Helen Louise (Treat) Humes (1892 - 1980)

Born 9 Sep 1892 in Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Daughter of George Henry Hobert Treat and Nellie Louise (Page) Treat

Wife of Laurence Dwight Humes — married 6 Sep 1916 in Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 17 May 1980 at age 87 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida

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Biography

This profile is part of the Treat Name Study.

Helen Louise Treat was born September 9, 1892, in Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania. Her parents were George Henry Hobart Treat and his wife, Nellie Louise Page Treat. ^[1]

She attended the local schools, and graduated in 1910 from Union City High School. She kept a detailed scrapbook of the various festivities, starting on Junior Day the year before. ^[2]

She attended Wilson college for at least one year. ^[3]

On September 6, 1916, she married Laurence Dwight Humes at her parents' home. ^[4]Her father died shortly after and they lived with her mother at least until 1920. ^[5]

In 1919, they had a child who died the same day and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Union City. ^[6]

In 1924, she and L. D. moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, where they lived the rest of their lives. She wrote a journal of the move. A copy of the journal and some pictures of the trip are posted here: [1]

She developed Type 2 diabetes and spent the last few years of her life in the William and Mary nursing home in St. Pete. She died May 17, 1980. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Humes family papers in possession of S Davenport
2. ↑ Humes family papers in possession of S Davenport
3. ↑ Humes family papers in possession of S Davenport
4. ↑ Humes family papers in possession of S Davenport
5. ↑ 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Union City, Erie, PA, enumeration district (ED) 23-141, sheet 12B, dwelling 295, family 310, Nellie P Treat; digital images, Family Search (www. familysearch.org); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.
6. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 31123 (1919), Baby Humes; digital image, Ancestry, Ancestry Library  (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Sep 2015). Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 31123 (1919), Baby Humes; digital image, Ancestry, Ancestry Library  (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Sep 2015).
7. ↑ Helen Treat Humes Death Certificate, Florida Registrar of Vital Statistics. certified copy in possession of S Davenport, digital copy in possession of S Davenport

See also:

• Helen Treat Humes Death Certificate, Florida Registrar of Vital Statistics. certified copy in possession of S Davenport, digital copy in possession of S Davenport

• Marriage Certificate, original in possession of Davenport family, digital copy in possession of S Davenport

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between S Davenport and her third cousin, LM. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great Great grandparents, Leverett Treat andDelia (Broadwell) Treat. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 42 cM across 5 segments; Confidence:35%.