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Dunsmoor family



Dunsmoor Family
Dunsmoor Family


Standing L-R: Martin Gruman (husband to Ida May), Frank Smith (husband to Grace Belle), Grace Belle, Blanche, Ida May, Nancy Louisa, Fred, Mabel.
Seated L-R: Frederick Melvin Dunsmoor, Nancy Louisa Wertherbee Dunsmoor (Frederick's mother), Harriet Lucretia Sargeant Dunsmoor (Frederick's wife). The children belong to Martin and Ida May Gruman, Frank and Grace Belle Smith and maybe Bertha's children also.

The picture had to be taken between 1910 and 1914. Fred, back row 2nd from right, was killed in action in WWI on November 10, 1918.

Mabel, Nancy & Fred Dunsmoor ca1901

L-R: Mabel Sargeant Dunsmoor, Nancy Louisa Dunsmoor, Fred Leroy Dunsmoor.
The youngest children of Frederick Melvin and Harriet Lucretia Sargeant Dunsmoor. Photo taken ca1901.

Frederick Melvin Dunsmoor and Harriet Lucretia Sargeant

Frederick Melvin Dunsmoor

Born May 26, 1855 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Married Harriet Lucretia Sargeant on January 23, 1876 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died April 14, 1928 in Lamont, Iowa
Burial in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa
Father: Thomas Dunsmoor
Mother: Nancy Louisa Wertherbee

Obituary * Gravestone photo

Harriet Lucretia Sargeant

Born May 17, 1857 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Married Frederick Melvin Dunsmoor on January 23, 1876 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died August 10, 1950 in Lamont, Iowa
Burial in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa
Father: Emery Holden Sargeant
Mother: Louisa Marie Chase

90th Birthday & photo * Obituary & photo * Gravestone photo

Their Children


1. Jessie M. Dunsmoor
Born March 14, 1878 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died May 19, 1879 in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa

2. Thomas Dunsmoor
Born February 07, 1880 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died July 10, 1880 in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa

3. Ida May Dunsmoor
Born September 01, 1881 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died June 20, 1974
Married Martin Gruman on February 26, 1902 in Strawberry Point, Iowa

4. Grace Belle Dunsmoor
Born November 28, 1883 in Clayton Co. IA
Died November 23, 1957 in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa. Obituary
Married Frank W. Smith on January 27, 1904

5. Bertha Blanch Dunsmoor
Born July 21, 1886 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died October 14, 1982 in Linwood Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Married Ernest Newell Dunsmoor on December 21, 1905

6. Lilliette Dunsmoor
Born September 11, 1888 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died October 09, 1888 in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa

7. Nancy Louisa Dunsmoor
Born May 19, 1891 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died December 22, 1966 in Marion, Iowa
Burial in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa
Married Howard C. Berry on November 25, 1909 in Strawberry Point, Iowa. Obituary
Married Elmer Ellsworth Wells on October 05, 1923 in Jones co. Iowa

8. Frederick Leroy Dunsmoor
Born June 18, 1894 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died November 10, 1918 in France during WWI
Burial in County Corners, Cass twp., Strawberry Point, Iowa. Obituary & photo

9. Mabel Sargeant Dunsmoor
Born November 28, 1897 in Strawberry Point, Iowa
Died July 21, 1991 in Lacrosse, Wisconsin
Married Benjamin Alvin Rogers on December 31, 1919 in Strawberry Point, Iowa


~contributed by Pam Craig, granddaughter of Nancy Louisa Dunsmoor. Pam's email address can be found in the Surname Registry under Dunsmoor and Sargeant.

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