Individual Notes
Note for: Ercole Constantino "Hector" Corte, ABT 1882 - 1940
Index
Occupation: Date: 1901
Place: Waiter
Occupation: Date: 1911
Place: Chauffeur, Domestic
Residence: Date: 1901
Place: 21, Frith Street, parish of St. Anne, Strand division. Westminster, London, UK
Residence: Date: 1911
Place: 34 Denholme Road, Paddington, London, UK
Individual Note: Born Tunisia, unknown DOB. 1858 date is taken from an uncorroborated census record, could also be 1854-55.
Died London
Margaret Dredge nee Collinson says: "Ercole married Hilda and had a daughter, Yvonne. That much I do know " (March 2005)
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Source - 1891 England Census:
Is this our Ercole Corte? He would be rather older that the known ages of his siblings.
Ercole Corte; head; 33 [--> born about 1857-58]; (illegible) Waiter; Italy
Elese Corte; wife; 33; ; Switzerland
Adele Corte; dau; 10?; ; London;
Ersilia Corte; dau; 7; London;
Maria Ball; Serv; 34; Dom General Servant; Kent
various waiter boarders from Italy, Switzerland and France.
Living 21, Frith Street, parish of St. Anne, Strand division. Westminster.
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Could this be him, noting the birth place:
Charles Corte; head; 36;Jeweller ; Algiers, Africa
Caroline Corte; wife; 39; Jeweller Asssistant; London
Jessie Hardencau? ; sister; 30 or 36; Jeweller Asssistant; London
Living 31, Middleton Square, Clerkenwell.
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Source - FreeBMD:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1910
CORTE Ercole Constantino Paddington 1a103
Gomm William Henry Paddington 1a103
GRIFFIN Sarah Jane Paddington 1a103
Watson Hilda Mary Paddington 1a103<-- "Hilda"
TODO: Order certificate
Probably unconnected:
Deaths Mar 1891
Corte Charles 32 Marylebone 1a 476
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Source - 1911 England Census:
Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born:
CORTE, EREOLE HEAD MARRIED M 29 CHANFFEUR DOMESTIC SETIF R AFRICA
CORTE, HILDA WIFE MARRIED ONE F 25 PADDINGTON LONDON
Living: 34 Denholme Road, Paddington, London
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Source - National Archives Medal Card:
Description Medal card of Corte, Ercole C
Corps Regiment No Rank
Army Service Corps M/402953 Private
Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/5
Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece Cooke W E - Denham W
Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection
Individual Notes
Note for: Emily "Peggy" Agnes Emma Smith, 15 SEP - ABT 1995
Index
Individual Note: No children
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Source - FreeBMD:
Which one?
Births Dec 1903
Smith Emily Agnes E Guildford 2a72
Births Dec 1904
SMITH Emily Agnes E Fulham 1a203
Individual Notes
Note for: Hilda Mary Watson, ABT 1886 - AFT 1916
Index
Individual Note: Original Source -
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Source - 1901 Census
Most likely matches for a London marriage of a Hilda Mary Watson:
Hilda M Watson13 Wandsworth, London, EnglandDaughter Wandsworth London
Hilda M Watson14 Bethnal Green, London, EnglandDaughter West Ham Essex
Hilda M in other areas of the country:
Hilda M Watson10 Bradford, Yorkshire, EnglandAdopted Daughter Bradford Yorkshire
Hilda M Watson15 East keswick, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter East Keswick Yorkshire
Other Hilda M with no ages indexed:
Hilda M Watson Carlisle, Cumberland, EnglandDaughter Caldewgate Cumberland
Hilda M Watson Darlington, Durham, EnglandGranddaughter Darlington Durham
Hilda M Watson Gateshead, Durham, EnglandDaughter Gateshead Durham
Other single Hilda Watson of right age range:
ameAge in 1901BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/IslandView Image
Hilda Watson13 Kentish Town, London, EnglandDaughter St Olave Hart St London
Hilda Watson20 Tottenham, Middlesex, EnglandDaughter Stoke Newington London
Hilda Watson10 Canterbury, London, EnglandDaughter Tottenham Middlesex
Hilda Watson10 Norwich, Norfolk, EnglandDaughter Norwich Norfolk
Hilda Watson Newcastle Upon Tyne HeatonDaughter Heaton Northumberland
Hilda Watson14 Colchester, Essex, EnglandDaughter St Matthew Suffolk
Hilda Watson9 Bletchingley, Surrey, EnglandDaughter Bletchingley Surrey
Hilda Watson9 S London,CamberwellScholar Inmate Croydon Surrey
