Mary Margaret Cummings

MARY MARGARET ("Mamie) CUMMINGS (1862–1915), daughter of Franklin Cummings and Ann Mildred Jones

Mary Margaret Cummings, the daughter of Franklin Cummings and Ann Mildred Jones, was born on 18 August 1862 in Matamoros, Taulipas, Mexico. [1][2] She was baptized on 5 August 1863 at the Church of the Advent in Brownsville. [1] She died of meningitis on 21 May 1915, age 52, and is buried in the San Francisco National Cemetery. [3][4][5][6] She married Major General William Luther Sibert on 17 September 1887 in the Presbyterian church in Brownsville. [7][8][9]

Mamie was five feet, two inches tall with blue eyes. [2]

Photograph of Mamie, with her mother Ann Mildred Jones and her children.

References and Notes

1. Photocopy of Mary Margaret Cumming's baptismal record, Church of the Advent, Brownsville, Texas.

Mamie's baptismal record says that she was born in Matamoros, Mexico.

Matamoros is directly across the Rio Grande from Brownsville and it was apparently common to give birth there as there were more and better doctors.

2. "U.S. Passport Applications, 1795–1925," database with images, Ancestry > Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925 > 1914-1915 > Roll 0214 - Certificates: 32409–33343, 01 Jun 1914–06 Jun 1914, image 687.

3. "Mary Margaret Cummings Sibert," webpage, Findagrave, no. 3541971. Inscription: "Mary Cummings 1862–1915 wife of Brig. Gen. W.L. Sibert." Cause and date in obituary.

4. "San Francisco Area, California, Funeral Home Records, 1850–1931," database, Ancestry, entry for Mary C. Sibert, born 1863 Brownsville, died 16 May 1915 San Francisco, N. Gray & Co. Funeral Home.

5. "U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962," database with images, Ancestry > S > Schulz, B.–Sibree, Goerge B., image 784, Mary Sibert, wife Brig. Gen. Wm. L. Sibert, San Fancisco National Cemetery.

6. Brig. Gen. E. L. Sibert, 201 File, 1950, 1951, 1952, died of meningitis.

7. "Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837–2015," database with images, Ancestry > Cameron > 1887, image 88.

8. "Brilliant Wedding: Marriage of Lieutenant W. S. Sibert and Miss Mamie Cummings at Brownsville," The Galveston Daily News, Houston, September 19, 1887, 3, col. D, image from NewspaperArchives (https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-daily-news-sep-19-1887-p-3).

9. Photocopy of Mamie's wedding invitation, author's copy.