Flavey Gladys Umphress

Brief Life History of Flavey Gladys

When Flavey Gladys Umphress was born on 19 March 1905, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas Sherman Umphress, was 39 and her mother, Emma Rosetta Speer, was 31. She married Ralph Leslie Cummings on 5 January 1923, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Flinn Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Guthrie, Marshall Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 21 September 1936, in Bedford, Shawswick Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Proctor Cemetery, Fort Ritner, Guthrie Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Leslie Cummings
1903–1982
Flavey Gladys Umphress
1905–1936
Marriage: 5 January 1923
Dorothy Louise Cummings
1926–2022

Sources (8)

  • Gladys Cummings in household of Ralph Cummings, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Gladys Umphress, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Gladys Umphress Cummings, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Humphries .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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