Hilda Watson17 Mancetter, Warwickshire, EnglandServant Coventry Warwickshire
Hilda Watson9 Allerton bywater, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Allerton Bywater Yorkshire
Hilda Watson14 Bradford, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Bradford Yorkshire
Hilda Watson11 Embsay, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Embsay with Eastby Yorkshire
Hilda Watson8 Harrogate, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Harrogate Yorkshire
Hilda Watson10 Leeds, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Hunslet Yorkshire
Hilda Watson12 South bank, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Middlesbrough Yorkshire
Hilda Watson8 Ripon, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Ripon Yorkshire
Hilda Watson10 Pontefract, Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter Tanshelf Yorkshire
Hilda Watson21 Briestfield, Yorkshire, EnglandWife Thornhill Yorkshire
Hilda Watson13 Leven, Yorkshire, EnglandVisitor York Yorkshire
Hilda Watson9 Yorkshire, EnglandDaughter York Yorkshire
Hilda Watson Middleton, Durham, EnglandDaughter Mickleton Yorkshire - North Riding
Individual Notes
Note for: Yvonne M S Corte, 1916 - AFT 1940
Index
Individual Note: There's an Yvonne Korte, b. 1911 who was issued a US social security no 393-07-3824 and died in 1991
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Source - FreeBMD:
Births Dec 1916
Corte Yvonne M S Watson Maidenhead 2c685
Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1938
Cogley Fergus T Corte Hampstead 1a1731
Corte Yvonne Cogley Hampstead 1a1731
Harvey Kate E Hussey Hampstead 1a173
Hussey Ernest W Harvey Hampstead 1a1731
Name: Capt F T Cogley
Yvonne M S Cogley
ame: Agnes Cogley
Birth: date
Departure: location
Arrival: date - Southampton, England
Other: city
Individual Notes
Note for: Fergus T Cogley, -
Index
Individual Note: No information found out about him except that there was such a person and he really did marry Yvonne Corte (BMD index 1938). There was some doubt in the family that this was a joke.
Google search (2010) throws up an actor by that name in a play in 1959 and "Fergus Cogley c1938" comes up as an old member on http://www.belvederecollegeunion.ie, Bevedere College Union. Probably too late. "Situated in the heart of Dublin city, Belvedere College S.J. is a private school for boys, founded in 1832. "
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Source - British Phone Books, 1880-1984
Possibly him, he marries in London in 1938 but note the 1937 entry is "F J" not F T Cogley
Name: F Cogley
Exchange: PRImrose
City/Town: Primrose
Directory title: London Surnames A - K Feb
Publication Year: 1935
Directory County: London
Page Number: 362
Similarly 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938
Name: F J Cogley
Address: O4c Belize Pk Gdns K.W.3, ..
Exchange: PRImrose
City/Town: Primrose
Directory title: London Surnames A - K Aug
Publication Year: 1937
Directory County: London
Page Number: 439
Name: F Cogley
Address: 3 Valentine Gro 10 0
Exchange: 51-526
Directory title: Liverpool Jan
Publication Year: 1969
Directory County: Lancashire
Page Number: 159
Name: F Cogley
Address: 10 Brookfield Av 23 0
Exchange: 51-924
Directory title: Liverpool Apr
Publication Year: 1971
Directory County: Lancashire
Page Number: 141
Name: F Cogley
Address: ' B«I*Rtdgei\\\\" ^F .'."."».".|
Exchange: *f$nto
Directory title: Canterbury Apr
Publication Year: 1971
Directory County: Kent
Page Number: 92
Name: F Cogley
Address: 10 Brookfield Av 23 0
Exchange: 51-924
Directory title: Liverpool Jan
Publication Year: 1975
Directory County: Lancaster
Page Number: 191
Individual Notes
Note for: Janet Hannah "Annie" Tweedie, 3 NOV 1859 - 1943
Index
Occupation: Place: Servant Domestic (1881 Census)
Occupation: Date: 1891
Place: Dressmaker
Residence: Date: 1861
Place: Stockmoss Smithy, Rerrick, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
Residence: Date: 1891
Place: 41 York Street, Thornaby, Yorkshire, UK
Residence: Date: 1911
Place: 15 Wilson Street, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, UK
Death Note: Source: Descendent - Leila Garwood, Email from Leila Garwood (grandaughter) 2005-02-06 extract: " ... Your g. grandmother, Janet Hannah Tweedie, always lived with us until her death in 1943. Super to hear from you Best wishes to you and your mother, Leila."
