Notes:
Data source is Laura Sickel Mumma. E-mail ammum@aol.com
Data source is David Jay Mumma. E-mail DCCJM@aol.com
1920 Census, PA, York Co., Borough of Hanover, Ward #3 ED 60, Sheet 13B, 12 Jan 1920
Mumma, David J., head, 33, married, b. MD, father b. MD, mother b. MD, blacksmith
" , Margaret A., wife, 24, married, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. PA
" , Lester J., adopted son, 3 3/12, single, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. PA
" , Kenneth J., adopted son, 5/12, single, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. PA
" , Harry J., brother, 27, single, b. MD, father b. MD, mother b. MD, blacksmith
" , David (K. or M.), father, 74, b. MD, father b. MD, mother b. MD
David and Margaret adopted two boys, Lester and Kenneth. Kenneth was the illegitimate son of David's sister, Alice Burnetta Mumma. Later, Alice married around 1920, but Kenneth remained and was raised by his uncle and aunt.
DNA testing has confirmed that Lester was adopted and he was not fathered by a male with the MUMMA surname. Lester's genetic father has not been determined.
1930 Census, PA, York Co., Borough of Hanover, Ward #1, ED 67-28, Sheet 23B, no date
Mumma, David J., head, 42, m. @ age 27, b. MD, father b. MD, mother b. MD, blacksmith
" , Margaret E., wife, 35, m. @ age 19, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. PA
" , Lester J., son, 16, single, b. PA, father b. MD, mother b. PA
" , Kenneth J., son, 10, single, b. PA, father b. MD, mother b. PA
Mumma, Emma E., sister-in-law, 27, single, b. PA, father b. MD, mother b. MD
" , Bertie J., mother-in-law, 63, widow, b. MD, father b. PA, mother b. D.C.
1940: Census, Hanover, York, PA, 2 West Chestnut Street
Margaret Mumma, head, 44, widowed, cook
Death certificate for David Joseph Mumma, listed as divorced, born 7/24/86, died 9/21/69
father: David Mumma, mother: Bernadette Weaver
(information provided by Kenneth Mumma and was stated on the death certificate.)
From the Adams County Historical Society
Distribution of David's will
1/4 - Jean T. Mumma, niece
1/4 - Janet E. Mumma, niece
1/4 - Kenneth Mumma, nephew
1/4 - Clara Harmon , no relationship
[note: Emma Mumma, David's sister, is the mother of Jean and Janet Mumma]
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There is confusion surrounding Lillian Spangler, who David Jay Mumma believes she maybe a Mumma and a sister of his father, David Joseph Mumma.
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From a list of Lillian Spanglers (her married name) and based on a little bit of information I had from my mother about where she knew she lived last and that my father had visited her in the mid 1970's when they lived in NJ.
Lillian Spangler; born June 11, 1912, died March 1979. last lived in Norristown Pa.
On SS form: Lillian Walker Spangler, born: Lancaster, PA
father: Westlef N. Walker, mother: Erna Mary Payden. (best I can do to decipher poor printing and page lines)
Hypothesis: if she was raised in the Walker family then perhaps she would show up in the 1920 census with them.
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Gettysburg PA Times, Monday, September 22, 1969:
David Joseph Mumma, 83, 419 Main St., McSherrytown, died Sunday at 10 a.m. at his home. He had been in ill health for a year.
Born in Maryland, he was a son of the late David and Bernardette (Weaver) Mumma. He retired in 1958 after 43 years' employment with Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Hanover R. 5. He had also been a blacksmith for many years. A member of Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, he also was a life member of LOOM Lodge 227, Hanover; a member of Hanover Home Association and a life member of Hanover Eagle Fire Company.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Marie Ginter and Mrs. Harry Swartzbaugh, both of Hanover; two nieces whom he had raised from childhood, Jean Mumma and Mrs. Philip Krenzer, both of Hanover, and a number of other nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday morning with meeting at the Panebaker Funeral Home, 311 Broadway, Hanover, at 8:30 to go to Annunciation Church for the requiem Mass at 9. Celebrant will be Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick F. McGee. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Hanover.