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Mary (Gilbert) Cummings (abt. 1871 - 1941)

Mary Cummings formerly Gilbert
Born about in Whitemarsh, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
Sister of , and
Wife of — married 1897 in Philadelphiamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at about age 70 in Philadelphia Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

ON JULY 21ST 1871 MARY A. GILBERT WAS BORN in Philadelphia to Geo and Annie Gilbert.[1][2]

1880 CENSUS - 209 NORTH WESTWARDLY ST PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA[3]

HEAD: Geo W Gilbert - 34 - Policeman
WIFE: Anna Gilbert - 34 - Housekeeping
DAUGHTER: Ida N Gilbert - 12 - At School
DAUGHTER: Mary Gilbert - 9 - At School
SON: Benton M Gilbert - 4 - At School
SON: Conrad M Gilbert - 0 - At School
SERVANT: Ruth Loex - 74 -

CHARLES H CUMMINGS AND MARY H GILBERT WERE MARRIEDI in Philadelphia in 1897. Marriage license number 92537.[4]

1900 CENSUS - 3205 Spring Garden St - Philadelphia Ward 24[5]

HEAD: H Charles Cummings - 22 - Cigar Store
WIFE: Mary Gilbert H Mary Cummings - 28
DAUGHTER: M Ida Cummings - 10 Months

1910 CENSUS - 816 Holly St - Philadelphia Ward 24 Pennsylvania[6]

HEAD: Chas H Cummings - 35 - Tobacco Store
WIFE: Mary H Cummings - 30
SON: Gilbert Cummings - 7
SON: Wray Cummings - 2
DAUGHTER: Violet Cummings - 2

1920 CENSUS - 4319 Brown St - Philadelphia Ward 24 Pennsylvania[7]

HEAD: Chas H Cummings - 51 - Candy Store Manager
WIFE: Mary H Cummings - 47
SON: Gilbert Cummings - 17 - Candy Store Worker
DAUGHTER: Doris Cummings - 8

1930 CENSUS - 506 Spruce Ave - Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania[8]

HEAD: Chas H Cummings - 61 - Cigar Store Salesman
WIFE: Mary H Cummings - 56
SON: Doris Cummings - 18

1940 USA Census - 566 Spiner Ave, Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania .[9]

HEAD: Mary M Cummings - 36
DAUGHTER: Margaret Cummings - 15
DAUGHTER: Eleanor Cummings - 11
SON: Charles Cummings - 9
MOTHER-IN-LAW: Mary H Cummings - 68
SISTER-IN-LAW: DAUGHTER: Doris Cummings - 27 - Typist

According to her death certificate:

  • Her father's name is listed as Gilbert with no record of her mother's name.
  • She did not have a Social Security Number
  • Cause of death currently illegible

Cemetery Deed

  • Buried at Montrose Cemetery
  • Buried on November 1st 1941

Research Notes: Interview on May 1st of Grandson Cummings-3003 by Great-grandson Cummings-3002.

Possibly related to owners of Gilbert and Bacon Photography Studios.
Sister of Ida Stevens who lived in Baltimore Maryland. Had a castle-like house used for a guest house business. Chaufer and Maids. Charlie, Margie and Ellie stayed there during the summers.
brothers were Conard and Benton Gilbert.
Sister Milly Gilbert buried at Monstrose Cemetery in Upper Darby.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBT4-HC7 : 8 December 2014), Mary A. Gilbert, 21 Jul 1871; citing bk 1871 p 192, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1,289,313.
  2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FF-ZV6 : 9 December 2014), Mary A. Gilbert, 21 Jul 1871; Birth, citing Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,289,313.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJN-DFS : 11 August 2016), Mary Gilbert in household of Geo W Gilbert, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 324, sheet 19C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1177; FHL microfilm 1,255,177.
  4. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Index, 1885–1951." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. Philadelphia County Pennsylvania Clerk of the Orphans' Court. "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia marriage license index, 1885-1951." Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3WW-KVR : accessed 26 February 2017), M Ida Cummings in household of H Charles Cummings, Philadelphia city Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 540, sheet 7A, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,465.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCX-M41 : accessed 25 February 2017), Gilbert Cummings in household of Chas H Cummings, Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 525, sheet 3A, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1398; FHL microfilm 1,375,411.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch ([1] : 14 December 2015), Gilbert Cummings in household of Charles H Cummings, Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 12B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,627.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHSJ-17F : accessed 4 February 2017), Charles H Cummings, Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 151, sheet 4A, line 47, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2033; FHL microfilm 2,341,767.
  9. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03497; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 23-196
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 11 September 2016), Mary M Cummings, Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-196, sheet 11B, family 234, 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 3497.
  • Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original Data:

  • "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2010. From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."
  • Montrose Cemetery Deed acquired by request to Montrose.




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Jeff Cummings
Granda (Charles Henry Cummings) told me that his grandmother (Mary Gilbert Cummings) lived to be 70 years old. Her wedding anniversary he remembered as being June 7th. (Cummings, Jeff. Personal Recollections. Cummings Family Notes taken from conversations with Charles H Cummings and Marge Cummings Bennett in the 1980s and 1990s.)
posted 12 Sep 2016 by Jeff Cummings   [thank Jeff]
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