Individual Note: My great grandmother - Michael Collinson
Listed as 41 in 1901 Census
Family recollection: "A farmer's daughter thought to be living near Thornaby." - Census data does not bear this out. She was known as "Annie" and, as formally testified by son 'Alan Tweedie Cummings", her family name was Tweedie.
Rita: Granny took over a pub when Grandad died at Billingham. She would not serve men on pay day until they'd been home to give their pay to their wives. Granny was a student nurse. When Grandad died, Winnie remembers seeing a big funeral cortege "comming from Norton" but was not told it was her father.
Auntie Winnie looked after her until she died. Had her shroud made ready and made people look at at. She died in 1941 (Leila says 1947 when Leilas was 19).
Rita was introduced to a Jinnie Swinburn at school and told to look after her as she was a "cousin".
Rita lost twins due to a a miscarraige.
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Source - GROS Statutory Birth Register:
1859, Janet Hannah Tweedie, born Rerrick, Kircudbrightshire
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1901 Census though lists her as "Janet H. Cummings", age 41, born in Scotland.
A search on the Latter Day Saints International Geneaological Index, Births, finds a very likely (but not definitive) reference:
JANET HANNAH TWEEDIE
Birth: 03 NOV 1859 Rerrick, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Father: JOHN TWEEDIE Family Mother: ISABELLA MCMURRAY
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Source - Gerry Field:
From Auchencairn, Kircudbrightshire (in Rerrick parish on the A711 road between Dalbeattie and Kircudbright)
Family lore says she was a relative of Richard Cummings' first wife Jane and was sent down to look after him when the first wife died.
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Source - 1861 Scotland Census:
John Tweedie; head; M; 36; Blacksmith emp' 1 Ap; born Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire
Isabella Tweedie; wife; M; 32; Blacksmith wife; born Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire
...
Janet Hannah; dau; U; 1; born Rerrick, Kircudbrightshire
...
Living: Stockmoss Smithy, Parish of Rerrick, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
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Source - 1881 Scotland Census:
TWEEDIE Janet H., F, 21, Dwelling: Stockmoss Smithy, Rerrick, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
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Source - 1891 England Census:
Janet H Tweedy abt 1860 Scotland Head Thornaby, Yorkshire Dressmaker
Emma E Tweedy abt 1872 Scotland Sister Thornaby, Yorkshire Millenar. Shopwoman
Bella J Tweedy abt 1882 Scotland Niece Thornaby, Yorkshire Scholar
Mary E Tweedy abt 1884 Scotswood, Northumberland, England Niece Thornaby, YorkshireScholar
Note: "Bella J" is Isabella Jane and Mary E(llen) are the orphaned daughters James Tweedie and Grace McDonald.
Living: 41 York Street, Thornaby, Yorkshire
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Source - Rerrick Registrars
Register: Births, 1859, #43
Date/Place: 2.10.a.m. 3rd November 1959, at Stockmoss Smithy.
Child: Janet Hannah Tweedie.
Parents: John Tweedie, blacksmith & Isabella Tweedie, m.s. McMurray.
Registered by: John Tweedie, father, present.
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Note: A possible late daughter?? She would have been born/died between the 1881/1901 census.
Source - FreeBMD:
Births Mar 1900
CummingsJanetHoughton10a547
The district Houghton is an alternative name for Houghton le Spring and it is in the county of Co. Durham near Sunderland.
