Notes:
1930, census, Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Harry H Mumma. head, 49, 1st m: @ age 23, b: OH, salesman farm equipment
Anna L Mumma, wife, 58, 1st m: @ age 32, b: PA
Joseph B Mumma, son, 26, 1st m: @ age 21, b: PA, truck driver
Loraine C Mumma, granddau, 5 2/12, b: PA
Anna M Mumma, granddau, 2 9/12. b: PA
Annie L Mumma, mother, 85, b: PA, widow
1940, Census, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA, 418 East Lebanon
Residence in 1935: Same House
Harry Mumma, head, 59, b: OH
Annie Mumma, wife, 72. b: PA
Joseph Mumma, son, 36. b: PA, married
Christine Mumma, granddau, 15, b: PA
Anna May Mumma, granddau, 12. b: PA
Joseph is listed in the Ancestry New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 as entering the United States.
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Name: Joseph Mumma
Arrival Date: 19 Aug 1944
Birth Year: abt 1904
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: American
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: James Island
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The ship was operated by the Scoony Oil Company, so it was probably an oil tanker. Joseph has been at sea for 14 months, employed as a pumpman. He was 5' 11" tall and weighed 245 pounds.
He is recorded again in the Ancestry New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 as entering the United States.
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Name: Joseph Benson Mumma
Arrival Date: 27 Dec 1944
Birth Year: abt 1903
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: American
Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France
Port of Arrival: New York
Ship Name: Turkey Island
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The record shows that he had been at sea for 2 years, employed as a pumpman. He was 5' 11" tall and weighed 245 pounds.
Ancestry New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 as entering the United States
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Name: Joseph B Mumma
Arrival Date: 17 Oct 1947 (Note: date was incorrectly transcribed as 1957)
Port of Arrival: Bridgeport, New Haven, and New London, Connecticut
Port of Departure: Aruba
Ship Name: Mill Spring
Nearest kin was listed as wife, Bobbie L., 103 Maplewood Street, Houston, TX
Ancestry New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 as entering the United States
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Name: Joseph B Mumma
Arrival Date: 5 Jan 1952
Birth Year: abt 1904
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Italian
Port of Departure: Curacao, Dutch West Indies
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Kittanning
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Had been at sea for 15 years suggesting he became a mariner about 1937. He is 5'11" tall and weighs 250 pounds
Ancestry New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 as entering the United States
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Name: Joseph B Mumma
Arrival Date: 6 Jan 1957
Port of Departure: Rada Di Vado, Italy
Port of Arrival: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Ship Name: Hess Petrol
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He shipped from Freeport, TX on 12/1/1956