Jennie L (Sumner) Drinkwater (1883 - 1909)

Born 23 Mar 1883 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Delta D Drinkwater — married 10 Nov 1904 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States

Died 12 Jul 1909 at age 26 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Sumner Name Study.

Jennie (Sumner) Drinkwater died from complications arising from the birth of Max Sumner Drinkwater.

Jennie—the daughter of Charles Fletcher Sumner (1842-1918) and Ismy Gibbs (1854-1942)—was born in Michigan in 1883. As a young woman, Jennie worked at a box factory in Coldwater. The family of six lived at 123 Walnut. Her father was a merchant. A second Sumner listing is for Sumner & Myers, second hand store, 12 N Montore, C F Sumner, G J Myers.^[1]

She married Delta Drinkwater in 1904. He was 25, a foreman at a cement factory and lived in Qunicy. She was 21 and lived in Coldwater. It was the first marriage for both.^[2]

Six months after her son, Max Drinkwater, was born in 1909, Jennie died of acute nephritis. She was only 26 years old.^[3] Her parents raised her son.

Burial

Jennie was buried next to her parents.

Oak Grove Cemetery

Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan

^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Coldwater City Directory
2. ↑ Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N36Q-JY3 : 15 January 2019), Jas. Drinkwater in entry for Delta D. Drinkwater and Jennie L. Sumner, 1904.
3. ↑ Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. [1]
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/103262013/jennie-l.-drinkwater : accessed 07 May 2021), memorial page for Jennie L. Sumner Drinkwater (23 Mar 1883–12 Jul 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #103262013, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by The Last Ride (contributor 48293334).

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Coldwater, Branch, Michigan; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1240704. [Jennie Summer discovered in 1900 United States Federal Census - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/19559085?h=0b2e16] 20:34, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Charles F Sumner 56, New York, auctioneer

Ismy Summer 47, New York

Jennie Summer 17, Michigan

May Summer 15, Michigan

Charley Summer 7, Michigan

Bernice Summer 3, Michigan

123 Walnut Street

• Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 20:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Name: Jennie Sumner Drinkwater

Gender: Female

Age: 26

Race: White

Birth Year: 1883

Death Date: 12 Jul 1909

Death Place: Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, USA

Father: Charles F Sumner

Mother: Lizzie (Ismy) Sumner