A fragmentary history of an active, married Fortean couple.
As best as I can figure, Hilda Virginia Downing was born 14 October 1909 in Ohio to Robert Epkey Downing and Edith E. Ganoe. She was the fifth child, preceded by two brothers and two sisters. Robert was a pumper in an oil field. Two more sons followed by 1920, and the family also took on a cook and a nurse. At the time, Robert was still in the oil industry and owned his home free and clear. The eldest son, Robert, was the only other one in the family to officially work. He was a clerk at a bank.
Almost six years after the birth of Hilda, George Christian Bump came into this world—again, as best as I can determine. He was born 21 July 1915 in California, the only child of Sumner and Margaret Bump. Sumner was a sawmill superintendent at the Hilt Lumber Mill Company in Siskiyou county, far in the northwest of the state. Both the Bump parents had been born in Iowa. They rented their house, presumably from the mill itself.
As best as I can figure, Hilda Virginia Downing was born 14 October 1909 in Ohio to Robert Epkey Downing and Edith E. Ganoe. She was the fifth child, preceded by two brothers and two sisters. Robert was a pumper in an oil field. Two more sons followed by 1920, and the family also took on a cook and a nurse. At the time, Robert was still in the oil industry and owned his home free and clear. The eldest son, Robert, was the only other one in the family to officially work. He was a clerk at a bank.
Almost six years after the birth of Hilda, George Christian Bump came into this world—again, as best as I can determine. He was born 21 July 1915 in California, the only child of Sumner and Margaret Bump. Sumner was a sawmill superintendent at the Hilt Lumber Mill Company in Siskiyou county, far in the northwest of the state. Both the Bump parents had been born in Iowa. They rented their house, presumably from the mill itself.