Nora Belle CUMMINS

Father: Carey Eugene CUMMINS
Mother: Lettie Marie BELMAN 

                                                    _Adin Drake CUMMINS_____
                         _Jeptha CUMMINS __________|
                        |                          |_Mercy SKINNER__________
 _Carey Eugene CUMMINS _|
|                       |                           _John Heaton DICKERSON _
|                       |_Phoebe Heaton DICKERSON _|
|                                                  |_Margaret HOWDER _______
|
|--Nora Belle CUMMINS
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|                                                   _John BELMAN____________
|                        _William Fletcher BELMAN__|
|                       |                          |_Hannah CREIGHTON_______
|_Lettie Marie BELMAN __|
                        |                           _John C. SABINE_________
                        |_Mathilda SABINE__________|
                                                   |_Mary Booth HAGELL______

Notes

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

(1) South Dakota Births, 1856-1903 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Nora Belle CUMMINS
- Gender: Female
- County: Brown
- Mother's Name: Lettie Mary BELMAN
- Father's Name: Carey Eugene CUMMINS
- Birth Date: July 18, 1882

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

Nora B. CUMMINS is the daughter of Carey and Lettie CUMMINS. She was born in July 1882 in South Dakota and is 17 years old. She is attending school.

(3) 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.

Nora B. CUMMINS is the daughter of Carey E. and Lettie M. CUMMINS. She is 27 years old and born in South Dakota

(4) 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.

Nora B. CUMMINS resides with her mother, Lettie M. [BELMAN] CUMMINS, head of household.

- Address: 225 Garden St. N.
- Home ownership: yes, valued at $7,000
- Radio ownership: no
- Age: 47 years old at time of census; not married (single)
- Birthplace: South Dakota, with her parents born in Michigan
- Occupation: Teacher, Normal School
- Occupation Code: 8794 (College presidents and professors)

(5) 1940 United States Census for Washington, Whatcom Co., Bellingham, Ward 4: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 37-26; Sheet 2B; April 3, 1940.

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

- Address: 225 No. Garden St.
- Home: Owner by her mother, valued at $4,500, it is not a farm
- Age: 56, single
- Highest Grade of School Completed: College - 4th Year
- Birthplace: South Dakota
- Residence on April 1, 1935: Same House
- At Work: Yes
- Number of hours worked previous week: 44
- Occupation: Teacher, College of W. Washington
- Occupation Code: V10-91-2 (College presidents, professors, and instructors; Educational services)
- Number of Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
- Salary: $2,200
- Income Other Than Salary: No

(6) CUMMINS, Nora B. The History and Genealogy of the CUMMINS Family Their Ancestors, Descendants and Experiences. Seattle, Washington, United States, Self Published, 1958. Pages 37-39.

- Nora was the author of this manuscript
- "In a sod shanty on the South Dakota homestead of Carey and Lettie CUMMINS their oldest child, Nora Belle, was born on July 18, 1882. She never married."
- "She went to school at the age of four for a very short time in the Riverside School which was later moved to Putney."
- "The family moved on to the big farm when she was five."
- "After the Cummins school was moved Nora and her brothers went to Putney to school."
- "Upon the completion of the school at Putney she decided to teach. After one year of Normal School at Madison, South Dakota she entered the teaching profession"
- "After several years of teaching in the rural schools of Brown County, South Dakota she finished her Normal School at Aberdeen, South Dakota. For the next four years she was the eighth grade teacher at Webster, South Dakota."
- "She attended the University of Minnesota. For the next two years she taught Normal Training in the Slayton and Delano, Minnesota High School. She then finished her work at the University for a degree, and returned to her Normal supervision work, this time at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota where she stayed for two years."
- "Nora became a member of the staff of the school [Bellingham, Washington Normal School, which became Western Washington College in 1933] and remained there until her retirement in 1951."
- "After the normal school became a college she was one of the promoters of a chapter of the American Association of University Professors and served as its President."
- "She took a leave of absence to secure a Master's Degree from the College of Political Science of Columbia University, New York. She used most of her vacations for further study at several universities"
- "She was largely responsible for the introduction of the course on the History of Civilization into the curriculum"
- "In World War II she served on the Bellingham Mayor's Committee for Defense."
- "Activity in two wars and the failure of governments to establish peace in the world greatly accentuated her interest in International Relations. She served on various peace committees from the time of Woodrow Wilson to the end of World War II."
- "When the time came for her retirement she decided that she might be more useful in the educational program of the American Association for the United Nations than anywhere else. She left Bellingham and took up residence in Seattle where she is now Vice President of the Seattle Chapter of the A. A. U. N. and chairman of the Education Committee."
- "Nora has been fond of the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest. She has also traveled over North America and Western Europe."