James Chester Cummings

1920 - 1941  (20 years)

• Name	James Chester Cummings
  Birth	27 Apr 1920	Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, ONT
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Feb 1941	At Sea
  Burial		Riverview Cemetery, Thunder Bay, ONT
  Person ID	I7479	Family Tree | Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	James Parker Cummings,   b. 1 Apr 1894, Truro, Colchester, NS d. 16 May 1942, Thunder Bay Co, ONT (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Mae Joudrie,   b. 19 Aug 1898, Denmark, Colchester, NS d. 2 Apr 1981, Thunder Bay Co, ONT (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1917	Truro, Colchester, NS
  Family ID	F2504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948" (ancestry.com) James Chester Cummings, born 27 Apr 1920 in Port Arthur ONT, a Bell Boy, died 18 Feb 1941, believed drowned on the Black Osprey, sunk in enemy action. Mother of deceased: Mr. J. P. Cummings of Port Arthur. The Black Osprey was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank 130 miles south of Iceland. 26 died and 11 survived after 53 hours adrift at sea.