H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone; Mabel Delamarche/Adams
I am looking for descendants of H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone and his siblings who may help solve a mystery for me....
First of all, Lucky was a well known director of Charlie Chan movies.That got me excited.
Lucky was born in 1901 and died in 1984 Los Angeles; he was married to Virginia Barrie McWilliams; he had a sister named Blanche (b. 1907)and one named Zadora (b.1910); they were all born in New York.
His parents were Frank Butters Humberstone and actress Mabelle/Mabel Eunice Delamarche; Mabelle's step-father was an Adams and she used that surname often.I cannot determine who Mabel's bio-father is exactly.Her mother was Anna Sinclair and step-father was Charles Adams.Mabelle had one more 1/2 sibling I haven't mentioned yet, Bruce Humberstone born 1880.
Zadora married Norbert Nettleship in 1928 but that marriage may have ended in divorce as Zadora is back with her father Frank and step-mother Patricia in the Los Angeles voter list in 1936 & 1938.
Mabelle Delamarche Adams Humberstone died in 1935.I found her death certificate at familysearch.org.Under the name of Mabelle E. Humberstone; father listed as Charles De La Marsche born Paris, France; informant was her ex-husband Frank.
This is where it gets exciting:Mabelle claimed to be related to Edwin Booth, brother to John Wilkes Booth who assassinated President Lincoln who is a first cousin several times removed from me. Mabelle's 1/2 sister Blanche Adams-Grenell's younger brother Roy C. Adams (born ca. 1886 Michigan) was living with my husband's 2nd great grandfather Charles Rhea Greene as a nephew.
Blanche Adams-Grenell wrote my husband's mother and mentioned "Lucky Humberstone, my sister Mabel's son, is directing a new movie....."(I am paraphrasing.I wanted to show how sure I am of the family connection.My husband's mother called her "Aunt Blanche."She was married to Frederic Thorpe Grenell.)
I need help determining how in the world Mabelle Delamarche-Adams is related to John Wilkes Booth and how her 1/2 brother Roy (and therefore the rest of them) are related to my husband's family. I am hoping surviving Humberstone's may have the answer.
Phew!
Lisa Rieger
Here is the family group sheet for Anna Sinclair
Descendants of Anna E Sinclair
Generation 1
1. Anna E Sinclair-1 was born on 17 Jun 1854 in New York[1]. She died on 21 Jun 1900 in Detroit,
Wayne, Michigan, USA.
Charles E. Adams son of Edwin Ruthvin Adams and Josephine Blake was born in Dec 1851 in New
York[1].
Charles E. Adams and Anna E Sinclair were married on 15 Aug 1879 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
They had the following children:
3. ii. Edwin Bruce Adams[5] was born on 17 Oct 1880 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan[5]. He
married Walburga H Magnus on 14 Jun 1906 in Chicago, Cook[6]. He died on 01 Sep 1949
in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA[7].
4. iii. Blanche J. Adams was born on 22 Aug 1882 in Birmingham, Michigan[1]. She married
Frederic Thorpe Grenell on 26 Mar 1910 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio[8]. She died on 14 Mar
1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
iv. Roy C. Adams was born on 18 Sep 1884 in Michigan.
Charles de laMarche was born about 1848 in `.
Charles de laMarche and Anna E Sinclair were married about 1874. They had
2. i. Mabel E. Adams DeLaMarche[2, 3] was born in 1875 in Canada[3, 4]. She married Frank
Butters Humberstone in 1901 in Probably New York. She died on 16 Aug 1935 in
Hollywood, California.
Generation 2
2. Mabel E. Adams DeLaMarche-2 (Anna E-1)[2, 3] was born in 1875 in Canada[3, 4]. She died on 16 Aug
1935 in Hollywood, California.
Frank Butters Humberstone son of Thomas Humberstone and Celia Eiss[9, 10] was born on 05 Jun
1880 in New York[9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]. He died on 01 Sep 1958 in Los Angeles, California[13, 14].
Frank Butters Humberstone and Mabel E. Adams DeLaMarche were married in ca 1901 in Probably New
York. They had the following children:
i. Harry Harold Bruce Humberstone[15] was born on 18 Nov 1901 in New York. He married
Virginia Barrie McWilliams about 1928. He died on 11 Oct 1984 in Los Angeles,
California[16].
ii. Blanche Humberstone[9] was born in 1907 in New York[9].
iii. Zadora L. Humberstone was born in 1910 in New York.
Stewart W. Murray Murrey son of Stewart Murray and Alice E. Williams was born in 1875 in
Wisconsin[17].
Stewart W. Murray Murrey and Mabel E. Adams DeLaMarche were married on 25 Aug 1896 in
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. They had no children.
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Descendants of Anna E Sinclair
Generation 2 (con't)
3. Edwin Bruce Adams-2 (Anna E-1)[5] was born on 17 Oct 1880 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan[5]. He died
on 01 Sep 1949 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA[7].
Walburga H Magnus daughter of Peter Magnus and Susan[7] was born on 18 Feb 1885 in Illinois[7].
She died on 10 Dec 1953 in Evanston, Illinois, USA[7].
Edwin Bruce Adams and Walburga H Magnus were married on 14 Jun 1906 in Chicago, Cook[6].
4. Blanche J. Adams-2 (Anna E-1) was born on 22 Aug 1882 in Birmingham, Michigan[1]. She died on
14 Mar 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frederic Thorpe Grenell son of Adoniram Judson Grenell and Mary J. Thorpe was born on 11 Dec
1875 in Patterson, New Jersey[21, 22]. He died in 1932[23].
Frederic Thorpe Grenell and Blanche J. Adams were married on 26 Mar 1910 in Cuyahoga County,
Ohio[8].