Individual Details

(Mary) Elma Hamp

(8 Mar 1886 - 2 Dec 1951)

Hamp Book
pg 154

On 8 Feb 1904 in Lansing, Ingham County, Mi Michigan, she married Clyde DRUM, son of Walter Drum and Marie CRANE. The marriage ended in divorce but one daughter wa s born to the union. Elma next married Samuel GEETING ca 1916. He was born 4 Mar 1870 and died 4 Feb 1958. They had three children and divorced ca 1925. Elma's third husband was L.B. Smith. During their marriage they operated a restaur ant in Lansing, Michigan. In later years when Elma was agai n unattached and her parents were elderly, she went to live with and care for them on their farm near Burlington, Michigan. When this arrangement didn't work out she lived for a while with her sister Kate in Galesburg, Michigan, and later with her brother Floyd in Battle Creek, Michigan. It was there she died on 2 Dec 1951. She had been ill for several years and seriously so with heart problems the last three years of her life.

Events

Birth8 Mar 1886Gratiot, Michigan, United States
Marriage8 Feb 1904Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan - Living
MarriageAbt 1916Samuel Geeting
Residence1937Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
Residence1947 - 1951Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States
ResidenceBef 1947Galesburg, Michigan
Death2 Dec 1951of a heart condition - 100 Battle Creek Avenue, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States
Death2 Dec 1951of a heart condition - 100 Battle Creek Avenue, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States
BurialDec 1951Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States
MarriageLiving
DivorceLiving
DivorceSamuel Geeting
DivorceLiving
Reference NoH385
ReligionSeventh Day Adventist

Families

SpouseLiving
ChildLucille Marguerite Drum (1906 - 1969)
SpouseSamuel Geeting (1870 - 1958)
ChildLiving
ChildWayne Geeting (1922 - 1934)
ChildLiving
SpouseLiving
FatherWelcome Casper Hamp (1858 - 1952)
MotherEllen Josephine Murphy (1858 - 1943)
SiblingWillie Hamp (1877 - 1879)
SiblingTruman Henry Hamp (1879 - 1968)
SiblingErnest Michael Hamp (1881 - 1967)
Sibling(William) Floyd Hamp (1883 - 1975)
SiblingEdith Katherine "Katie" Hamp (1889 - 1972)
SiblingLuella (Lulu) Hamp (1891 - 1982)
SiblingElder George Glenn Hamp (1893 - 1937)
SiblingHoward Leslie Hamp (1896 - 1978)
Sibling(Mercy )Mable Hamp (1900 - )

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