Deaths Mar 1901
Cummings Janet Elizabeth 1 Stockton 10a46
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Source - 1911 England Census:
Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born: Report error View Original Page
CUMMINGS, JANET HEAD WIDOW F 51 KIRKENDBRIGHT BERRICK RESIDENT
CUMMINGS, WILLIAM SON SINGLE M 17 APPRENTICE SHIP PLATER YORKSHIRE THORNABY
CUMMINGS, ALAN SON SINGLE M 16 PORTER AND LABORATORY ASSISTANT YORKSHIRE THORNABY
CUMMINGS, FRED SON M 13 SCHOOL YORKSHIRE THORNABY
CUMMINGS, WINIFRED DAUGHTER F 12 SCHOOL YORKSHIRE THORNABY
CUMMINGS, ATHOL SON M 10 SCHOOL YORKSHIRE THORNABY
CUMMINGS, KENNETH SON M 8 YORKSHIRE THORNABY
BLACKIE, JOHN BOARDER SINGLE M 40 GRATE FITTER STIRLINGSHIRE YORKSHIRE RESIDENT
Living: 15 Wilson Street, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire North Riding
Individual Notes
Note for: Richard Cummings, 23 APR 1840 - BET OCT AND DEC 1905
Index
Occupation: Date: 1881
Place: Shipbuilder (Foreman) - 1881 Census
Occupation: Date: 1851
Place: Scholar
Occupation: Date: 1861
Place: Shipwright
Occupation: Date: 14 AUG 1873
Place: Iron Shipwright
Occupation: Date: 1891
Place: Shipyard Manager - 1891 Census
Occupation: Date: 1901
Place: Foreman Shipbuilder - 1901 Census
Residence: Date: 1841
Place: Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland
Residence: Date: 1851
Place: Clack[illegible] Toll Bar, Melrose, Roxburghshire
Residence: Date: 1861
Place: Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, UK
Residence: Date: 1871
Place: Bishop Wearmouth, Co. Durham, UK
Residence: Date: 1881
Place: 49, Ward Street, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, UK
Residence: Date: 1891
Place: 1, Harewood Terrace, (Maudale ward), South Stockton, Yorkshire, UK
Residence: Date: 1901
Place: 45 Bon Lea Terrace, (Cleveland Ward), Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, UK
Individual Note: Summary (by Michael Collinson, great grandson, 2003-2004):
Richard was born as Cumming. Later England census (1881 & 1901) show him as Cummings with an "s".
Born of Richard Cumming and Jane Denholm, 23rd of April, 1840 in the parish of Swinton & Simprin in Berwickshire, Scotland. He appears with his parents in the 1841 Census living in the village of Swinton itself. His father is then an agricultural labourer. The family then appears to have moved to nearby Gordon, Berwickshire where two sisters Elisabeth and Mary Anne were born in 1844 and 1846. This move would be in keeping with the unstable lives agricultural labourers faced at that time. In 1851, the family was living in Melrose, Roxburghshire, though Mary Anne has probably died. Richard's father is still an agricultural labourer though now head of a household large enough to accomodate both the family and 6 lodgers from Ireland.
Now there is a sudden change. In 1861, he is a now a Shipwright, single and living in Bishopwearmouth.
So, where did Richard and his father live meantimes? How did they get into shipbuilding? Who is Jane? Where did they meet if she has family roots in Kirkcudbrightshire, the other side of Scotland from Berwickshire? There are lots of Lauder in the Berwickshire area but not in Kirkcudbrightshire.
Scenario 1: A descendent says family speaks of Richard the younger as a "Castle Douglas" man. My working theory is that father went to Castle Douglas, Kirkkudbrightshire in south-west Scotland and worked in shipbuilding there, since that is his later profession. Coincidently (?) this was owned by a Cummings family. I've scoured Scotland Census records for 1841, 1851,1861, even some of 1871 though and found no trace at all. His second wife Janet Tweedie comes from this area and apparently was a relative of his first wife Jane Lauder.
Scenario 2: Richard the elder drifts south from Berwickshire and gets involved in the shipbuilding industry in Berwick or somewhere in County Durham. That would be more natural than crossing the country to Kirkcudbrightshire and also would explain skills in *iron* shipbuilding - the Castle Douglas operation appears (?) to be wood. I've found no trace of the family in Berwick town 1851 census records - the most likely first stop as it had a burgeoning early ship-building industry then. Search of Co. Durham census records by hand would be overwhelming so I'll wait until they are put on the Internet.
Scenario 2a: A recent development (Dec 2004). David Tweedie, a proven Tweedie AND McVitie relative of Richard's second wife moved to Earlston, Berwickshire in about 18xx, about the time Richard was living in Gordon, 4 miles away. There a coincidences of movements of David's family into the shipbuilding industry that suggest they were very close. In this scenario, wife Jane Lauder is a relative of David Tweedie and they probably meet in Berwickshire.
In 1861, he is a now a Shipwright, single and living in Bishopwearmouth.
In 1862, he appears to be Jarrow, Co. Durham according to the birth of a son Richard. This now narrows down his marriage to Apr-Jun 1861 if his son was conceived and born in wedlock.
In 1871, his first child is born, Jane, and listed as born in Sunderland, Co. Durham in the 1881 Census. This probably means he is living in Bishopwearmouth.
On April 3, 1871 the Census records him as living in Bishopwearmouth with wife Jane, dau. Jane 9 months and a son Richard, 8 years, born Co. Durham - ?Jarrow?. Son Richard unfortunately seems to have died by 1881. Living with Richard the elder is a "grand daughter", Mary A Cumings [sic], 6 years, also born Jarrow - whose child is she?
