Cumming - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: William Cumming 1771-1856 m. Kilmaronock, Dunbarton

pazeworld — 2009-10-21 04:37:08Z

I have a possible link-up. William Cumming (possibly born around Greenock) - the son of William Cumming. Married Jean M[a]ci[n]nes[s] (born Oban) in Glasgow. Children: Agnes, William, James, Robert (still living at around 90y/o), Georgina & Margaret (twins). Margaret is my father's mother. All children born in Glasgow.

Agnes married George Striling. Children: Anna, Nancy, Georgina, Wilma, Andrew.
Georgina married William Young (related to Angus Young from AC/DC!). Children: Barbara, Alex.
Margaret married James McInally. Children: Margaret, Christine, Ronald, Robert, James. I'm the son of Robert.

CUMMING Mabel 1905-1951

t42RoseHill — 2009-06-18 23:55:04Z

CUMMING Mabel 1905-1951

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,210 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

CUMMING Leonard E 1909-1991

t42RoseHill — 2009-06-18 23:54:43Z

CUMMING Leonard E 1909-1991

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 204,210 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: CUMMING/COMYN Scotland

MUnderwood120130 — 2009-06-06 18:11:18Z

Need to change my address but don't know how other than post it here. New:
micku@verizon.net

Marlyn

Re: WILLIAM CUMMING OF FREDERICK CO MD

PETERBROWN603 — 2009-05-23 17:54:46Z

I have a lot of information concerning the family tree of Wm. Cumming, Frederick, MD. I have input the circle chart into Family Tree Maker. Please contact me at my e-mail address as follows. petermarita@verizon.net.

Re: Janet (GOVAN) CUMMING - Charleston, SC

heybarty — 2008-11-26 21:26:20Z

Hi, I have a little info on Janet Govan. I cannot place her in my family but she married William Cumming of Rosneath, where all of my Cumming line come from, so I kept the little I had found in case I could link them into the fold, so to speak. I will contact you also through your username, so hopefully we can make contact. It's been quite a while since you posted this so you may not be interested. Cheers
Greg

Re: DNA Links

heybarty — 2008-11-26 04:56:54Z

Hey Bert, you would need a dna test from a male decendant of the Cumming line, like your mothers brother, or your mothers brothers son. That's the way it works I think. Maternal tests only show broader historical information, like where they may have decended from. That's as I understand it anyway. All the best.

Re: DNA Links

bertadams1 — 2008-11-25 11:06:41Z

Hi: my mother was a Cumming, and I have just (yesterday in fact) ordered a paternal DNA test. I take it I would also need a maternal DNA test to test matches with male Cummingses?

Re: DNA Links

mcdanielscat — 2008-11-24 04:55:51Z

dear sir
my name is orville mcdaniels . i live mich . i just started checking into my mothers maiden name [cummin] back in early 1940's her gr father droppped the s and in early 1900's his name was cumming ok and 1800's his father spelled it cummings . all this is proven in court doc.witch she saved in 2 metel boxes . i have many many old pictures and paper work including citensip papers coming over fr. ireland and gr. britain. please forgive the way this is writin i'm in the dark cos my wife sleeping /i will be doing more reading over the thanksgiving weeking and will getting back with you [thank you ] orville

Cumming of Ireland then Dundee, Scotland

bertadams1 — 2008-11-14 15:57:56Z

Does anyone have links to Henry Cumming (b. 1817, Ireland) and wife Jane, who moved to Dundee by 1841? They had children: John (1840), Teresa (1844), John (1846), Betsey / Rosey (1848), Agnes (1852), Hugh (1854). They stayed in various locations in Dundee, and many worked as weavers / jute industry.

Re: Cumming

wbeach192 — 2008-11-11 01:19:58Z

This John Cumming is father to Jane S Cummings; My husbands GG Grandmother. Have either of you a tree on ancestry??
Do you know any more about John's wife "Azubah" ?

Ealum Ogdum Cumming

m13578769 — 2008-10-31 22:32:19Z

Hi

Feel free to contact me. I have info on Ealum Cumming who married Ida Mae Converse in Spokane, Washington. Judy - m1357us@yahoo.com

Cumming Bethnal Green London

hannahix — 2008-10-10 08:46:11Z

Looking for any information on George John Cumming who married Mary Ann Anderson 1860 Bethnal Green, London. The couple, with five sons emigrated to NZ in 1874, with one son (Edgar b 1868) returning to the UK, becoming a Master Mariner, and marrying Jane Kirton 1898, in South Shields.
I'm interested mainly in George's parents and siblings and children of Edgar and Jane Cumming, Sth Shields. Edgar died 1918 and Jane remarried Thomas Goold. I was told one of the Cumming family emigrated to the USA and that one was an artist. Thanks for anything.

Re: William and David, Trafalgar, Canada > Michigan

mbetty1976 — 2008-09-03 22:23:56Z

Did your William Cumming live in Applegate? I believe that I am linked to William through his sons Walter & Leonard Cumming. Who also married sisters (Emma G. & Margaret A. Young). Would like more info about the Cumming Family & if anyone out there is researching the Young Family.

