WI Family Groupsheet for Samuel Rumery Family ==================================================================== USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kenneth R Rumery 16:59 1/12/02 ==================================================================== Submitted by: Kenneth R Rumery Email address: kenneth.rumery@nau.edu Husband: Samuel Rumery Birthdate: Sep 1824 Birthplace: Vermont Death date: 12 AUG 1905 Place of death: Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Co., WI Father: ? pb Maine Mother: ? pb Canana Marriage date: ABT 1853 Marriage place: VT, NY or WI Wife: Sylvia Ann Johnson [Johnston] (1) Fanny Harwood (2) Birthdate: 1834 (1) Birthplace: NY (1) Death date: 27 AUG 1878 (1) 21 DEC 1904 (2) Place of death: Wheaton Town, Chippewa Co., WI (1 and 2) Father: ? pb NY (1) Mother: ? pb NY (1) CHILDREN Child No. 1: Ernest David Rumery Sex: M Birthdate: 5 Sep 1854 Birthplace: Chippewa Co., WI Death date: 27 JAN 1913 Place of death: Elk River, Idaho Marriage date: 27 Jun 1875 (listed Rumsey) Marriage place: Wheaton, Chippewa Co., WI Spouse's name: Cora E Cunningham Child No. 2: Ervin Samuel Rumery Sex: M Birthdate: 1856 Birthplace: Chippewa Co., WI Death date: 11 MAR 1898 Place of death: Jennings, LA Marriage date: 16 Oct 1878 (listed Eroiri S. Rumroy) Marriage place: Wheaton, Chippewa Co., WI Spouse's name: Sophia (Sophie) Ellen Craig Child No. 3: Elmer H. Rumery Sex: M Birthdate: 1862 Birthplace: Chippewa Co., WI Death date: ? Place of death: ? Marriage date: 11 APR 1883 (listed Elmor) Marriage place: Stanfold, Barron, WI Spouse's name: Iva Craig Documentation: U. S. Census, Eldorado, CA 1850, Chippewa Co, WI 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, WI census, 1855 (Marquette) and 1905 (Chippewa). Anecdotal family history of Ernest David Rumery passed to gr. grandson, Kenneth R. Rumery. Family plot (block 61, lot 4) at Forest Hills Cemetery, Chippewa Falls, WI. Rumery family cemetery listed at Elk Mound (Dunn Co.) WI., west of Wheaton township where Samuel, Sylvia and Ervin Rumery resided. Also Rumery Cemetery on Chippewa Falls topo map SW of Chippewa Falls, off Hwy 29 on Blaser Rd at 44.8967N, 91.4634W. Samuel and Sylvia buried there on land that was part of the family farm. Members of the Rumery family lived in Wheaton, Eagle Point and Anson (Drywood) townships. Information contained in Chippewa Co. probate files for Fanny (#1785), Samuel (#1850), Sylvia A. (#1862) and Ernest (#2937). These files give dates and places of death for Sylvia, Samuel and Ernest. They also confirmed that "Elma" of the 1860 census was actually Elmer H. According to probate petition of 31 OCT 1912 submitted by Elmer H. Rumery, Ervin Rumery resided in Jennings, Louisiana. Ervin's descendents are in Louisiana and SE Texas. Marriage certificates of brothers Ervin S Rumery and Elmer H. Rumery show that they married sisters Sophie and Iva Craig. Parents of the sisters were John and Frances Johnson Craig. Marriage Certificate of Elmer H. Rumery and Iva Craig gives the mother of the groom as Sylvia Johnson and the mother of the bride as Frances Johnson. "Edwin" Rumery was listed as a witness. This could be Ervin, Elmer's brother, or an unknown member of the family.