Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 for Hazel Shunk
name: Hazel Shunk
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 01 Dec 1890
birthplace: N. Baltimore, Wood, Ohio
death date:
name note:
race: White
father's name: Geo. W. Shunk
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Mary A. Arbogast
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C04290-7
system origin: Ohio-EASy
source film number: 422270
reference number: v 3 p 230
THE WICKED STEPMOTHER?: THE EDNA MUMBULO CASE OF 1930 From the Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.
Edna was born December 1, 1890, in New Baltimore, Ohio, to George Shunk and Mary Agnes Arbogast. George had been a glassblower for a small company run by Philip Arbogast, Mary's father. Several branches of the Arbogast family were well-known in southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia for their glass-making skills. George and Mary met through that industry. [16] Their fourth child was Edna. When Edna was a small child, the family moved from their home south of Toledo to Pittsburgh's Homewood District. There, as Catholics, they joined the Holy Rosary Catholic Church where Mary played the organ for Sunday Masses and [End Page 35] her eight daughters served as members of the church choir. Around 1906, however, Edna strayed from her faith and fell in love with a local boy named Harold Van Sickle. By her sixteenth birthday, Edna was the mother of twins. Unable to care for the twins, the children were sent off to live with her older sister. Nonetheless, Harold and Edna were married. After only ten months of marriage, however, Harold died. With his death, Edna "had to go to work." She held various jobs between 1907 and 1909, including working as a bundle wrapper for Kaufman's Department Store in Pittsburgh and as a freelance dressmaker in the city. [17] In 1910, with nearly the entire family in tow, George, Mary, and Edna moved to the small town of Coudersport in northern Pennsylvania. [18]
By the mid-1920s, Edna had relocated from Coudersport to New Berlin, New York. New Berlin is around 50 miles north of Binghamton in the heart of central New York State. There, she found work in the silk mill. One of Edna's co-workers at the silk mill was Ralph Mumbulo. Very quickly, over the course of 1926-1927, the two formed a friendship. Despite her new job and new friends, Edna was plagued by family problems. Her elderly father, who was closing in on 90 years old, was without home and assistance. "Pap," as he was called by his children, bounced around from child to child. With his mind rapidly failing, he was increasingly a burden on those family members who cared for him. By 1927, it was Edna's turn to care for her father. "Pap" lived with her in New Berlin for one year before returning to another of Edna's siblings in Arkansas. It was during her father's stay that she and Ralph solidified their relationship.
Their relationship was an "illicit alliance." Ralph was married. In August, 1927, Ralph was brazen enough to introduce Edna to his eight-year old daughter, Hilda. Hilda's mother, Edith Chapen Mumbulo, died suddenly in late 1928. In the wake of her death, Hilda received an estate valued at over $6000, the bulk of which she would receive when she turned twenty-one. By the time the estate papers were formally recorded and the family apprised of the nature of the settlement, the country found itself amid an economic tailspin. The silk mills temporarily closed and both Edna and Ralph were released from their jobs. For several months, the threesome (Ralph Mumbulo, daughter Hilda Mumbulo, and Edna Shunk) "tin-canned" their way across the United States. Ralph took day jobs while Edna continued to find work as a dressmaker. Finally, on November 8, 1929 (just a little over a week after the Stock Market Crash), the threesome found their way to Erie, Pennsylvania.
