Lettie Marie BELMAN

Father: William Fletcher BELMAN
Mother: Mathilda SABINE

Family 1: Carey Eugene CUMMINS

(1) Source: Cummins, Nora B. The History and Genealogy of the Cummins Family Their Ancestors, Descendants and Experiences. Seattle, Washington, United States, Self Published, 1958. Page 17.

  1. Nora Belle CUMMINS
  2. Carl William CUMMINS
  3. Erwin Jeptha CUMMINS
  4. Lulu Elizabeth CUMMINS
  5. Lee Edward CUMMINS
  6. Ray Eugene CUMMINS
  7. Grace Lettie CUMMINS
                                               _____________
                           _John BELMAN_______|
                          |                   |_____________
 _William Fletcher BELMAN_|
|                         |                    _____________
|                         |_Hannah CREIGHTON__|
|                                             |_____________
|
|--Lettie Marie BELMAN
|
|                                              _John SABINE_
|                          _John C. SABINE____|
|                         |                   |_Maria HICKS_
|_Mathilda SABINE_________|
                          |                    _____________
                          |_Mary Booth HAGELL_|
                                              |_____________

Notes

Updated December 11, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Perry Twp. (Perry Center Office): Page 6; September 21, 1870.

Letta M. BELLMAN is the daughter of William BELLMAN (age 48, a harness maker) and [step-]daughter of Amanda M. BELLMAN (age 36). Letta is 7 years old and born in Michigan. Her sibling is William Chas. BELLMAN (age 10).

(2) 1880 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Village of Perry: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 358; Page 4; June 2, 1880.

Letta M. BELMAN is the daughter of William BELMAN (age 48, a saddler) and [step-]daughter of Elizabeth BELMAN (age 31). Letta is 16 years old and born in Michigan. Her siblings are Stella (age 8), Vidi (age 5), and Frank (age 1).

(3) Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records via Ancestry.com: Shiawassee County

- Record Number: 7489
- Date of Marriage: Jan 9, 1881
- Place of Marriage: Perry Center
- Bride: Lettie M. BELMAN
- Residence: Perry
- Age: 17
- Birthplace: Michigan
- Bridegroom: Carey CUMMINS
- Residence: Perry
- Age: 21
- Birthplace: Michigan
- Occupation: Farmer
- Officiant: A.W. GOWER, Minister
- Witnesses: N.C. BELMAR and Mrs. S.L. BURKHART, both of Perry

(4) 1900 United States Census for South Dakota, Brown Co., Riverside Twp.: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 51; Sheets 4A-4B; June 12, 1900.

Lettie [BELMAN] CUMMINS is married to Carey CUMMINS, head of household. Children in the household are Nora B., Carl W., Erwin J., Lulu E., and Ray E. CUMMINS.

- Birth month: August 1863; age 37
- Marital Status: Married for 19 years
- Motherhood: Has given birth to 6 children, all presently living
- Birthplace: Michigan, with her father from Kentucky and her mother from Michigan

(5) South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1905 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Letta CUMMINS
- Gender: Female
- Marital Status: Married
- Age: 41
- Birth Date: 1864
- Birth Place: Michigan
- Years in State: 24
- Arrival Year in State (Estimated): 1881
- Residence Place: South Dakota, United States

(6) 1910 United States Census for South Dakota, Brown Co., Aberdeen City (part of): Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 52; Sheet 12A, April 22, 1910.

Lettie M. [BELMAN] CUMMINS is married to Carey E. CUMMINS, head of household. Children in the household are Lee E., Lulu E., Ray, Nora B., Carl W., and Erwin J. CUMMINS

- Age: 46; married for 29 years
- Motherhood: She has given birth to 7 children, all of them presently living
- Birthplace: Michigan, with her father from Kentucky and her mother from Michigan

(7) South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1915 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Lathe CUMMINS
- Age: 51
- Birth Year: 1864
- Gender: Female
- Birth Place: Michigan
- Nationality: English
- Marital Status: Married
- Marriage Year: 1881
- Religion: Methodist Episcopal
- Residence in 1915: South Dakota, United States

(8) 1920 United States Census for South Dakota, Brown Co., Aberdeen City; Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 43; Sheet 10A; January 15-16, 1920.

Lettie [BELMAN] CUMMINS is married to Carey E. CUMMINS, head of household. Children in the household are Lulu E. and Grace L. CUMMINS.

- Age: 55 years old
- Birthplace: Michigan, with her father from Ohio and her mother from Michigan

(9) 1930 United States Census for Washington, Whatcom Co., Bellingham, Ward 4, Block 116: Supervisor's District 1; Enumeration District 37-18; Sheet 1A; April 2, 1930.

Lettie M. [BELMAN] CUMMINS is head of household. Her daughter Nora B. CUMMINS resides with her.

