Jas. F. Trumble was born October 7, 1871 in Michigan to John Trumble and Mary Maria Fouts. Mary Elizabeth Scriver was born to Henry Scriver and Salina Cooper on April 12, 1874 in Ontario, Canada. Henry and Salina moved from Canada sometime before Henry’s death in Pinconning in 1895. James and Mary E. were married October 7, 1890 in Pinconning, Bay, Michigan.
The couple had nine children, all born in Bay County, Michigan:
- Edna Isabelle Trumble Smith (1892-1918)
- John H. Trumble
- Harley Wesley Trumble (1895-1969)
- Mary C. Trumble Shelton Lerch (1898-1983)
- Agnes Alice Trumble Eichler Okolow (1901-1997) (My 2x-g-grandmother)
- Charles T. Trumble (1904-1905) (10mo) unknown cause, death unattended.
- Gladys Lillian Trumble (1906-1908) (2yrs) (convulsions due to swallowing totally indigestible materials)
- Manley Trumble (1909-1970)
- Cora May Trumble (Jan 1910-Sept 1910) (diphtheria & cholera)
Mary Elizabeth Scriver Trumble died of Typhoid Fever on September 12, 1910, the same day as her youngest daughter, Cora May.
Following Mary Elizabeth’s death, Jas. moved to Flint with his living, unmarried children, where he operated a boarding house. There, on December 8, 1911 he married Ellen Lockhart Fletcher, the daughter of Joseph Lockhart and Nettie Gifford. With Ellen, he had a daughter named Hazel Trumble who was born and died in 1912 in Flint, and in 1913, they had a son named Howard Trumble who died July 21, 1916. James died November 15, 1916 in Flint of Pnumonia, he was buried in Pinconning. The entire Trumble family (James F., Mary E., Charles, Gladys, Cora, Hazel, and Howard) in the New Pinconning Cemetery rest in unmarked graves.
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