In Erie, the three set up house in a second-floor apartment at the corner of 6th and Lighthouse on Erie's East Side. Ralph found work at the Standard Stoker Company in Erie as a welder while Edna designed and made dresses out of their apartment. She also earned extra money (and the trust of her neighbors) by babysitting their children. Together they yielded less than twenty-five dollars per week. The cost of food and rent ate up much of those earnings. Despite the low income, the Mumbulos (as all three were now called) could afford to buy a new Ford automobile. Bought on credit, the purchase of the new Ford will later be viewed with suspicion. Hilda was enrolled in Wayne School and quickly developed friends from among her classmates. Over the course of the next four months, Edna and Hilda endeared themselves to their neighbors. [19]
Edna, however, was growing disillusioned over her relationship with Ralph. She had not been able to care for her twin boys twenty years earlier and now, as she approached her fortieth [End Page 36] birthday, she was saddled with the care of an eleven year old girl who was not biologically her own. Ralph worked hard at the forge and she spent her days in the apartment alone or with Hilda. The conditions in the apartment were clean, but crowded. It was, by design, a one-bedroom apartment, but because of Edna's desire for privacy, the sitting room adjacent to the kitchen was converted into a bedroom for Hilda. The family, as a result, was forced to spend their time in the apartment either in their own bedrooms or together in the 8 by 14-foot kitchen. The existing tensions between the three were exacerbated by the crowded living conditions. Moreover, Ralph freely spent their limited money on Hilda. He frequently sent her to the movies and bought her new clothes. Edna, as a result, grew jealous of Hilda. On at least one occasion, Edna threatened to leave Ralph because she believed he thought more of his daughter than he did of her. The tensions between Ralph and Edna were further compounded by their growing economic problems. The bills were adding up — food, rent, the car — and they all needed to be paid. "Pap," back in Arkansas, needed money. And Hilda wanted more. The problems seemed insurmountable. In the back of both of their minds, however, there was a chance — a $6000 chance.
name: Hazel Shunk
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 01 Dec 1890
birthplace: N. Baltimore, Wood, Ohio
death date:
name note:
race: White
father's name: Geo. W. Shunk
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Mary A. Arbogast
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C04290-7
system origin: Ohio-EASy
source film number: 422270
reference number: v 3 p 230
THE WICKED STEPMOTHER?: THE EDNA MUMBULO CASE OF 1930 From the Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.
Edna was born December 1, 1890, in New Baltimore, Ohio, to George Shunk and Mary Agnes Arbogast. George had been a glassblower for a small company run by Philip Arbogast, Mary's father. Several branches of the Arbogast family were well-known in southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia for their glass-making skills. George and Mary met through that industry. [16] Their fourth child was Edna. When Edna was a small child, the family moved from their home south of Toledo to Pittsburgh's Homewood District. There, as Catholics, they joined the Holy Rosary Catholic Church where Mary played the organ for Sunday Masses and [End Page 35] her eight daughters served as members of the church choir. Around 1906, however, Edna strayed from her faith and fell in love with a local boy named Harold Van Sickle. By her sixteenth birthday, Edna was the mother of twins. Unable to care for the twins, the children were sent off to live with her older sister. Nonetheless, Harold and Edna were married. After only ten months of marriage, however, Harold died. With his death, Edna "had to go to work." She held various jobs between 1907 and 1909, including working as a bundle wrapper for Kaufman's Department Store in Pittsburgh and as a freelance dressmaker in the city. [17] In 1910, with nearly the entire family in tow, George, Mary, and Edna moved to the small town of Coudersport in northern Pennsylvania. [18]
By the mid-1920s, Edna had relocated from Coudersport to New Berlin, New York. New Berlin is around 50 miles north of Binghamton in the heart of central New York State. There, she found work in the silk mill. One of Edna's co-workers at the silk mill was Ralph Mumbulo. Very quickly, over the course of 1926-1927, the two formed a friendship. Despite her new job and new friends, Edna was plagued by family problems. Her elderly father, who was closing in on 90 years old, was without home and assistance. "Pap," as he was called by his children, bounced around from child to child. With his mind rapidly failing, he was increasingly a burden on those family members who cared for him. By 1927, it was Edna's turn to care for her father. "Pap" lived with her in New Berlin for one year before returning to another of Edna's siblings in Arkansas. It was during her father's stay that she and Ralph solidified their relationship.
Their relationship was an "illicit alliance." Ralph was married. In August, 1927, Ralph was brazen enough to introduce Edna to his eight-year old daughter, Hilda. Hilda's mother, Edith Chapen Mumbulo, died suddenly in late 1928. In the wake of her death, Hilda received an estate valued at over $6000, the bulk of which she would receive when she turned twenty-one. By the time the estate papers were formally recorded and the family apprised of the nature of the settlement, the country found itself amid an economic tailspin. The silk mills temporarily closed and both Edna and Ralph were released from their jobs. For several months, the threesome (Ralph Mumbulo, daughter Hilda Mumbulo, and Edna Shunk) "tin-canned" their way across the United States. Ralph took day jobs while Edna continued to find work as a dressmaker. Finally, on November 8, 1929 (just a little over a week after the Stock Market Crash), the threesome found their way to Erie, Pennsylvania.
