Pearl Cleveland (Newlin) Cummings (1881 - 1965)

Born 18 Oct 1881 in Parker, Douglas, Colorado, United States

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Died 1965 at about age 83 in Parker, Douglas, Colorado, United States

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Pearl was born in 1881 in Parker, Douglas County, Colorado.^[1] She was the daughter of William Gilpin Newlin Jr and Nancy E (Adams) Newlin.

She was 17 years old when she marriedCharles Franklin Cummings, 21 years old, on Dec 28 1898 in Parker, Douglas County, Colorado.^[2] They had five children.

The couple lived on a farm in Parker^[3], then moved to Denver, Colorado, where they were living in a house they owned at 1278 Mariou Street on April 26 1910. Charles was working as a general contractor, They had three children of whom two were living: Charles F Jr., age 9, and Hazel M, age 3, both born in Colorado.^[4]

On January 27 1920 the family was living on a ranch on Bear Creek Road in Precinct No 17, Clear Creek County, Colorado with four children: Chas. F, age 19, Hazel, age 13, Forrest, age 3, and Shirley, 6 months.^[5]

They were still living on the Bear Creek ranch raising livestock, valued at $1,500, on April 15 1930. Two children lived with them: Forrest D, age 13, and Shirley M, age 10.^[6]

Charles passed away in 1935 at age 58 and was buried in Parker Cemetery in Parker.^[7]

Pearl, age 58 and widowed, was living at 1361 Ames Street in Mountair Precinct no 29, Jefferson County, Colorado, in a house she owned worth $1,600 on April 18 1940. Living with her are her daughter Shirley C Goodenow, age 20, a beauty operator in a beauty parlor earning $1,404 in 1939, Jack L Goodenow, son-in-law, age 24, born in Kansas and living in Downs, Osborne County, Kansas, in 1935, working as a stock clerk in wholesale and retail tires, earning $1,025 in 1939, and grandsons William C Terry, age 4, Forrest D Terry, age 4, both born in California.^[8]

On April 13 1950, Pearl was living with her daughter and family at 2332 E 5th in Denver County, Colorado. Her daughter Hazel Arnold was the household head. She was 43 and divorced, living with her three children: Mary Lenore, age 18, born in California, Hazel Marie, age 16, born in Colorado, and James I Jr., age 15, born in Colorado and a newspaper carrier. Frances Marino, a lodger, age 16, also lived there.^[9]

Pearl passed away 29 years after her husband in 1964 at around age 82 and was buried in Parker Cemetery in Parker.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KWX-J565 : 10 February 2023), William G Newlin in entry for Pearl Cleveland Cummings, . [1]
2. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQ9-9RY : Fri Mar 15 02:20:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles F Cummings and Pearl C Newlin, 28 Dec 1898. [2]
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQM3-6PM : Thu Apr 11 20:00:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Chas F Cummings and Pearl C Cummings, 1900. [3]
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWB-1TR : Sun Mar 10 06:58:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles F Cummings and Pearl C Cummings, 1910. [4]
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2C-433 : Sat Mar 09 21:51:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Chas Cummings and Pearl Cummings, 1920. [5]
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WN-1R6 : Fri Mar 08 04:34:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Chas F Cummings and Pearl C Cummings, 1930. [6]
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18629580/charles_franklin-cummings: accessed April 27, 2024), memorial page for Charles Franklin Cummings (28 Dec 1877–1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18629580, citing Parker Cemetery, Parker, Douglas County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Dr. Andree Swanson (contributor 47094290). [7]
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR66-HCR : Sun Mar 10 08:06:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Pearl C Cummings and Shirley C Goodenow, 1940. [8]
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMJ-X46G : Wed Mar 20 10:58:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Pearl C Cummings and Hazel Arnold, April 13, 1950. [9]
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18629577/pearl-cummings: accessed April 27, 2024), memorial page for Pearl Newlin Cummings (Oct 1881–1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18629577, citing Parker Cemetery, Parker, Douglas County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Dr. Andree Swanson (contributor 47094290). [10]

• "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WX-VSR : 4 March 2021), Pearly Newlin in entry for Wm G Newlin, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,505.