Celestine Gabrielle Hummer

Another source show Celestine Gabrielle Mestrez being born on May 21, 1906.

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A young boy’s memories of his mother, Celestine Gabrielle:

I remember a happy mother that loved to whistle as she worked. She wore a cotton house dress always covered with an apron. Mother washed clothes in the wringer washing machine in the basement. If weather was not good for hanging clothes outside, she used the basement for drying. The laundry sparkled due to the soap mother made. We kids were expected to help with household chores as we grew old enough. We washed the linoleum floors once a week and scrubbed coal dust from the basement floor. Of course, we took turns doing the dishes.

Mother did not go out often, but enjoyed her beautiful flower gardens. Her neighbor, Mrs. Rosewarren, and Mother were best of friends.

Mother and Father enjoyed a loving relationship. There were kisses and hugs as Father prepared to leave for work. (Submitted by Richard Hummer)

Celestine Gabrielle Mestrez-Hummer was born in Liège, Belgium and came to America with her parents Celestin and Hubertine (Lambert) Mestrez when she was eight years of age. She left Belgium in the Red Star Line in 1914 with her mother, Hubertine, and brother Edgar (age 4 1/2). Celestine Gabrielle's father came to the United Sates in the Lapkind, Red Star Line in 1913 to be employed as a glass cutter in Tiffin, Ohio. Celestine Gabrielle was married to Otto H. Hummer on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1924, in St. Mary’s church at Tiffin, Ohio. They first lived in Chicago and came to Downers Grove in 1924. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Downers Grove, Illinois. Always a lover of sports, she was a member of the Women’s Bowling league, Temple Alleys; and was often seen out on the pond in from of their home, skating with her children. They lived at 4905 Parkway, Downers Grove, across the street from Prince Pond. She was buried in the family lot at Tiffin, Ohio. (Obituary)

Mrs. Celestine Gabrielle Mestrez-Hummer, 32, of Downers Grove, Illinois, formerly of Tiffin, died at 5 p.m., Monday in St. Charles Hospital at Aurora, Illinois. Her death, following an operation came after three months of illness. Mrs. Hummer was the wife of Otto H. Hummer, chief of the traffic methods department of the Western Electric Company. They were married here in St. Mary’s Church November 27, 1924 and had resided in Illinois since that time. Born in Liège, Belgium, May 21, 1906, Mrs. Hummer came to America with her Mother, Hubertine (Lambert) Mestrez, when she was 8 years of age. Surviving are her husband, and the following sons and daughters, George 12, Richard 11, Robert 10, Mary Louise 8, Virginia May 7, and Ned and Nancy twins, 16 months old; her father and mother who reside in Tiffin, Ohio; and the following brothers and sisters: Edgar, Albert, Robert Mestrez, and Mrs. Rose Shook, all of Tiffin; and Mrs. Alice Huth, of Fostoria. The body is to be brought here via the B&O railroad at 5 p.m. Wednesday and will be taken to the Hoffman Memorial where friends may call. Services will be held in St. Mary’s Church at 9:00 a.m. Thursday and interment will be in St. Mary’s cemetery. (Submitted by Mestrez Family Records)

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Arrival: 1914, Came to USA at age of 8