- Address: 225 Garden St. N.
- Home ownership: yes, valued at $7,000 (listed as owned by her daughter)
- Radio ownership: no
- Age: 66 years old at time of census; 18 when first married, now a widow
- Birthplace: Michigan, with her father born in Pennsylvania and her mother born in Michigan

(10) 1940 United States Census for Washington, Whatcom Co., Bellingham, Ward 4: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 37-26; Sheet 2B; April 3, 1940.

Lettie M. [BELMAN] CUMMINS is head of household. Her daughter Nora B. CUMMINS resides with her. Lettie furnished information to the census taker for this household.

- Address: 225 No. Garden St.
- Home: Owner, valued at $4,500, it is not a farm
- Age: 76, widowed
- Highest Grade of School Completed: Elementary School - 8th Grade
- Birthplace: Michigan
- Residence on April 1, 1935: Same House
- At Work: No, Home Housework

(11) U.S., City Directories via Ancestry.com

Aberdeen, South Dakonta

- 1915: CUMMINS Carey E. (Lettie), farmer, r 1003 6th av S. E.
- 1922: CUMMINS Carey E. (Lettie M) h 304 S E 8th av

Bellingham, Washington

- 1927 through 1947: CUMMINS Lettie M (wid Carey E) h 225 Garden

(12) Washington, U.S., Death Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Lettie M. CUMMINS
- Place of Death: St. Joseph's Hospital; Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington
- Street Address: 225 No. Garden St
- Date of Death: Feb. 22, 1950; 5:00 p.m.
- Sex: Female
- Marital Status: Widowed
- Date of Birth: Aug. 8, 1863 (age 86); Detroit, Michigan
- Occupation: Housewife
- Parents: William BELMAN and Matilda SABINE
- Informant: Miss Nora CUMMINS
- Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction due to acute coronary artery occlusion and coronary artery arteriosclerosis
- Burial: 2/25/'50; Groton Cemetery, Groton, So. Dakota

(13) Obituary via Newspapers.com: The Bellingham Herald; Bellingham, Washington; Thu, Feb 23, 1950; Page 7

"Lettie M. CUMMINS Called Wednesday. Lettie M. CUMMINS, of 225 N. Garden street, died in a local hospital Wednesday. A resident of this city for the past 27 years, Mrs. CUMMINS had been a member of the Garden Street Methodist church and of the Mary Circle, of that church. Included among her surviving relatives are two daughters, Miss Nora CUMMINS, at home, a member of the W.W.C.E faculty, Mrs. Grace HANSON, of Red Bluff, Calif.; four sons, Dr. E. J., of El Paso, Texas, Carl W. and Ray E., both of St. Paul, and Lee E., of Buffalo, Wyoming; 16 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Also, two sister, Mrs. Stella TUCKER, of Wilmet, Ill., and Mrs. Bessie LaFRAMBOIS, of Flint, Mich.; and two brothers, Vida BELLMAN, of Flint, Mich., and Virgil, of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4:30 p. m. in the funeral home of Harlow-Hollingsworth, with the Rev. Daniel E. TAYLOR officiating. The remains will be forwarded to Groton, S. Dak., for interment."

(14) Find a Grave

- Name: Lettie Mary BELMAN CUMMINS
- Birth: 8 Aug 1863
- Death: 22 Feb 1950 (aged 86)
- Burial: Groton Cemetery; Groton, Brown County, South Dakota, USA
- Memorial ID: 80217952

(15) Cummins, Nora B. The History and Genealogy of the Cummins Family Their Ancestors, Descendants and Experiences. Seattle, Washington, United States, Self Published, 1958. Pages 17, 25-36.

- Lettie BELMAN was the author's mother.
- Lettie was the daughter of William Fletcher BELMAN and Mathilda SABINE who were married on May 9, 1859.
- "He [Carrie CUMMINS] married Lettie M. BELMAN on January 9, 1881, who was born August 8, 1863 and died February 22, 1950. Seven children were born to them."
- When mother was three years of age her mother died of a systemic infection and she went to the home of her grandmother, Mary BOOTH SABINE, where she lived until her grandmother died in 1867. She then made her home with her father's sister, Margaret BELMAN HALL, in Detroit, Michigan. When her father married his second wife, Amanda ROWELL, on June 17, 1869 she went to his new home to live. The stepmother died on October 5, 1869 whereupon mother's father married his third wife, Elizabeth Cheney GIBBS, on April 13, 1870. Mother continued to live in her father's home until her marriage on January 9, 1881.
- "Mother acquired her education in a country school near Old Perry Center in Shiwassee County, Michigan."
- "In 1880 and up to the time of his marriage to Lettie M. BELMAN in January 1881 there was much talk concerning the opportunities afforded by Dakota Territory to the land-hungry pioneer. It all resulted in decision by the Cummins family to go to Dakota. This decision brought about the marriage of father and mother and the migration to Dakota in 1881."

(16) Chapman family records.