In July 1873, he son John Alexander is born at 11 Hedley Street, Sunderland, Co. Durham where they are living. He is listed in the birth certificate as an Iron Ship wright.
In 1881 he is a Shipbuilder (Foreman), living in Bishopwearmouth, on the outskirts of Sunderland, in County Durham with his first family by Jane. His father is living in the same town at a different address and is listed as an Iron Ship Builder and a widower. He is married to a Jane Lauder, related somehow to his later second wife, and he has children. From the DOB and place of his eldest child, Jane, he married about 1870 and was living in the Sunderland area since then. He is now a Shipbuilder (Foreman) and his father is also a retired Iron Shipbuilder.
According to descendent Gerry Field, he left Monkwearmouth [sic] in 1883.
In 1891 he is a Shipyard Manager, living in 1, Harewood Terrace, South Stockton, Yorkshire - part of the parish of Thornaby, where he he appears to have remained until his death. The shipyard appears to have been Richardson, Duck, & Co. (iron and steel - and repairers), South Stockton Iron Shipbuilding yard, Trafalgar Street. His first wife Jane is still alive. She would appear to have died in the next 3 months.
In 1892 he remarried to Janet Tweedie and had a second family. Janet Tweedie is reputedly a relation of his first wife and was sent down from Scotland as to look after him.
In 1901 he was a Foreman Shipbuilder and living at 45 Bon Lea Terrace, Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire.
He almost certainly died in Nov-Dec 1905 in Thornaby. Listed as deceased in son Alan's wedding certificate 1923. Apparently died just before son Alan left school at an early age and went to work in a flour mill - a sheer guess would therefore be 1902 - 1909. Search of St. Catherine's Index and FreeBMD shows a Richard Cummings death in Oct-Dec quarter of 1905, registered in "Stockton" - almost certainly Stockton-on-Tees, just a few miles from Thornaby.
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Source - General Registry of Scotland, Parish Records Births & Christenings:
Parish of Swinton & Simprin, Berwick dated 26/5/1840, reads 'Richard , son of Richard Cumming and Jane Denholm, was born 23rd of April and baptised 10th, May 1840.'
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There is no clear indication of when and where he married nor if he had any older children, another Richard for instance, that are living with him at the time of the 1881 Census. For example, there is a birth recorded at Houghton le Sping, only 5 miles or so from Bishopwearmouth. May or may not be related:
Source - England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1900
Cummings, Richard
Year: 1871 Quarter: March
Record Type: Births Volume: 10a
District: Houghton le Spring Page: 482
Cummings, Richard
Year: 1872 Quarter: June
Record Type: Births Volume: 10a
District: Chester le Street Page: 562
Cummings, Richard
Year: 1872 Quarter: June
Record Type: Births Volume: 10a
District: Chester le Street Page: 562
Cummings, Richard
Year: 1876 Quarter: December
Record Type: Births Volume: 10a
District: South Shields Page: 718
Cummings, Richard Elsdon
Year: 1889 Quarter: March
Record Type: Marriages Volume: 10a
District: Gateshead Page: 951
Cummings, Richard
Year: 1895 Quarter: September
Record Type: Marriages Volume: 10a
District: Houghton le Spring Page: 676
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Source - 1841 Scotland Census
Richard Cumming 25 Agricultural Labourer, Jane Cumming 25, Richard Cumming 1 appear in the 1841 Census in the village Swinton itself, Berwickshire, no house or street number.
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Source - 1851 Scotland Census
Does not seem to be in Berwickshire or Kirkcudbrightshire (manual search)
1851 Scotland Census online:
Richard CummingHeadMarr38Ag LabBerwickshire Swinton
Jane DenholmWifeMarr.39-Berwickshire ??Eccles Prion??
Richard CummingSon11ScholarBerwickshire Swinton
James CummingSon-8ScholarBerwickshire ??Plume??
Elizabeth CummingsDaur-6-Berwickshire Gordon
Jane CummingsDaur-2-Berwickshire ?Earlston?
Ann Linley or LenleyServU19House Serv.Ireland
James RobertsonRelativeU61Linen WeaverBerwickshire ??Dr....e??
