Re: marriage
RUMMENS, SMITH, HOYT, BARNES
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email) In Response To: marriage (Donna)
Date: 12/8/2012 at 16:41:58
It appears that they were married in Nebraska and not in Iowa. If this couple is the one you are seeking, William Julius Rummens was born in July 1850 and Barbara Ellen Smith was born in May 1857 and married in 1874 and migrated to Washington Territory in 1875.
Saunders County, Nebraska Marriage Records, Wahoo, Nebraska
Volume 2, #240 – August 1, 1874
William J. Rummons, age 23 and Barbara E. Smith, age 17;
Groom’s parents: William W. Rummons and Eunice Hoyt
Bride’s parents: Charles E. Smith and Pernina BarnesGarfield County, Washington Deaths
Barbara Rummens died on 8 May 1928 in Pomeroy, Garfield, Washington, age 70 years 11 months 27 days; married; spouse: W. J. Rummens; Father’s name: C. E. Smith; Mother’s name: Pernina Barnes; Her husband, William, died on September 26, 1926 also in Pomeroy.Their son:
"George H. Rummens, actively engaged in law practice in Seattle since August 1, 1907, is a native son of Washington, his birth having occurred at Goldendale, Klickitat county, March 16, 1878. He is a son of William J. and Barbara E. (Smith) Rummens, who crossed the plains with an emigrant train in 1875 and at length reached the Willamette valley. They settled in Klickitat county, Washington, in 1876 and in 1885 removed to Pomeroy, Washington, where they still reside, the father being there engaged in butchering, farming and the livestock business....."History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 3, 1916 by Clarence Bagley, pages 427-428.
Washington, King County Delayed Births, 1941-1942
Certificate # 2855
George H. Rummens, male, born 6 March 1878 in Goldendale, Klickitat, Washington
Parents: William Julius Rummens and Barbara Ellen Smith
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