In the majority of sources available to this researcher, the spelling of the surname was with the double "m", but either spelling is correct.
In various census records his name is spelled thusly:
1850 Census - Flummerfelt
1860 Census - Flumerfelt
1870 Agricultural Schedule - Flummerfelt
1870 Census - Flummerfelt
1880 Census - Flumerfelt
Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County, Michigan under the bio of the Axford family, William is referenced and his name was spelled Flummerfelt.
William Flummerfelt, of Macomb Co. Michigan Territory received on October 8, 1835 a Land Grant for the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section Fourteen, in Township Four, north, of Range Eleven, East, in the District of lands subject to sale at Detroit, Michigan Territory, containing forty acres. [Oakland county land]
The tombstone marker only shows a single "m", whether it is right or wrong is questionable based on the evidence that his name, for the most part, was spelled with two "m's".
The most interesting fact about the spelling of his surname is in the Probate records for Oakland County, Michigan filed shortly after his death in 1884, he was listed as being William Flummerfelt and the two sons who were the executors - Bethuel and George M. were also listed as Flummerfelt. In addition, each of the legatees named also were spelled with the double m.
Land records in Oakland County, Michigan also spell his name with the double m.
In the majority of sources available to this researcher, the spelling of the surname was with the double "m", but either spelling is correct.
In various census records his name is spelled thusly:
1850 Census - Flummerfelt
1860 Census - Flumerfelt
1870 Agricultural Schedule - Flummerfelt
1870 Census - Flummerfelt
1880 Census - Flumerfelt
Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County, Michigan under the bio of the Axford family, William is referenced and his name was spelled Flummerfelt.
William Flummerfelt, of Macomb Co. Michigan Territory received on October 8, 1835 a Land Grant for the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section Fourteen, in Township Four, north, of Range Eleven, East, in the District of lands subject to sale at Detroit, Michigan Territory, containing forty acres. [Oakland county land]
The tombstone marker only shows a single "m", whether it is right or wrong is questionable based on the evidence that his name, for the most part, was spelled with two "m's".
The most interesting fact about the spelling of his surname is in the Probate records for Oakland County, Michigan filed shortly after his death in 1884, he was listed as being William Flummerfelt and the two sons who were the executors - Bethuel and George M. were also listed as Flummerfelt. In addition, each of the legatees named also were spelled with the double m.
Land records in Oakland County, Michigan also spell his name with the double m.
Inscription
'Farewell my wife and children all, From you a Father Christ doth call, Mourn not for me it is vain, To call me to your sight again'
Family Members
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John S Flumerfelt
1819–1892
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Rachel Flumerfelt Perry
1821–1856
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Bethuel Flumerfelt
1824–1891
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Mary Flumerfelt Axford
1825–1905
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Elizabeth Flumerfelt Hains
1828–1891
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Rebecca Ann Flumerfelt Anderson
1833–1908
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William C Flumerfelt
1835–1906
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George M Flumerfelt
1838–1917
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Charlotte Arminda Flumerfelt Green
1842–1922
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Margaret Hill Flumerfelt Frost
1843–1922
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Abi Flumerfelt
1845–1848
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Serepta Flumerfelt
1848–1848
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Samuel Austin Flumerfelt
1849–1909
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Lewis Cass Flumerfelt
1853–1910
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