As mentioned before, Charles worked for Bell Telephone and Florence was a stay at home mom.
My mother, Gail is credited with giving them the nicknames 'Bummie' and 'Bumpie'. When queried Mom stated that she doesn't recall why or how those names came about. 'It was probably something that just came out of my mouth.'
As a child I thought we called her Bummie because of the way she dressed. Not that she dressed badly, but because most of the time when I saw her she had been working in her flower beds. More than likely she had dirt on her hands or pants.
Bumpie was born 15 January 1891 in Irvine, Pennsylvania. Bummie was born on the 2 April 1894 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Both came from relatively large families. Bumpie had seven brothers and sisters; Bummie twelve. Bumpie's family was primarily English; Bummie was of German descent.
The world they were born into was much different than today.
