Bertha Claudia Cummings

1926 - 1968  (41 years)

• Name	Bertha Claudia Cummings
  Birth	29 Dec 1926	Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
  Gender	Female
  Obituary	Aft Oct 1968
  	newspaper
  	BENTLEY, MRS. BERTHA C. 4116 Ingham St. Age 42. died at a local hospital Oct. 11, 1968. She had been a resident of Lansing for 30 years; was a saleswoman for Stanley Products lor two years; was very active in the Boy and Girl Scouts. Surviving are her husband, Eugene; two sons, Richard and Daniel; three daughters, Kathleen, Patricia and Shelly; mother. Mrs. Daisy Cummings of California; one sister of California and two brothers of California. Religious services will be conducted by Rev. James C. Dotson of the Miller Rd. Bible Church at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Estes-Leadley Colonial Chapel, with interment in the Wacousta Cemetery.
  		Bertha Cummings Obituary Media Date: 1968 Keywords: Obituary
  Ω Census Family Census	1930	Flint City, Genesee County, Michigan
  	Name: Chas Kelsey Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 29 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1901 Birthplace: Michigan Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 39 Household ID: 832 Chas Kelsey Head M 29 Michigan Vivian Kelsey Wife F 24 North Dakota Daisy Kelsey Daughter F 6 Michigan Chas J Kelsey Son M 4 Michigan Claudine Kelsey Daughter F 2 Michigan Robert Kelsey Son M 8/12 Michigan Household ID: 832a Name: Cortez Cummings Gender: Male Age: 24 Marital Status: Married Birth Year (Estimated): 1906 Cortez Cummings Head M 24 Michigan Daisy Cummings Wife F 21 Canada Bertha Cummings Daughter F 4 Michigan Patricia Cummings Daughter F 1 Michigan District: ED 20 Sheet Number and Letter: 39B Household ID: 832 Line Number: 92 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 984 GS Film Number: 2340719 Digital Folder Number: 004951140 Image Number: 00847 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYX-NVF : accessed 3 December 2019), Robert Kelsey in household of Chas Kelsey, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 39B, line 97, family 832, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 984; FHL microfilm 2,340,719. District: ED 20 Sheet Number and Letter: 39B Household ID: 832 Line Number: 98 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 984 GS Film Number: 2340719 Digital Folder Number: 004951140 Image Number: 00847 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYX-NVK : accessed 5 December 2019), Patricia Cummings in household of Cortez Cummings, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 40A, line 1, family 832, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 984; FHL microfilm 2,340,719. Witness Role: Principal: [F17] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Family Census: [I200] Bertha Claudia CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I3] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I2] Patricia Ann CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I4] Daisy Alice DUTCHER Witness Role: Family Census: [I47] Charles J. KELSEY Witness Role: Family Census: [I48] Claudine Marion KELSEY Witness Role: Family Census: [I46] Daisy Duretha KELSEY Witness Role: Family Census: [I49] Robert F KELSEY
  Ω Census Family Census	1940	Flint City, Genesee County, Michigan
  	Address: 1316 Florida Street
  	Name: Cortez Cummings Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Ward 1, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 34 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birthplace: Michigan Birth Year (Estimated): 1906 Last Place of Residence: Same Place Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Cortez CummingsHeadM34Michigan Daisy CummingsWifeF31North Dakota Bertha CummingsDaughterF14Michigan Patricia CummingsDaughterF11Michigan Cortez CummingsSonM5Michigan District: 85-22 Family Number: 335 Sheet Number and Letter: 18A Line Number: 27 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 1892 Digital Folder Number: 005461844 Image Number: 00553 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSR-PYF : 29 July 2019), Cortez Cummings in household of Cortez Cummings, Ward 1, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-22, sheet 18A, line 31, family 335, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1892. Witness Role: Principal: [F3] ...of Cortez Henry CUMMINGS and Daisy Alice DUTCHER Witness Role: Family Census: [I200] Bertha Claudia CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I201] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I2] Patricia Ann CUMMINGS
