Gideon Lumley (1847 - 1914)

Born 9 Jan 1847 in Iona, Dutton Dunwich, Elgin, Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Laura Eunice (Riddle) Lumley — married 15 Jan 1864 in Chapin, Franklin, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1914 at age 67 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Gideon was born in 1847. He was the son of Coughlin Lumley and Frances Milligan. He lived with his parents and siblings in Dunwich, Elgin, Canada West in 1861.^[1]

Gideon married Laura Riddle on 17 Jan 1867 in Franklin, Iowa.^[2] They had children. They lived in Aspen City, Pitkin, Colorado in 1900^[3] and in Eagle, Eagle, Colorado in 1910.^[4]

Gideon passed away in 1914.

Obituary

Death of Gideon Lumley

Word was received in the city this morning of the death of Gideon Lumley in Pueblo, Sunday. Tho remains will be brought to Aspen for burial. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock , Rev. Coulter officiating. Mr . Lumley was an early day miner in Aspen and was a brother-In-law of former County Treasurer John Sproul. He had been a resident of Eagle for a number of years at which place he has a fine ranch. He had not enjoyed good health the past two years, but he became very active in the development of the wonderful mineral strike in his district during which he suffered he nervous breakdown and he was sent to a sanitarium at Pueblo in the hope that his strength would be built up. His many friends in this vicinity will be grieved to learn of his death

Aspen Democrat-Times October 28, 1913 Transcribed by Carol Moore

FUNERAL OF GIDEON LUMLEY Services over the remains of the late Gideon Lumley were held at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. Coulter officiating. Interment was in Red Butte cemetery under direction of Undertaker DeMarais.

Aspen Democrat-Times October 29, 1913

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Iris Lumley for creating WikiTree profile Lumley-253 through the import of Lumley Archibald.ged on Sep 20, 2013.

Sources

1. ↑ ”Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)”, Surname: Lumley, Given Name: Gideon, Gender: Male, Age: 15, Place of Birth: Canada West, Religion: Baptist, Province: Canada West (Ontario), District Name: Elgin, Sub-District Name: Dunwich, Page Number: 49, Line Number: 12, Microfilm: C-1018-1019, Item Number: 1528930, Library and Archives Canada, 1861 Census
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJFT-RTG : 18 October 2017), Gideon Lumley and Laura Riddle, 17 Jan 1867, Franklin, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,481,258.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMN-PR9 : accessed 1 August 2020), Gideon Lumley, Aspen city Ward 1, Pitkin, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 7B, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWP-YX4 : accessed 1 August 2020), Gideon Lumley, Eagle, Eagle, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 6A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 114; FHL microfilm 1,374,127.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 September 2020), memorial page for Gideon Lumley (9 Jan 1847–27 Oct 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #83578356, citing Red Butte Cemetery, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA ; Maintained by Carol Moore (contributor 46944791) .