Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyKirke Gazlay Bumpus

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Kirke Gazlay Bumpus7 (Josephine Gazlay,6 Joseph Gazlay,5 Stephen Gazlay,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJesse Philetus Bumpus (10 July 1836 - 11 August 1918)
MotherJosephine Gazlay (14 February 1849 - 15 March 1919)

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 October 2012; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 
Person ID4281
NameKirke Gazlay Bumpus
GenderMale
Born 14 June 1874 in Albion, Orleans County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Married 4 November 1898 in Albion, Orleans County, New York to Jesse Allen5
Died 2 March 1933 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan6
Buried in Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, Orleans County, New York6

Biography

Kirke graduated from high school in Albion, New York, in 1893. He entered the investment bond business around 1901, and was a recognized leader in this field in Detroit and surrounding areas. In 1906 he created the firm of Bumpus & Company for the trading of municipal bonds. Kirke served in the Michigan National Guard during World War I, and during the same period he was in charge of Liberty Loans and other financial activities in southern Michigan as a special representative of the Federal Reserve Bank.5

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyJesse Allen (daughter of Alvin R. Allen and Anna Denham)
Born October 1871 in Barre, Orleans County, New York
Married 4 November 1898 in Albion, Orleans County, New York to Kirke Gazlay Bumpus
  
Children of Kirke Gazlay Bumpus and Jesse Allen:
  
1.FamilyJesse Allen Bumpus
Born May 1900 in New York
Married to Isabel Cooke
  
2.FamilyAnna Josephine Bumpus
Born 20 August 1903 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
  
3.FamilyHerbert Noble Bumpus
Born 2 March 1905 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
  
4.FamilyHortense Elizabeth ‘Bumpy’ Bumpus
Born 29 November 1910 in Michigan
Married to Herbert Berst Wilcox
Died 8 September 1990 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Orleans County, Town of Albion, Enumeration District 142, Page No. 19, family of Jessey P. Bumpus (44, New York, civil engineer); wife Josephine Bumpus (30, New York); son Kirke G. Bumpus (5, New York).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 60, Sheet No. 1A, family of Kirke G. Bumpus (35, New York, banker); wife of 11 years Jessie Bumpus (38, New York, 3 children, 3 living); son Allen Bumpus (10, Michigan); daughter Josephine Bumpus (6, Michigan); son Herbert Bumpus (5, Michigan).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Monroe County, Monroe City, Enumeration District 120, Sheet No. 3A, family of Kirke G. Bumpus (45, New York, stocks + bonds); wife Jessie Bumpus (47, New York); son Allen Bumpus (19, New York); daughter Josephine G. Bumpus (16, Michigan); son Hebert M. Bumpus (14, Michigan); daughter Hortense E. Bumpus (9, Michigan); servant Katherine Hunt (47, New York).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Monroe County, Monroe City, Enumeration District 58-29, Sheet No. 2A, family of Kirke G. Bumpus (56, New York, investment banker, bond house, first married age 24); wife Jessie A. Bumpus (58, New York, first married age 26); daughter Josephine A. Bumpus (25, Michigan); daughter Hortense E. Bumpus (19, Michigan); servant Catherine C. Hunt (58, New York).
  5. Historic Michigan, Land of the Great Lakes, by George Newman Fuller and George Byron Catlin. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, 1928. Volume 3, page 413, biographical sketch of Kirke Gazley Bumpus. Available at Google Books.
  6. Obituary, Orleans American and Weekly News, Orleans, New York, 9 March 1933, Kirke Gazlay Bumpus, died 2 March 1933 in Monroe, Michigan, the son of Jesse P. Bumpus and Josephine Gazlay, survived by his widow, Jessie Allen Bumpus, and three children. Availble at USGenWeb Project, Orleans County, New York, Obits (website); submitted by Sarah Benjamin, 31 December 2005.