Jul-28-2018Husband: Thomas Durfee Deming Born: Feb-26-1838 in Rhode Island 1,2,3 Census: 1900 in Warwick, Kent Co, RI Census: 1850, 70, 80 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Occupation: cotton broker 4,5,6 Father: Morris Deming (1807 - 1889) Mother: Deborah Cleveland (1816 - 1890) Other spouse 2 Other spouse 3 Notes
Wife: Sarah Jane Dunham Married: Dec-26-1860 in Providence, Providence Co, RI 4 Born: Mar-24-1839 in Newport, Newport Co, RI 4,7,5 Died: 1879 in Rhode Island 8,9 (see note 1) Buried: in North Burial Ground Cemetery, Providence, RI 9 Census: 1850, 1860, 1870 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Father: Richard Fell Dunham (1807 - 1840) Mother: Mary Mumford Brownell (1812 - 1866) Notes
F Child 1: Florence Hastings Deming Born: Oct-10-1862 4 Died: Jan-25-1865 in Providence, Providence Co, RI 4 Buried: in North Burial Ground Cemetery, Providence, RI 7
M Child 2: Richard Deming Born: Aug-30-1864 in Providence, Providence Co, RI 10,11,12,2 Died: Mar- 4-1937 in Los Angeles, CA 12,11 Buried: in North Burial Ground Cemetery, Providence, RI 9 Resided: in Short Hills, Essex Co, NJ 12 Census: 1930 in Maplewood, Essex Co, NJ Census: 1920 in Verona, Essex Co, NJ Census: 1900 in Ossining, Westchester Co, NY Census: 1880 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Occupation: construction engineer, insurance executive 12 Wife: Emily Montague "Bibby" Mead b. Oct-25-1865 Married: Aug- 1-1889 in Ossining, Westchester Co, NY 13 Wife: Gladys Byrd Tostevin b. May-14-1891 d. Dec-24-1983 Nickname: Mimi Married: Feb-27-1917 in Honolulu, HI 14
F Child 3: Mary Brownell Deming Born: Oct-17-1866 in Rhode Island 10,4 Died: May- 7-1872 in Providence, Providence Co, RI 4,8 Census: 1870 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Notes
M Child 4: Thomas Durfee Deming, Jr. Born: Apr- 7-1871 in Rhode Island 10 Died: Apr-25-1919 in Rhode Island 8 Census: 1910 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Census: 1880 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Occupation: 1910 office clerk 15 Wife: Ellen T. "Nellie" ___ b. ca 1873 Census name: Nellie T. 15 Married: ca 1903 15
F Child 5: Ethel Deming Born: Oct- 8-1876 in Rhode Island 4,6 Census: 1880 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Husband: Arthur H. Noyes Married: Jul-27-1896 in Rhode Island 16
M Child 6: Howard Webster Deming Born: Mar-13-1878 in Rhode Island 4,6 Census: 1880 in Providence, Providence Co, RI Wife: Maud E. Miller Married: Nov-10-1904 16
M Child 7: Frederick Stafford Deming Census name: Fred Deming Born: Mar-13-1878 in Rhode Island 4,6 Census: 1880 in Providence, Providence Co, RI
Sources: (1) William F. Reed, The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth RI, Vol II (1905), p. 6. (2) 1900 Census. (3) Edmund Janes Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899) (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGenealogyOfTheClevelandAndCleavelandFamilies), p. 982. (4) Edmund Janes Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899) (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGenealogyOfTheClevelandAndCleavelandFamilies), p. 1723. (5) 1870 Census. (6) 1880 Census. (7) Headstone. (8) Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930 (online), Ancestry.com. (9) Headstone, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/cemetery106.html. (10) Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930 (online), Ancestry.com. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Obituary, New York Time, Mar 5 1937, p. 21. (13) Edmund Janes Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899) (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGenealogyOfTheClevelandAndCleavelandFamilies), p. 2031. (14) Newspaper wedding announcement, From the column "For and About Women": "TO WED HIS SECRETARY. NEW YORK -- That Richard Deming, vice president of the American Surety Company, will marry his secretary, Miss Gladys Tostevin, in Honolulu, February 27, became known yesterday. Mrs. Mary E. Tostevin, of Oak Grove Road, Caldwell, N. J., admitted her daughter's engagement and said she would start in about a week for San Francisco to join Mr. Deming, who is on an extended business trip. The couple probably will remain in Honolulu a year.", Trenton Evening News, 2/10/1917, p. 7. (15) 1910 Census. (16) Rhode Island Marriages, 1636-1930 (online), Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Death date reported in "Rhode Island Deaths" online database as Dec 28 1879, but date on headstone reported elsewhere as Sep 28 1879.Name Index