In Erie, the three set up house in a second-floor apartment at the corner of 6th and Lighthouse on Erie's East Side. Ralph found work at the Standard Stoker Company in Erie as a welder while Edna designed and made dresses out of their apartment. She also earned extra money (and the trust of her neighbors) by babysitting their children. Together they yielded less than twenty-five dollars per week. The cost of food and rent ate up much of those earnings. Despite the low income, the Mumbulos (as all three were now called) could afford to buy a new Ford automobile. Bought on credit, the purchase of the new Ford will later be viewed with suspicion. Hilda was enrolled in Wayne School and quickly developed friends from among her classmates. Over the course of the next four months, Edna and Hilda endeared themselves to their neighbors. [19]
Edna, however, was growing disillusioned over her relationship with Ralph. She had not been able to care for her twin boys twenty years earlier and now, as she approached her fortieth [End Page 36] birthday, she was saddled with the care of an eleven year old girl who was not biologically her own. Ralph worked hard at the forge and she spent her days in the apartment alone or with Hilda. The conditions in the apartment were clean, but crowded. It was, by design, a one-bedroom apartment, but because of Edna's desire for privacy, the sitting room adjacent to the kitchen was converted into a bedroom for Hilda. The family, as a result, was forced to spend their time in the apartment either in their own bedrooms or together in the 8 by 14-foot kitchen. The existing tensions between the three were exacerbated by the crowded living conditions. Moreover, Ralph freely spent their limited money on Hilda. He frequently sent her to the movies and bought her new clothes. Edna, as a result, grew jealous of Hilda. On at least one occasion, Edna threatened to leave Ralph because she believed he thought more of his daughter than he did of her. The tensions between Ralph and Edna were further compounded by their growing economic problems. The bills were adding up — food, rent, the car — and they all needed to be paid. "Pap," back in Arkansas, needed money. And Hilda wanted more. The problems seemed insurmountable. In the back of both of their minds, however, there was a chance — a $6000 chance.
Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 for Hazel Shunk
name: Hazel Shunk
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 01 Dec 1890
birthplace: N. Baltimore, Wood, Ohio
death date:
name note:
race: White
father's name: Geo. W. Shunk
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Mary A. Arbogast
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C04290-7
system origin: Ohio-EASy
source film number: 422270
reference number: v 3 p 230
THE WICKED STEPMOTHER?: THE EDNA MUMBULO CASE OF 1930 From the Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.
Edna was born December 1, 1890, in New Baltimore, Ohio, to George Shunk and Mary Agnes Arbogast. George had been a glassblower for a small company run by Philip Arbogast, Mary's father. Several branches of the Arbogast family were well-known in southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia for their glass-making skills. George and Mary met through that industry. [16] Their fourth child was Edna. When Edna was a small child, the family moved from their home south of Toledo to Pittsburgh's Homewood District. There, as Catholics, they joined the Holy Rosary Catholic Church where Mary played the organ for Sunday Masses and [End Page 35] her eight daughters served as members of the church choir. Around 1906, however, Edna strayed from her faith and fell in love with a local boy named Harold Van Sickle. By her sixteenth birthday, Edna was the mother of twins. Unable to care for the twins, the children were sent off to live with her older sister. Nonetheless, Harold and Edna were married. After only ten months of marriage, however, Harold died. With his death, Edna "had to go to work." She held various jobs between 1907 and 1909, including working as a bundle wrapper for Kaufman's Department Store in Pittsburgh and as a freelance dressmaker in the city. [17] In 1910, with nearly the entire family in tow, George, Mary, and Edna moved to the small town of Coudersport in northern Pennsylvania. [18]
By the mid-1920s, Edna had relocated from Coudersport to New Berlin, New York. New Berlin is around 50 miles north of Binghamton in the heart of central New York State. There, she found work in the silk mill. One of Edna's co-workers at the silk mill was Ralph Mumbulo. Very quickly, over the course of 1926-1927, the two formed a friendship. Despite her new job and new friends, Edna was plagued by family problems. Her elderly father, who was closing in on 90 years old, was without home and assistance. "Pap," as he was called by his children, bounced around from child to child. With his mind rapidly failing, he was increasingly a burden on those family members who cared for him. By 1927, it was Edna's turn to care for her father. "Pap" lived with her in New Berlin for one year before returning to another of Edna's siblings in Arkansas. It was during her father's stay that she and Ralph solidified their relationship.
