Brief Life History of Martha Hunter Hurry
When Martha Hunter Hurry Cumming was born on 6 March 1884, in Leven, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Hurry Cumming, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Morris Lowe, was 29. She married Frederick James Clark on 2 April 1915, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Scoonie, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years and World in 1955. She died on 18 December 1963, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Sources (49)
- Martha Hunter Clark in household of Fred J Clark, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Hunter Hurry Cumming - Published information: birth-name: Martha Cumming
- Martha H. H. Cumming, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
Spouse and Children
1883–1972 Male
1884–1963 Female
Children (6)
1916–2009 Female
1917–2006 Female
1918–2003 Male
1920–1992 Male
1922–1992 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1858–1898 Male
1855–1940 Female
Siblings (10)
1882–1920 Female
1884–1963 Female
1885–1960 Female
1888–1978 Female
1890–1959 Male
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
Age 10
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 22
Name Meaning
Scottish (of Norman origin): most probably a habitational name from Bosc-Benard-Commin in Eure, France. This place lies on the edge of the Forêt de Rouvray, near Rouen, in the heart of the district from which came numerous Domesday barons, and so is much more likely to be the source of the name than Comines in Nord. The name is also possibly derived from the personal name Cumin, which is found in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire in the 12th and 13th centuries and may be of Breton origin, according to Reaney. Compare Old Breton Cunmin, which also appears as Cumin, and is from con- ‘hound’ with an uncertain second element, perhaps the min ‘edge’ which is found in other personal names.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cuimín (or Ó Cuimín) ‘son (or ‘descendant’) of Cuimín’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of cam ‘crooked’. There was a 7th-century abbot of Iona named Cumin. In Scotland, this Irish surname became confused with the Norman name.
History: A notable bearer of the Norman surname is Wilhelmus Comyn, Bishop of Durham, who came north to Scotland with King David I in 1124 and was appointed Chancellor of Scotland. He established his nephew Richard in Tynedale and Roxburghshire, and Richard also rose to be Chancellor of Scotland. The Comyn or Cumming family gained the earldoms of Buchan and Menteith and rose to be the most powerful noble family in Scotland in the century before the rise of King Robert Bruce.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Martha Clark, history
My grandmother, Martha Clark, was a very important person in my life. Almost every summer, we would spend several weeks in Logan, Utah in their tiny home with the beautiful rose garden. Several time …
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