20th Century

Children of Clinton and Martha Cram Dunham

Dunham Family

Lloyd James, the oldest, was born on May 18, 1902. He died at the age of 82 in November 1984. He was married three times : to Evelyn Viola Angell on August 17, 192613 and Minnie Copper on August 24, 194614 and Lorraine Dumas on September 20, 1965. He died November, 1984. Lloyd enlisted during World War II, received basic training at Fort Rucker, LA and was released because of age.

Lloyd DUnham

Evelyn died June 10, 1942.15 There apparently was a daughter who soon died. Evelyn is reported to have died of cancer a short-time after the baby's death.16 Minnie and Lloyd operated an Amoco filling station and garage in Williamstown, Vermont. Patt Kerr believes Lloyd and Minnie adopted Minnie's granddaughter, Barbara Stark. After her death January 22, 1962 at Barre City (Vermont) Hospital, Lloyd married Lorraine Dumas.

Paul Clinton was born on August 14, 1903 and died November 14, 1979 at the age of 76. He married Marion E. Strong on May 4, 1926.17 She was born in East Warren, Vermont on February 26, 1907 and died May 23, 1951 in Montpelier, Vermont at the age of 44. They will be treated in more detail later.

Paul C. Dunham, Sr. Paul C. Dunham, Sr.

Fordyce Burton, known as John, was born December 2, 190418 and died August 15, 1963. He was never married (?). He worked much of his life as a farm laborer, paper hanger or painter. He has one daughter, Susan Evelyn.

Gerald Edson, known as Ike, was born April 11, 1907 in Brookfield, Vermont and died in Sierra Vista, AZ, November 2, 1963. He married Lois Stickney Abbott on November 10, 1932 in Northfield, Vermont.19

Ike & Lois Dunham

Lois was born Feb. 26, 1908 in Northfield, Vermont and died Jan. 29, 1963 in Sierra Vista, AZ.

A daughter, Gladys Patricia20, was born February 17, 193421 in Northfield, Vermont. She married David H. Kerr on June 26, 1957 in Ontario, California.

Gladys Mary was born August 8, 190922 in Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont. She apparently worked in West Braintree, Vermont at one time. She died August 9, 1926 of a burst appendix.23

Gladys Mary

Ona Bernice was born November 2, 1910 in Sharon, Vermont.24 She married Kenneth W. Newton, February 20, 1934, in Morrisville, Vermont. A newspaper article at the time of the wedding notes that Ken was then employed by the Vermont Asbestos Corporation in Eden while Ona was employed as a stenographer. Patt Kerr states that Ken dealt in farm catalog sales in Hyde Park, Vermont and later in Westchester, PA. Their only child was Richard Kenneth Newton, born December 1, 1934. Ona died March 2, 1977.

One Dunham Newton

Ralph Ernest, known as Casey, was born December 21, 1911.25 It has been stated he was born in Williamstown, Vermont; however his birth certificate was issued by the Town of Randolph, Vermont.26 He died in Barre, Vermont, October 23, 1975. He married Celia Esther Trombley on July 18, 1939 in Williamstown, Vermont.27 They were eventually divorced. Celia was born March 8, 1922 and died March 9, 1978 in Berlin, Washington County, Vermont. There were four children: Paul, Roland, Martha and Gerald.

Ralph 'Casey' Dunham

Casey served as a private in World War II in the South Pacific and was apparently wounded. He is said to have been hospitalized for several months in Memphis, Tennessee.

Edith Grace was born January 13, 1914 in Bristol, Vermont. She lived only 8 months and died September 13, 1944 in Bristol, Vermont.28

Carroll Cram, known as Jiggs and later as Jim, was born October 23, 1915. He married Violet Trombley on November 30, 1946. Violet was the sister of Celia Trombley.

Carroll 'Jiggs' Cram

Jiggs served in the military in World War II as a bomber crew chief in England. In the late 1990's he was a resident of the Soldier's Home in Benningotn, Vermont

Carroll Cram Dunham died on July 30, 2002 at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vermont 28a

Jiggs Dunham

Their two daughters, Sheila and Eileen, were born November 24, 1948 and March 24, 1951, respectively.

Hazel Elizabeth was born May 9, 1918. She married Gino Rossi in Northfield, Vermont on Nov. 10, 1939.29 There were two children: Joseph Louis and Joan Louise. After Gino's death, Hazel is reported to have married his brother, Guido.

Hazel Dunham

1Death certificate Granville, Vermont
2H. Royce Bass, The History of Braintree, Vermont including a Memorial of Families that have resided in Town. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle & Co., State Printers, 1883.
3Marriage certificate, Braintree, Vermont
4Marriage certificate West Fairlee, Vermont
5Marriage certificate Rockingham, Vermont
6Death certificate, Rutland City, Vermont
7Martha Elizabeth Cram is mentioned only briefly in Michael A. Cram's, The Cram Sourcebook, Vol. II, Page 412.
8See Appendix ___ for information about the Cram family. See also the three-volume work by Michael A. Cram, The Cram Sourcebook.
9Claude and Glen Hopkins were sons of Martha (Mattie's) sister, Etta May Cram.
10See Patt Kerr's ______________________.
11Obituary, July 14, 1950
12Notice of funeral services
13Marriage certificate, Brookfield, Vermont
14Marriage certificate, Randolph, Vermont His occupation was stated as Painter.
15Paul Bartlett Van Buren's Genealogy. http://www.gencircles.com/users/pbvb/1/data/2782.html
16ee Patt Kerr's Dunham Family Info
17Marriage certificate, Randolph, Vermont
18Birth Certificate, Randolph, Vermont, Book G. p. 52.
19Marriage Certificate, Northfield, Vermont. He was residing at 41 Union Street in Northfield and listed his occupation as Painter and Paper hanger.
20See Appendix __ for Patt Kerr's recollections.
21Birth Certificate, Northfield, Vermont
22Paul Bartlett Van Buren's Genealogy. http://www.gencircles.com/users/pbvb/1/data/2773.html
23See Patt Kerr's Dunham Family Info
24Birth Certifidcate, Sharon, Vermont
25Birth certificate, Randolph, Vermont
26Birth certificate, Randolph, Vermont.
27Marriage certificate, Williamstown, Vermont
28Paul Bartlett Van Buren's Genealogy. http://www.gencircles.com/users/pbvb/1/data/2781.html
28aBarre-Montpelier Times Argus, Aug. 1, 2002
29Marriage certificate, Northfield, Vermont

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