Geneva (Painter) Cummins
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Title
Geneva (Painter) Cummins
Subject
Cummins, Geneva Catherine (Painter) (1926-1991)
Description
Portrait photograph of Geneva Catherine (Painter) Cummins as a young woman.
Geneva was born in Woodstock to Charles Hubert (1895-1967) and Mary Elizabeth (Combs) (1898-1993) Painter. When she married in 1946, she worked as a stenographer and lived in Edinburg.
Her husband was Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr. (1924-1975). He was born in Anstead, West Virginia, to Charles Herbert (1895-1962) and Gladys Signora (Tolley) (1895-1963) Cummins. When he married, Herbert was a student living in Arlington, Virginia.
The 1950 census found Geneva and Herbert living in the Madison District of Shenandoah County. They lived with Geneva’s parents and two younger siblings. Geneva worked as a bookkeeper in a poultry plant while Herbert worked as a printer’s helper in a printing plant.
They had at least one son, Donald, who, as of 2002, lived in Edinburg.
Geneva was born in Woodstock to Charles Hubert (1895-1967) and Mary Elizabeth (Combs) (1898-1993) Painter. When she married in 1946, she worked as a stenographer and lived in Edinburg.
Her husband was Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr. (1924-1975). He was born in Anstead, West Virginia, to Charles Herbert (1895-1962) and Gladys Signora (Tolley) (1895-1963) Cummins. When he married, Herbert was a student living in Arlington, Virginia.
The 1950 census found Geneva and Herbert living in the Madison District of Shenandoah County. They lived with Geneva’s parents and two younger siblings. Geneva worked as a bookkeeper in a poultry plant while Herbert worked as a printer’s helper in a printing plant.
They had at least one son, Donald, who, as of 2002, lived in Edinburg.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1940s or early 1950s
Contributor
Identified in 2002 by Jean Allen Davis, who grew up with the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Geneva (Painter) Cummins appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003067, 010767, 010780, 017932, and 025268.
Identifier
003067
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Geneva (Painter) Cummins,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 22, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29057.
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