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Francis Avent Gumm 1886 - 1935

Francis Avent Gumm was born on March 20, 1886 at Murfreesboro, TN, USA in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee United States. He was married to Ethel Marion Gumm, and they were together until Francis' death on November 17, 1935. He had children Suzanne (Gumm) Cathcart, Virginia (Gumm) Thompson, and Judy Garland. Francis Gumm was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.

Francis Avent Gumm

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March 20, 1886

Murfreesboro, TN, USA in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States

November 17, 1935

Los Angeles, CA, USA in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, United States

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Francis Avent Gumm's History: 1886 - 1935

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Introduction

Francis "Frank" Avent Gumm's parents were William Tecumseh Gumm (1853 - 1906), born in Tennessee, and Elizabeth W. "Clemmie" Baugh (1857 - 1895), also born in Tennessee. He had siblings Mary, Emmett, William, and Allie Gunn. Frank married Ethel Marion Milne (1896 - 1953) on the 2nd of January, 1914 in Superior, Wisconsin. They had children Suzanne, Dorothy Virginia "Jimmie", and Frances Ethel Gumm Frances Ethel was the famous singer and actor Judy Garland.
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1886

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March 20, 1886

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Murfreesboro, TN, USA in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Frank was Caucasian. Both of his parents were born in Tennessee.
Nationality & Locations

Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Frank also lived in Tullahoma, Tennessee, Goodland, Itasca, Minnesota and Los Angeles County, California, where he died.
Personal Life & Family

Frank was married and they had four daughters. They daughters were known as the singing act the"Gumm Sisters" until the youngest, Frances Ethel, changed her name to Judy Garland.
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November 17, 1935

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Los Angeles, CA, USA in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California United States
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA
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Francis Avent Gumm lived 23 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 49.

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In 1886, in the year that Francis Avent Gumm was born, on June 13th, the "Great Vancouver Fire" destroyed most of Vancouver, British Columbia. A small brush fire got out of control and spread to the rest of the city. Dozens of people died and it was only after the fire that money was raised for a fire hall. The local Squamish tribe rescued people who had jumped into bodies of water to escape the conflagration.

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In 1893, by the time he was just 7 years old, on February 1st, Thomas Edison's motion picture studio on his laboratory grounds in West Orange New Jersey was completed. The studio was called "Black Maria" and the first movie made and viewed in it was of 3 people pretending to be blacksmiths.

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