William Gatcher?LodgerU23Ag. LabIreland
James CowanLodgerWidr40Ag. LabIreland
Patrick LinchLodgerU25Ag. LabIreland
John LinchLodgerU26Ag. LabIreland
Patrick ShanleyLodgerU26Ag. LabIreland
John ShielsLodgerU27Ag. LabIreland
Living: Clack[illegible] Toll Bar, Melrose, Roxburghshire
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Source - 1861 EnglandCensus
Piece: RG9/3769 Place: N Bishop-Wearmouth-Co. Durham Enumeration District: 10
Civil Parish: Bishopwearmouth Ecclesiastical Parish: St Andrews
Folio: 5 Page: 3 Schedule: 12
Address: Stanhope St
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
ROBSON Magdalen Head W F 37 Co. Durham - Winlaton Mill
ROBSON Annie Dau - F 13 Scholar Co. Durham - Winlaton Mill
ROBSON Magdalen Dau - F 11 Scholar Co. Durham - Winlaton Mill
ROBSON Mary Dau - F 8 Scholar Co. Durham - Bishopwearmouth
ROBSON Margaret Jane Dau - F 2 Co. Durham - Bishopwearmouth
SMITH William Lodger M M 30 File Striker Co. Durham - Winlaton Mill
CUMMINGS Richard Lodger U M 21 Shipwright Scotland - -
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Source - FreeBMD Marriages
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1862
Cummings Richard S.Shields 10a560
English Eleanor S.Shields 10a560
Lander Jane S.Shields 10a560
Lauder Jane S.Shields 10a560<--
Usher William Robinson S. Shields 10a560
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Source - Durham County Council - Registrars Certificates
http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0754589030503052005$
Search Results From Marriages 1851 to 1870 - Richard Cummings
SurnameForename(s)YearDistrict
CUMMINGSRichard 1856Durham Western
ETHERINGTONFrances 1856Durham Western
SurnameForename(s)YearDistrict
MOORAnn 1864Durham Northern
CUMMINGSRichard 1864Durham Northern
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Source - 1871 England Census:
NameAge in 1871BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Richard Cummings31 ScotlandHead Bishop Wearmouth Durham
Jane Cummings29 ScotlandWife Bishop Wearmouth Durham
Jane Cummings9 months Durham, EnglandDaughter Bishop Wearmouth Durham
Richard Cummings8 Durham, EnglandSon Bishop Wearmouth Durham
Living:
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Source - 1881 Census:
41, Shipbuilder (Foreman), Born Scotland,
Jane (39), wife, born Scotland),
and children
Jane (10),
John Alexander,
(7) James R. Denholm (2) and
David B. (3m) - all born Sunderland.
Living at 49, Ward Street, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, UK
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1883, Source - Gerry Field, descendent: "I have a bible presented to Richard the younger by the Sunday school when left Monkwearmouth in 1883, and the fob from a watch presented to the elder by his colleagues when he left the shipyards in 1877. The younger founded a Sunday school in Stockton which is still running."
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1890 Bulmer's Directory: A "Cummings Rd" is listed as a Foreman Plater of 1, Harewood Terrace - probably South Stockton not Thornaby.
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Source - 1891 Census:
Richard Cummings; Head; 51; married; Shipyard Manager, born Scotland.
Living at 1, Harewood Terrace, (Maudale ward), South Stockton, Yorkshire - part of the parish of Thornaby. His first wife is still alive. She would appear to have died in the next 3 months.
Jane; wife; married; 49; ;born Scotland
Jane; dau; single; 20; ;born Durham, Sunderland
John A; son, single; 17, Ship draughtsman ;born Durham, Sunderland
James R D; son; ; 12; Scholar ;born Durham, Sunderland
David O; son; ; 10; Scholar ;born Durham, Sunderland
[This data is on LDS microfiche 6099131 - RG12/4021 "534 Middlesbourgh - ennumeration district 11, sheet ?20, signed off 13th April 1891]
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Source - FreeBMD
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1892
Beck Richard Stockton 10a134
CUMMINGS Richard Stockton 10a134
Mott Lucy Stockton 10a134
Tweedie Janet Hannah Stockton 10a134 <---
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Source - 1901 Census:
61, Foreman Shipbuilder. Living at 45 Bon Lea Terrace, (Cleveland Ward), Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire with his family by his second wife Janet H. plus first family son David O. and two servants. A small book owned by Rosemary Christine Collinson, nee Cummings has her father's bookplate in it, "A. T. Cummings, 45 Bonlea Terrace" so that confirms that address in Thornaby.
Janet H;Wife;M;41;;;Scotland
David O.;Son;S;20;Ship Joiner ?Shipyard?;Worker;Durham, Sunderland
William W;Son;;7;;;Yorkshire Thornaby
Alan T;Son;;6;;;Yorkshire Thornaby
Fred M;Son;;3;;;Yorkshire Thornaby
Winifred I?;Dau;;2;;;Yorkshire Thornaby
Infant;Son;;under 1 mo.;;;Yorkshire Thornaby
Note: There is another Cummings family in Thornaby, the head of household is also Richard, and they also come from Sunderland.