  		Cummings-Cortez-1940 Media Date: 1940
  Ω Residence Resident	From 1944 to 1945	San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California
  	Address: 901 7th Street
  	This was refered to as the "shack" in the orange grove that they lived in when they first moved to California in July 1944.I found a card sent to the address on March 23rd 1945, I hadn't realized they lived there for so long. Although I do remember stories of going to Brand Park to cook out on the grills there because they had no stove. Also, Daisy did a bunch of work on the "shack" putting un screens and sealin holes to keep the bugs and the mice out. Witness Role: Principal: [I201] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS Witness Role: Resident: [I200] Bertha Claudia CUMMINGS Witness Role: Resident: [I201] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS Witness Role: Resident: [I202] Franklin James CUMMINGS Witness Role: Resident: [I2] Patricia Ann CUMMINGS Witness Role: Resident: [I4] Daisy Alice DUTCHER
  Graduation	Jun 1944	St. Johns, Michigan
  _UID	1DC322F36CD71D4E997D3E80BC4C3D2CE83E
  Death	11 Oct 1968	Lansing, Mich
  Burial	14 Oct 1968	Wacousta Cemetery, Ouaso, Mich
  Person ID	I200	Dutcher-Cummings
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Cortez Henry Cummings,   b. 22 Oct 1905, Genesee County, Michigan d. 29 Oct 1957, Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Daisy Alice Dutcher,   b. 27 Jun 1908, Victoria, Vancover, British Columbia, Canada d. 1 Dec 1996, San Fernando, Ca (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1925	Michigan
  Census	1940	Flint City, Genesee County, Michigan
  	Address: 1316 Florida Street
  	Name: Cortez Cummings Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Ward 1, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 34 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birthplace: Michigan Birth Year (Estimated): 1906 Last Place of Residence: Same Place Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Cortez CummingsHeadM34Michigan Daisy CummingsWifeF31North Dakota Bertha CummingsDaughterF14Michigan Patricia CummingsDaughterF11Michigan Cortez CummingsSonM5Michigan District: 85-22 Family Number: 335 Sheet Number and Letter: 18A Line Number: 27 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 1892 Digital Folder Number: 005461844 Image Number: 00553 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHSR-PYF : 29 July 2019), Cortez Cummings in household of Cortez Cummings, Ward 1, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-22, sheet 18A, line 31, family 335, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1892. Witness Role: Family Census: [I200] Bertha Claudia CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I201] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS Witness Role: Family Census: [I2] Patricia Ann CUMMINGS
  		Cummings-Cortez-1940 Media Date: 1940
  Migration	Jul 1944	San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California
  	2006 Drive to the Grand Canyon - Leilani Gustafson Cummings We all had a good time. Except she didn't like the trip out of Oatman through the Sitgreaves Pass! It's the way she came to California in '44. It is part of the "old" Route 66. It's a hairy drive up and over the Black Mountains of Mohave County, in Arizona, with lots of hairpin turns and cliffs. She was excited about taking that way to see it again. There was a story of Cortez throwing things out to lighten the load, and Pat and Randy thought that might have been when that happened. We took Hwy 10 home!
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eugene LeRoy Bentley,   b. 30 Sep 1929, Eaton Co., Michigan d. 6 Nov 2010, Laingsburg, Shiawassee County, Michigan (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1950	Michigan
  	Eugene Leroy Bentley Gender: Male Race: White Birth Year: abt 1930 Birth Place: Eaton County, Michigan Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1950 Marriage Place: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA License County: Ingham Age: 20 Residence Place: Lansing, Michigan Father: Wilbur Hugh Bentley Mother: Edith Jennie Agnes Hill Spouse: Bertha Claudia Cummings Lewis Spouse Gender: Female Spouse Race: White Spouse Age: 23 Spouse Birth Place: Flint, Michigan Spouse Residence Place: Lansing, Michigan Spouse Father: Cortez Henry Cummings Spouse Mother: Daisy Alice Dutcher County File Number: 50-68 State File Number: 33 32913 Film: 87 Film Title: 33 Ingham 30050-33319 Film Description: Ingham (1948 - 1950) Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.