Their relationship was an "illicit alliance." Ralph was married. In August, 1927, Ralph was brazen enough to introduce Edna to his eight-year old daughter, Hilda. Hilda's mother, Edith Chapen Mumbulo, died suddenly in late 1928. In the wake of her death, Hilda received an estate valued at over $6000, the bulk of which she would receive when she turned twenty-one. By the time the estate papers were formally recorded and the family apprised of the nature of the settlement, the country found itself amid an economic tailspin. The silk mills temporarily closed and both Edna and Ralph were released from their jobs. For several months, the threesome (Ralph Mumbulo, daughter Hilda Mumbulo, and Edna Shunk) "tin-canned" their way across the United States. Ralph took day jobs while Edna continued to find work as a dressmaker. Finally, on November 8, 1929 (just a little over a week after the Stock Market Crash), the threesome found their way to Erie, Pennsylvania.
In Erie, the three set up house in a second-floor apartment at the corner of 6th and Lighthouse on Erie's East Side. Ralph found work at the Standard Stoker Company in Erie as a welder while Edna designed and made dresses out of their apartment. She also earned extra money (and the trust of her neighbors) by babysitting their children. Together they yielded less than twenty-five dollars per week. The cost of food and rent ate up much of those earnings. Despite the low income, the Mumbulos (as all three were now called) could afford to buy a new Ford automobile. Bought on credit, the purchase of the new Ford will later be viewed with suspicion. Hilda was enrolled in Wayne School and quickly developed friends from among her classmates. Over the course of the next four months, Edna and Hilda endeared themselves to their neighbors. [19]
Edna, however, was growing disillusioned over her relationship with Ralph. She had not been able to care for her twin boys twenty years earlier and now, as she approached her fortieth [End Page 36] birthday, she was saddled with the care of an eleven year old girl who was not biologically her own. Ralph worked hard at the forge and she spent her days in the apartment alone or with Hilda. The conditions in the apartment were clean, but crowded. It was, by design, a one-bedroom apartment, but because of Edna's desire for privacy, the sitting room adjacent to the kitchen was converted into a bedroom for Hilda. The family, as a result, was forced to spend their time in the apartment either in their own bedrooms or together in the 8 by 14-foot kitchen. The existing tensions between the three were exacerbated by the crowded living conditions. Moreover, Ralph freely spent their limited money on Hilda. He frequently sent her to the movies and bought her new clothes. Edna, as a result, grew jealous of Hilda. On at least one occasion, Edna threatened to leave Ralph because she believed he thought more of his daughter than he did of her. The tensions between Ralph and Edna were further compounded by their growing economic problems. The bills were adding up — food, rent, the car — and they all needed to be paid. "Pap," back in Arkansas, needed money. And Hilda wanted more. The problems seemed insurmountable. In the back of both of their minds, however, there was a chance — a $6000 chance.
name: Hazel Shunk
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 01 Dec 1890
birthplace: N. Baltimore, Wood, Ohio
death date:
name note:
race: White
father's name: Geo. W. Shunk
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Mary A. Arbogast
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C04290-7
system origin: Ohio-EASy
source film number: 422270
reference number: v 3 p 230
THE WICKED STEPMOTHER?: THE EDNA MUMBULO CASE OF 1930 From the Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.