Richard;Head; M ; 38 ; Plater in shipyard; Worker; ;Jarrow Durham
Annie; Wife; M; 37; ; ;; Sunderland Durham
Mary Anne; Dau; S; 20; ; ;; Sunderland Durham
Richard; Son; S; 18; ;Apprentice plater in shipyard ;; Sunderland Durham
John ?T?; Son; S; 16;Apprentice plater in shipyard ;; Thornaby Yorks
Lilian; Dau; S; 13; ;; Thornaby Yorks
Annie; Dau; S; 12; ;; Thornaby Yorks
Barbara J; S; 9; ;; Thornaby Yorks
Living at 93 Gilmour Street, Thornaby
In 1891 Census he was living close to "our" Richard Cummings.
In 1881 Census:
Richd. CUMMINGS ; Head ; M ; Male ; 19 ; Jarrow, Durham, England ; Plater Shipyard (Builder)
Annie CUMMINGS ; Wife ; M ; Female ; 19 ; Sunderland, Durham, Engla
Mary I. CUMMINGS ; Dau ; ; Female ; 3 w ; Sunderland, Durham, England
69 Devonshire St, Monkwearmouth, Durham, England
There is also one more Cummings:
Robert Cummings, 27, Born: Durham Shields, Living: Thornaby, Yorkshire, Iron Ship Moulder
He has a unique match in the 1881 Census:
James CUMMINGS ; Head ; M ; Male ; 38 ; Scotland ; Iron Shipwright
--> From age, born 1842-43, no 1901 Census entry so probably deceased
There are several James Cummings born 1842-3 in Scotland. Those possibly from Berwickshire or Kircudbrightshire are:
Possible LDS match as James R. born in 1842 of David and Janet Cumming but no location apart from "Scotland", has bros & sisters.
There is also a James Cumming born 07 SEP 1841 Colvend, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Possible death matches (areas seem unlikely):
Mar 1898 Cummings James 50 St Olave 1d 193
Mar 1893 Cummings James 56 Prestwich 8d 261
Mary CUMMINGS ; Wife ; M ; Female ; 40 ; North Shields ; Iron Shipwright Wife
Thomas H. CUMMINGS ; Son ; U ; Male ; 14 ; Jarrow, Durham, England ; Scholar
Flora H. CUMMINGS ; Daur ; U ; Female ; 9 ; Sunderland, Durham, England ; Scholar
** Robert CUMMINGS ; Son ; ; Male ; 7 ; South Shields, Durham, England ; Scholar ;
Catherine CUMMINGS ; Daur ; ; Female ; 2 ; Sunderland, Durham, England
Martha LINDDSY ; Boarder ; Female ; 18 ; Hartlepool, Durham, England ; Dressmaker
Living: 28 Eden Street, Stranton, Durham, England
(Stranton is a parish containing what is now Hartlepool, about 15km north of Thornaby)
Source - FreeBMD - Births
Other possible children dying in infancy:
Births Sep 1892
CUMMINGS; Elsie Clara;; Middlesbro'; 9d;639
Deaths Jun 1895
Cummings; Elsie Clara; 2; Middlesbro'; 9d;389
[Unlikely unless conceived out of wedlock]
Births Dec 1900
Cummings; Isabella; ; Middlesbro'; 9d;510
Deaths Mar 1901
Cummings; Isabella; 0; Middlesbrough; 9d;366
[Unlikely, next child Athol is born March next year]
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Florence Edith Cummings nee Stuchbury wrote at the end of her life:
"The Cummings are of Highland Scottish descent and the Tweedies, my husband's mother's family, lowland Scottish.
I met two of my husband's aunts once; they were very friendly and very beautiful; both were head-mistresses in Edinburgh. They came to Brighton once.
Alan's - my husband's father, Richard Cummings [married] twice and had two large families, 14 children in all
He was manager of a big northern shipyard. I have never known if it were Richards and Duckworth, or, as it sounded, Richardson, Duckworth.
Richard Cummings invented the under-water plating system, which meant that ships' plates could be repaired without dry docking, saving a lot of time and money. From what I heard, most of the first family were prett y clever. I know there was an artist, a journalist and an economist. I heard no mention of girls.
RC married again a year or so after his first wife's death.
He had six children by his second marriage, Will, Fred, Alan, Kenneth, Athol, Winifred.
