Erwin Jeptha CUMMINS
- BIRTH: 2 Jun 1918; Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA
Father: Erwin Jeptha CUMMINS
Mother: Edna Frances GOFFE
Family 1: Marjorie SCHAEFER
- MARRIAGE: February 1943
- CHILDREN:
- Cynthia Leigh CUMMINS
- Christine Faye CUMMINS
- Ross Brian CUMMINS
_Jeptha CUMMINS__________
_Carey Eugene CUMMINS__|
| |_Phoebe Heaton DICKERSON_
_Erwin Jeptha CUMMINS_|
| | _William Fletcher BELMAN_
| |_Lettie Marie BELMAN___|
| |_Mathilda SABINE_________
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|--Erwin Jeptha CUMMINS
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| _John GOFFE______________
| _Albert Ernest GOFFE__|
| | |_// GORHAM_______________
|_Edna Frances GOFFE____|
| _John A. COX_____________
|_Louise Elizabeth COX_|
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Notes
Updated September 8, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) Minnesota, Birth Index via Ancestry.com
- Name: Erwin Jeptha CUMMINS
- Birth Date: 2 Jun 1918
- Birth Place: Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
- Father's Surname: Cummins
- Mother's Maiden Name: GOFFEE
- Certificate Number: 1918-44670
(2) 1920 United States Census for Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso City, Precinct 26 (part of): Supervisor's District 16; Enumeration District 74; Sheet 2A; January 13, 1920.
Erwin CUMMINS, Jr. is the son of Erwin J. and Edna F. CUMMINS. He is 1 years and 7 months old, and born in Minnesota.
(3) 1930 United States Census for Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso City: Supervisor's District: 20; Enumeration District 71-48; Sheet 4B; April 7, 1930.
Erwin J. CUMMINS, Jr., is the son of Erwin J. and Edna F. CUMMINS. He is 13 years old and born in Texas.
(4) 1940 United States Census for Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso, Justice Precinct #1, Block 709: Supervisor's District 16; Enumeration District 256-72; Sheet 7A; April 13, 1940.
Erwin J. CUMMINS Jr. is the son of Erwin J. and Edna F. CUMMINS. Edna furnished information to the census taker for this household.
- Address: 4011 Pershing Drive - Age: 21, single - Highest Grade of School Completed: College - 5th Year - Birthplace: Minneapolis - Residence on April 1, 1935: Same House - At Work: No; Student
(5) Cummins, Nora B. The History and Genealogy of the Cummins Family Their Ancestors, Descendants and Experiences. Seattle, Washington, United States, Self Published, 1958. Pages 55-56.
- "Doctor Erwin Jeptha, frequently referred to as 'E. J.' was born June 2, 1918 at Minneapolis, Minnesota while his mother was residing with her parents awaiting the return of Doctor Erwin J. CUMMINS, Sr. from military service. E. J. was reared in El Paso, Texas."
- "He attended College of Mines (now Texas Western) one year; then on to Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois for three years, taking a pre-medical course. After graduation he attended Northwestern Medical School, Chicago, Illinois four years, on completion of which E. J. entered Passavant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, remaining twenty-seven months for internship, residency, and fellowship. Two years' military service followed in Walter Reed Hospital. He officed with a leading orthopedist in Chicago for two years since he desired to specialize in that line. He entered private practice for two years, becoming a staff member of a Christian hospital in Chicago."
- In February, 1943 E. J. was married to Marjorie SCHAEFER of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. SCHAEFER.
- "In 1951 both E. J. and Marjorie responded to a definite call of the Lord for mission service in Nigeria, Africa, especially among the thousands of lepers. They went out in 1952 and served four years, during that time beginning the building of Niger Leprosarium Mission Station. After a year's furlough in the United States 1956-1957 they returned to their field in July, 1957."
- "Children of Doctor Erwin Jeptha, Jr. and Marjorie CUMMINS are in order of birth: 1. Cynthia Leigh born May 10, 1945. 2. Christine Faye born September 2, 1947. 3. Ross Brian born in Nigeria, Africa on February 19, 1956."