Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Hortense Elizabeth ‘Bumpy’ Bumpus


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Hortense Elizabeth ‘Bumpy’ Bumpus and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Hortense Elizabeth ‘Bumpy’ Bumpus,1 born 29 November 1910 in Michigan, the daughter of Kirke Gazlay Bumpus and Jesse Allen;1, 2, 3, 4 died 8 September 1990 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio.1 Bumpy married Herbert Berst Wilcox (born 30 May 1909 in Michigan, parents not determined;5 Herbert died 18 August 1990 in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio5). Bumpy and Herbert are buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan.1, 5

  1. Find a Grave (website). Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan; Hortense Elizabeth “Bumpy” Bumpus Wilcox; born 29 November 1910, Michigan; died 8 September 1990, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio [from record, which provides the names and links for her spouses].
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan; Herbert Berst Wilcox; born 30 May 1909, Michigan; died 18 August 1990, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio [from record].