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Herbert Harvey CUMMER

Male 1860 - 1918  (58 years)


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  • Name Herbert Harvey CUMMER 
    Born 23 Aug 1860  Bronte, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Sep 1918  Cadillac, Wexford Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • D. Heart disease with left ventricular dilation. Aged 58y & 25d. Married 206 Chapin.
    Buried Maple Hill Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I472  John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2018 

    Father William Willson CUMMER
              b. 8 Feb 1835, Willowdale (Toronto), York Twp., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Nov 1894, Cadillac, Wexford Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Margarette JAMES
              b. 29 Nov 1834, Newtonbrook, Willowdale (Toronto), Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Apr 1897, Cadillac, Wexford Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 1857 
    Family ID F29  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was married 2 July 1883 at Thornhill, Ont., to Helena Munshaw; born 20 August 1859 at Thornhill, Ontario.

      Herbert Harvey Cummer received his education at the common schools of Newton Brook & Willowdale. Until he was 23 years of age he worked for his father, William W. Cummer, in the general store at Newton Brook. After his father removed to Michigan Mr. Cummer succeeded him as postmaster & continued his father s business for about three years. He then moved to Cadillac where he has been engaged for 25 years in manufacturing business of one kind & another. Of late years his attention has been given more particularly to the manufacture of fruit & vegetable crates. The Cummer Manufacturing Company was incorporated July 3d, 1902. At that time Mr. Cummer was elected President & has occupied the position ever since. He is also President of the Cummer Manufacturing Company of Paris, Texas.

      Children:
      Florence Helena, 5 born 12 September 1885.
      Bertha Irene, 5 born 2 November 1888.

      1893 Sep 27, Cummer's folding bushel crates for fruits & vegetables attracts a good deal of attention at the fair.
      Ref: Daily Telegram (Adrian, MI).

      1894 Feb 22, Thus. (Washington, D.C. Jan 28.) - Michigan Patents. The following patents were granted to Michigan inventors Feb 20, as reported expressly for the Gazette by Lucius C West, solicitor of patents, Kalamazoo, Mich.:
      Herbert H. Cummer, Cadillac, folding crate.
      Ref: Grand Rapids Press, Jan 28, 1910 and Kalamazoo Gazette, Feb. 22, 1894. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Wellington Willson Cummer, Esq., 1901.