Edna was born December 1, 1890, in New Baltimore, Ohio, to George Shunk and Mary Agnes Arbogast. George had been a glassblower for a small company run by Philip Arbogast, Mary's father. Several branches of the Arbogast family were well-known in southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia for their glass-making skills. George and Mary met through that industry. [16] Their fourth child was Edna. When Edna was a small child, the family moved from their home south of Toledo to Pittsburgh's Homewood District. There, as Catholics, they joined the Holy Rosary Catholic Church where Mary played the organ for Sunday Masses and [End Page 35] her eight daughters served as members of the church choir. Around 1906, however, Edna strayed from her faith and fell in love with a local boy named Harold Van Sickle. By her sixteenth birthday, Edna was the mother of twins. Unable to care for the twins, the children were sent off to live with her older sister. Nonetheless, Harold and Edna were married. After only ten months of marriage, however, Harold died. With his death, Edna "had to go to work." She held various jobs between 1907 and 1909, including working as a bundle wrapper for Kaufman's Department Store in Pittsburgh and as a freelance dressmaker in the city. [17] In 1910, with nearly the entire family in tow, George, Mary, and Edna moved to the small town of Coudersport in northern Pennsylvania. [18]
By the mid-1920s, Edna had relocated from Coudersport to New Berlin, New York. New Berlin is around 50 miles north of Binghamton in the heart of central New York State. There, she found work in the silk mill. One of Edna's co-workers at the silk mill was Ralph Mumbulo. Very quickly, over the course of 1926-1927, the two formed a friendship. Despite her new job and new friends, Edna was plagued by family problems. Her elderly father, who was closing in on 90 years old, was without home and assistance. "Pap," as he was called by his children, bounced around from child to child. With his mind rapidly failing, he was increasingly a burden on those family members who cared for him. By 1927, it was Edna's turn to care for her father. "Pap" lived with her in New Berlin for one year before returning to another of Edna's siblings in Arkansas. It was during her father's stay that she and Ralph solidified their relationship.
Their relationship was an "illicit alliance." Ralph was married. In August, 1927, Ralph was brazen enough to introduce Edna to his eight-year old daughter, Hilda. Hilda's mother, Edith Chapen Mumbulo, died suddenly in late 1928. In the wake of her death, Hilda received an estate valued at over $6000, the bulk of which she would receive when she turned twenty-one. By the time the estate papers were formally recorded and the family apprised of the nature of the settlement, the country found itself amid an economic tailspin. The silk mills temporarily closed and both Edna and Ralph were released from their jobs. For several months, the threesome (Ralph Mumbulo, daughter Hilda Mumbulo, and Edna Shunk) "tin-canned" their way across the United States. Ralph took day jobs while Edna continued to find work as a dressmaker. Finally, on November 8, 1929 (just a little over a week after the Stock Market Crash), the threesome found their way to Erie, Pennsylvania.
In Erie, the three set up house in a second-floor apartment at the corner of 6th and Lighthouse on Erie's East Side. Ralph found work at the Standard Stoker Company in Erie as a welder while Edna designed and made dresses out of their apartment. She also earned extra money (and the trust of her neighbors) by babysitting their children. Together they yielded less than twenty-five dollars per week. The cost of food and rent ate up much of those earnings. Despite the low income, the Mumbulos (as all three were now called) could afford to buy a new Ford automobile. Bought on credit, the purchase of the new Ford will later be viewed with suspicion. Hilda was enrolled in Wayne School and quickly developed friends from among her classmates. Over the course of the next four months, Edna and Hilda endeared themselves to their neighbors. [19]
Edna, however, was growing disillusioned over her relationship with Ralph. She had not been able to care for her twin boys twenty years earlier and now, as she approached her fortieth [End Page 36] birthday, she was saddled with the care of an eleven year old girl who was not biologically her own. Ralph worked hard at the forge and she spent her days in the apartment alone or with Hilda. The conditions in the apartment were clean, but crowded. It was, by design, a one-bedroom apartment, but because of Edna's desire for privacy, the sitting room adjacent to the kitchen was converted into a bedroom for Hilda. The family, as a result, was forced to spend their time in the apartment either in their own bedrooms or together in the 8 by 14-foot kitchen. The existing tensions between the three were exacerbated by the crowded living conditions. Moreover, Ralph freely spent their limited money on Hilda. He frequently sent her to the movies and bought her new clothes. Edna, as a result, grew jealous of Hilda. On at least one occasion, Edna threatened to leave Ralph because she believed he thought more of his daughter than he did of her. The tensions between Ralph and Edna were further compounded by their growing economic problems. The bills were adding up — food, rent, the car — and they all needed to be paid. "Pap," back in Arkansas, needed money. And Hilda wanted more. The problems seemed insurmountable. In the back of both of their minds, however, there was a chance — a $6000 chance.
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