  Engaged	Michigan   [1]
  		Bert Cummings engagement
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F73	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Ω Named List: Genesee County INDI: [I200] Bertha Claudia CUMMINGS INDI: [I38] Bessie Mae CUMMINGS INDI: [I3] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS INDI: [I201] Cortez Henry CUMMINGS INDI: [I39] Eunice Lucille CUMMINGS INDI: [I502] Florence A. CUMMINGS INDI: [I28] Florence Marrian CUMMINGS INDI: [I37] Franklin Hibbard CUMMINGS INDI: [I887] Ida Mae CUMMINGS INDI: [I888] Jerome M. CUMMINGS INDI: [I26] Lawrence Augustus CUMMINGS INDI: [I886] Margaret Thelma CUMMINGS INDI: [I2673] Matilda A CUMMINGS INDI: [I321] Ray C CUMMINGS INDI: [I322] Roy Clarence CUMMINGS INDI: [I1400] Adda May HEWITT INDI: [I413] Almon Augustus HEWITT INDI: [I328] Alvin HEWITT INDI: [I1699] Alvin Bartlett HEWITT INDI: [I1413] Alvin T. HEWITT INDI: [I289] Benjamin H HEWITT INDI: [I331] Byron Asa HEWITT INDI: [I1382] Byron E. HEWITT INDI: [I1405] Charles A. HEWITT INDI: [I2697] Charles Alfred HEWITT INDI: [I2682] Charles L HEWITT INDI: [I2677] Charles Willard HEWITT INDI: [I1404] Clarence H. HEWITT INDI: [I333] Cynthia Emma HEWITT INDI: [I34] Della Ann HEWITT INDI: [I2746] Donald A HEWITT INDI: [I2741] Edna M HEWITT INDI: [I337] Edwin HEWITT INDI: [I335] Franklin Benjamin HEWITT INDI: [I336] Fredrick W. HEWITT INDI: [I2745] Gordon E HEWITT INDI: [I1378] Hazel HEWITT INDI: [I2734] Jack R HEWITT INDI: [I2764] Jane M HEWITT INDI: [I2735] Joseph Benjamin HEWITT INDI: [I2699] Joseph Benjamin HEWITT INDI: [I415] Lucy HEWITT INDI: [I2679] Lucy L HEWITT INDI: [I2743] Luella M HEWITT INDI: [I2744] Marjorie HEWITT INDI: [I2729] Mildred G HEWITT INDI: [I2733] Peggy J HEWITT INDI: [I411] Phebe Ann HEWITT INDI: [I340] Phobe Elisabeth HEWITT INDI: [I2742] Ralph Carlton HEWITT INDI: [I2765] Ralph Carlton HEWITT INDI: [I2739] Russell A HEWITT INDI: [I1406] Sarah A. HEWITT INDI: [I339] Sarah Emeline HEWITT INDI: [I2688] Seth H HEWITT INDI: [I2732] Shirley M HEWITT INDI: [I2740] Thelma F HEWITT INDI: [I2730] Wanda G HEWITT INDI: [I414] Wesley Clarence HEWITT INDI: [I334] Willard HEWITT INDI: [I1389] William E. HEWITT INDI: [I332] William Elisha HEWITT INDI: [I409] William Randall HEWITT INDI: [I50] Benjamin Henry SPEARS INDI: [I27] Bertha Lousia SPEARS INDI: [I363] Cortez Clark SPEARS INDI: [I396] Dora M. SPEARS INDI: [I3419] Emma C SPEARS INDI: [I261] Evelyn R. SPEARS INDI: [I52] Frances May SPEARS INDI: [I362] Jared Rollins SPEARS INDI: [I391] Mable Ruth SPEARS INDI: [I392] Manley Ace SPEARS INDI: [I434] Martha Alice SPEARS INDI: [I365] Martha Alice SPEARS INDI: [I260] Marvin William SPEARS INDI: [I51] Marvin William SPEARS INDI: [I364] Marvin William SPEARS INDI: [I2712] Mary Elizabeth SPEARS INDI: [I398] Mildred Mary SPEARS INDI: [I361] Milton Rathborn SPEARS INDI: [I194] Walter William SPEARS INDI: [I258] Wesley Benjamin SPEARS INDI: [I2047] William TINKER INDI: [I2884] William TINKER INDI: [I2897] Ellen L TINKER INDI: [I2893] Helen Francis TINKER INDI: [I2892] Ida S TINKER INDI: [I2689] Oscar Fred TINKER INDI: [I2898] William H UNDERHILL INDI: [I2696] Lela A UNDERHILL INDI: [I1414] Cora UNDERHILL INDI: [I16] Claud Madison DUTCHER INDI: [I4] Daisy Alice DUTCHER INDI: [I18] George Wesley DUTCHER INDI: [I30] Della Loraine BURCH INDI: [I3301] Goldie Lorraine BURCH INDI: [I3302] Halley Louis BURCH INDI: [I3303] Keith W BURCH INDI: [I3304] Myrtle M BURCH INDI: [I29] Wesley A. BURCH INDI: [I3055] Verna L BURNHAM INDI: [I17] Vivian Grace DUTCHER INDI: [I47] Charles J. KELSEY INDI: [I48] Claudine Marion KELSEY INDI: [I46] Daisy Duretha KELSEY INDI: [I1120] Helen G. KELSEY INDI: [I2913] Infant KELSEY INDI: [I49] Robert F KELSEY INDI: [I341] Sarah E. WESTCOT INDI: [I196] Bertha L. CLARK INDI: [I2007] Clark D HITCHCOCK INDI: [I1320] Dwight HITCHCOCK INDI: [I1319] Luella HITCHCOCK twins of bertha (wilber and bertha) buried in 1950 next to her at Ouaso see images

  
  

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  [S42] Bert and Eugene Bentley Engament (Reliability: 2). Mrs. Daisy Cummings of Pacomia, Cal., anounces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Bertha Claudia Cummings, 1116 W. Lenawee St., to Eugene L. Bentley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Bentley, 335 W. Hodge St. The ceremony will take place Jan 28.