Brief Life History of William Walter
When William Walter Cumming was born on 26 November 1891, in Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota, United States, his father, Walter Cumming Jr., was 33 and his mother, Isabelle Gray, was 28. He married Amy Amanda Holmberg on 26 October 1912, in Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in Sauk Centre Township, Stearns, Minnesota, United States in 1895 and Stearns, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years. He died on 3 February 1977, in Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota, United States.
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- William W Cumming, "Minnesota State Census, 1895"
- William Walter Cumming, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- William Walter Cummings, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1893 · The Minnesota State Flag
The Flag of Minnesota was adopted on August 2 and consists of scenes from the seal of Minnesota. The flag has been modified over the years to be easier to manufacture.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home
Charles Gates was the first person in the United States to install air conditioning in his home. Funny thing was, Gates died a year before it was installed.
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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