Meet the ancestors: Sarah, Louis, Rebecca, Fannie, Anna, William (1937)

8MM · Black & White

This is quite a movie! Every branch of the Dumes family is represented. I don't think Arthur Dumes is in the film, but there are two men I can't identify. I think one might be Max Fishman, but I'm not sure who the other might be. I was told that Abe Schultz rarely attended family events because he was always working. Arthur's daughters are here, though I don't see his son Bill I.

This clip is really an astonishing bit of family history. Enjoy!

This clip is 6m 8s long.

Stan Dumes, William J. Dumes (1940)

8MM · Color

Stan Dumes, William J. Dumes. I'm guessing around 1940 or 1941 from the age of Stan. This is one of the 8mm color films, so it's fun to have this era preserved in color. It's basically my father Stan and his sister Mildred horsing around with their cousins.

The clip is 1m 53s long.

William J. Dumes with an unknown couple (1944)

8MM · Color

William J. Dumes with an unknown couple.

This clip is 38s long.

Dave and Mildred Dumes Dansker, William J. Dumes (1944)

8MM · Color

We start with Mildred and William J. dressed up very fancy. I think they were in NYC. Then we see Dave and Mildred at the train station, Dave in uniform, where he appears to be leaving for the Army.

This clip is 1m 33s long.

William J. Dumes (1944)

8MM · Black & White

Somebody is in the Navy and William J. Dumes is seeing him off. I think there are some Dansker folks there too.

The clip is 1m 1s long.

Stan Dumes, William J. Dumes and others go swimming. (1944)

8MM · Color

Stan Dumes practicing his diving along with his father William J. Dumes.

This clip is 2m 32s long.

William J. Dumes and William S. Dumes (1944)

8MM · Color

Bill Dumes (son of Louis) with William J. Dumes.

This clip is 2m 31s long.

Stan gets carried away by Hy (1945)

8mm · Color

Hy Dumes in Army uniform at the home of William J. Dumes in Vincennes.

This clip is 2m 41s long.

William J. Dumes and Louis Dumes families. (1945)

8MM · Color

At the home of William J. Dumes, the Louis Dumes family gathers during the WW2 era.

This clip is 3m 31s long.

Hy and Irene Dumes (1946)

8MM · Color

Hy and Irene Dumes' family frolic.

This clip is 3m 28s long.

The wedding of Hy Dumes and Irene Melcher. (1946)

8MM · Color

The wedding of Hy Dumes and Irene Melcher. I believe that their wedding was at the home of Irene's parents in Ohio.

This clip is 5m 54s long.

Nate, Pauline and Dora Lieberman, Arthur, Louis, William J., Hy and Irene Dumes (1947)

8MM · Color

This is a fun family gathering. We have brothers Arthur, Louis and William J. as well as Nate and wife Pauline Lieberman with Nate's sister Dora. As usual, daughter Mildred, son Stan and wife Freda are there with William J. Hy and Irene wouldn't miss it!

This clip is 3m 15s long.

Bill and Arthur Dumes. Dave and Mildred Dumes Dansker. William J. Dumes and wife (1949)

This clip features Bill Dumes of Tucson with his father Arthur, along with Bill Dumes of Vincennes and his wife Freda. Dave and Mildred Dumes Dansker join them. They are on the grounds of the George Rogers Clark memorial in Vincennes.

This clip is 1m 59s long.

The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio. (1950)

16MM · Color

The wedding of Stanley Dumes and Phyllis Abels with commentary audio by my mother Phyllis that I recorded while we watched the movie together. They were married in Terre Haute in a very fancy wedding with hundreds of guests.

The wedding movie is 20m 6s long.

Chattanooga, but no Choo Choo (1950)

Millie and Al Lerman in Chattanooga, also seen is Millie's dad Ben Shapiro and William J. Dumes. The Lerman and Shapiro families were related through Freda Fialco Dumes.

This clip is 1m 27s long.

I'll See You In My Dreams (1951)

A small family get-together as newlyweds Stan and Phyllis Dumes fly off to new adventures.

This clip is 3m 5s long.

Fancy event in Chicago (1951)

It must've been a pretty swanky family event in 1951. We've got Kaplans, and Fishman, William J and Freda Dumes, Lillian Dumes Zoll...and at The Palmer House in Chicago, no less.

This clip is 1m 47s long.

Family visit in D.C. (1951)

Louis Dumes, William and Freda Dumes, visit with Phyllis Dumes in D.C. in 1951 while husband Stan is stationed there while in the Army.

This clip is 2m 33s long.

Bill Dumes and Roz Lefkowitz wedding. (1952)

The wedding of Bill Dumes of Tucson and Roz Lefkowitz.

This clip is 9m 48s long.

Hy Kaplan visits William J. (1960)

Hy and Lillian Bennett Kaplan visit William J. and Freda Dumes at their home in Vincennes.

This clip is 1m 19s long.

Becky Dumes Lieberman (1965)

Becky Dumes Lieberman with William J. and Freda Dumes

This clip is 37s long.

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