Will was peculiar. He did no work, beyond belonging to the St. John's A mbulance Brigade, and seemed to spend most of his time sitting on the do or-step. Ida, his poor wife became a cleaner in the school where he [who ?] used to teach.
I think Fred, tall, auburn and sullen, worked I thin in the steel mills ; Alan left school soon after his father's death and started to work in a flour mill.
When I met him at our Church, he had just become a teacher.
I never knew what Kenneth did. He was the quietest and, I should say, most dependable member of the family.
Fred had a very sweet wife Clare. She had one baby Maureen. who would suck my chin " [end of surviving notes].
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Shipbuilder (Foreman) - 1881 Census
Shipyard Manager - Listed in son Alan's wedding certificate.
If Florence Cummings recollections are right, this was Richardson, Duck, & Co. (iron and steel - and repairers), South Stockton Iron Shipbuilding yard, Trafalgar Street.
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1881 & 1901 Census shows he was born in Scotland. If so, DOB suggests he was probably born in Berwick as per a likely christening record:
Richard Cumming [sic]
Christened: 26 May 1840; Swinton & Simprin, Berwick
Father: Richard Cumming [sic]
Mother: Jane Denholm
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Source - GRO BDM - Richard Cummings that perhaps (there are several couples listed on each page, no index of who married who):
Cummings, Richard
Year:1853 Quarter:June Record Type:Marriages Volume:10a District:Sunderland Page:468
No record WHO he married, the other entry is a man
Dec 1872
Moor, Jane Year:1872Quarter:March; Record Type:Marriages Volume:10b District:Newcastle upon Tyne Page:68
Cumming, Richard Year:1872Quarter:March; Record Type:Marriages Volume:10b District:Newcastle upon TynePage:68
Search "Richard Cummings" spouse "Jane" all England - Start date: Mar 1850 End date: Dec 1872
Marriages Jun 1850
Cummings; Richard; Houghton le S.; 24;196;
Davison; Ann; Houghton le Spring; 24;196
Dawson; Jane; Houghton le Sg; 24;196
Fenwick; William; Houghton le Sp'g; 24;196
Raine; Eleanor; Houghton le Sp; 24;196
Raine; Ellener; Houghton le Sp; 24;196
Births {huh? marriages?) Sep 1862
BENNETT; Elizabeth; S Shields; 10a;518
CUMMINGS; Richard; S Shields; 10a;518
HARPER; Isabella; S Shields; 10a;518
JOHNSON; Elizabeth Hudson; S Shields; 10a;518
LAMBE; John Nicholson; S Shields; 10a;518
MCNA[B_]; Jane; S Shields; 10a;518
MORRISON; Elizabeth; S Shields; 10a;518
ORMISTON; Alison; S Shields; 10a;518
PEEL; Robert; S Shields; 10a;518
PYM; William Henry; S Shields; 10a;518
Births Jun 1872
ADAMS; Dorothy Ann; Chester le S.; 10a;562
Cummings; Richard;; Chester le S.; 10a;562
Davison; Elizabeth Jane; Chester le S.; 10a;562
HALL; Sarah Elizabeth; Chester le S.; 10a;562
HINDMARSH; Margaret Hannah; Chester le S.; 10a;562
JACOBS; Jane; Chester le S.; 10a;562
Maddison; Elizabeth; Chester le S.; 10a;562
Ridley; John William; Chester le S.; 10a;562
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1882
CUMMINGS Richard 42 Stockton 10a69
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Source - GRO Scotland:
Marriage Results (Statutory Register Index Marriages (1855-1927))
Criteria : Male Surname: "CUMMINGS"; Use Soundex; Male Forename: "RICHARD"; Year From: 1858; Year To: 1880
No. Year Surname(M) Forename(M) Surname(F) Forename(F) District County GROS Data
1 1872 CANNING RICHARD MOSS MARGARET HIGH CHURCH LANARK 644/02 0195
2 1864 CUMMING RICHARD SIMPSON ELIZABETH TULLIALLAN FIFE 397/00 0022
3 1880 CUMMINGS RICHARD GREEN MARGARET ST GILES MIDLOTHIAN 685/04 0103
4 1880 CUNNINGHAM RICHARD MCINTYRE MARY THOMSON BORTHWICK MIDLOTHIAN 674/00 0007
5 1870 CUNNINGHAM RICHARD MCNEILL ISABELLA GOVAN LANARK 646/01 0103
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Source - GRO BDM Deaths
1905 Dec Deaths
Cummings, Richard, 65, Stockton, 10a 45