary Lucius Constant Bulkley in 1911, in Thailand. His father was noted physician Lucius Duncan Bulkley, and his sister was married to another notable physician, Henry Harrington Janeway. They had seven children born between 1912 and 1924. Her husband died in 1949, and she died in 1962, at the age of 78, in Claremont, California. In 2003, her daughter Mary Bulkley Stanton published Siam Was Our Home, a memoir of the Bulkley family's time in Thailand. The school where Bruner taught in Bangkok was the precursor to the present-day Wattana Wittaya Girls Academy.
References
- "Edna Bulkley Funeral Will be Wednesday". The Sacramento Bee. 1962-03-26. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Officers Reelected, Reports Given at Missionary Session". Enterprise-Record. 1934-02-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- Smith, Samuel J. (1909). Brief Sketches of Siam from 1833 to 1909. Printed at the Bangkolem Press. p. 28.
- Tan, Wen Xuan (December 30, 2024). "Bridging the Distance: Female American missionaries in Thailand, 1851-1910". ISEAS Library. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- "Returned Missionary Brings Tidings of Sacramento Girl in the Far-Off Realm of Siam". The Sacramento Bee. 1904-05-19. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Edna Bruner Bulkley". The Sacramento Union. 1962-03-27. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "MIssionary Meeting". The Marysville Appeal. 1910-01-12. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- Wells, Kenneth Elmer (1958). History of Protestant Work in Thailand, 1828-1958. Church of Christ in Thailand. p. 118.
- "Social Notes of Local Interest". The Sacramento Bee. 1911-04-11. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-01-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lucius Duncan Bulkley, M.D. 1845-1928". Archives of Dermatology. 18 (5): 755. 1928-11-01. doi:10.1001/archderm.1928.02380170111011. ISSN 0003-987X.
- "Lucius C. Bulkley, Noted Missionary, Dies in Niland". Progress-Bulletin. 1949-01-21. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- Stanton, Mary Bulkley (2003). Siam was Our Home: A Narrative Memoir of Edna Bruner Bulkley's Years in Thailand in the 1900s, with Added Memories from Her Children. Hara Pub. ISBN 978-1-887542-14-2.
- McMichael, Barbara (2004-03-07). "Authors' passion shines through". The Olympian. p. 25. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.