Thank You
Melissa

Cumming

bertadams1 — 2008-09-03 12:09:18Z

I have ancestors Hugh CUMMING (b. 1885) married Maria ROLLO (in 1910) son of Hugh CUMMING and Susan TULLICHAN (?) living in Dundee. I would love to know any connections with other Cummings, predecessors and census information via look-up. Thanks

Re: CUMMING FAMILY(MICHIGAN AND OHIO)

beatle58 — 2008-09-01 02:41:20Z

Dear Cousin? I have been recently researching Allen, and Orval Cumming. I dont as yet have much to go on. Orval Cumming was my Grandfather. I didnt know him. He died in 1949, 9 years before I was born. My name is David Alan Cumming, son of Gene. Hopefully youre still out there and we can help eachothers search. I am excited to know that someone is researching this family. To my knowledge, theres not too many Cummings' around. If these are your ancestors as well we are obviously related. Do I already know you? I look forward to hearing from you

William T. Cumming, Liverpool > NY, 1921

Malcolm_Choat — 2008-08-08 19:08:37Z

William T. Cumming (b.abt. 1893, England) worked in the port in Liverpool ans was sent by his employers to work in New York in January 1921.
He was accompanied by his wife Euphemia (known as Phemie, née Cook, b.abt. 1897, Prestwich, Lancs), daughter Florence (b.1914, Chorlton, Lancs) and mother-in-law Ellen Cook (née Royle, b.abt. 1863, Salford, Lancs). They later had another daughter Margery (b.abt 1923, NY).
They are all living together in New York in the 1930 census (West New Brighton, Richmond Co.).
William must have died early as Phemie remarried, became Mrs. Manz and lived in Florida where she died in 1987.
I believe the daughters married but do not know their married names.
If this rings any bells with anyone who could give me some more information would they please contact me.
Thanks.

Malcolm Choat

Re: Descendents of John Walker Cumming (1840-1909)

tobrechin47 — 2008-08-04 13:39:56Z

Your message is quite old, but I hope you are still around. I am interested in yhour middle name "Boyd" as I have extensive Boyd family in Lanarkshire. Caroline Brechin

Re: Alexander Cumming, Scotland

2006-10-18 03:48:16Z

I will try to re-locate the document. It was a legal document from years ago that a friend of mine had in a box of old legal papers from an old law firm or lawyer in Scotland/England. Problem is I returned the few she loaned me back to her. I called her and she said she would see if she could find it. Email me if you want at: denispaul2@aol.com as it might to a number of weeks to refind it.

my cumming interests

2006-07-20 14:40:32Z

ANDREW PAXTON; Andrew 2; Paxton Cumming, William Cumming, Robert Vance Cumming

Maythree — 2008-02-27 05:50:50Z

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"History of DeWitt County, Illinois: with illustrations descriptive of the scenery, and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers."

Philadelphia, PA.: W. R. Brink & Co., 1882.

ANDREW M. CUMMING. (Pages 237-238)
WHEN the Cumming family came to Illinois it was then known as the frontier state, and was yet comparatively a wilderness. The family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry.

Andrew Cumming, the GRANDFATHER of the subject of this sketch, was a native of the town of Rockbridge, Rockbridge county, Virginia. He there married, and in 1812 moved to Tennessee, and there died. His son, Paxton [Cumming], father of Andrew M., was born in Rockbridge, VA., in 1801, and was a youth of eleven years when the family moved to Tennessee. He there grew to manhood, and at an early age he became converted and joined the M. E. Church. He prepared himself to enter the ministry of the church, and was regularly ordained and appointed to a circuit. His circuit extended into Carolina, and while preaching in North Carolina, he made the acquaintance of Pricella Eliza Davidson, who was a native of Haywood county, and in due course of time they were united in marriage. She was born in 1812; she was a near relative of the noted Vance family, and a full cousin of Governor Vance.

Mr. Cumming determined to leave the South and come North. He was a genuine lover of freedom, and therefore opposed to that human slavery that existed in the southern states, and which was for so many years a blot and stain on our boasted civilization. To escape its baneful influences, and that his children might be reared and educated under the broad shadow of a state and people who opposed it, he came north to Illinois, landing in what is now known as DeWitt county, in the fall of 1836. He located and entered two hundred and forty acres of land, three miles west of Farmer City, in section 31; it was raw, unimproved land. There he remained, opening up his farm and preaching, He continued in the latter for two years, when he was placed upon the list of superannuated ministers. He remained upon his farm until his death, which occurred in 1830. His wife still survives him, and afterward married Rev. David White, who is chaplain for the U.S. Army, now stationed at Fort Hays in Kansas. By the marriage of Rev. Paxton Cumming and Miss P. E. Davidson there were six children, three of whom are living. Andrew M. is the eldest; he was born in Haywood county, North Carolina, February 16, 1830, and was in his seventh year when the family came to Illinois. After his father's death, his brother took the family back to North Carolina, and there young Cumming remained until his fourteenth year, when his mother returned to DeWitt county. At the age of seventeen years he went to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was regularly apprenticed to the trade of a blacksmith for four years, when he again returned to Illinois, and stopped in the town of DeWitt, in this county, where he opened a shop and carried on the blacksmithing trade. Two years later he came to Mount Pleasant, now Farmer City, and here he carried on the trade for eighteen years, then sold out and engaged in the hardware business, in connection with B. P. Harrison, in which he continued until his health failed him, when he moved upon his farm and followed agricultural pursuits until 1881, when he purchased a stock of boots and shoes in Farmer City, and again entered into mercantile pursuits.

In May, 1874, he, in connection with other leading business men of Farmer City, organized and established the First National Bank of Farmer City. The success of that institution and its solidity and financial standing is well known throughout Central Illinois. Mr. Cumming is its vice-president. On the 24th of August, 1852, he was united in marriage to Miss America, daughter of Silas Waters, of Leroy, Ill. She was born in Vermillion county, Ill. By this marriage there are three children living, viz.: Ella, who is wife of William A. Whetzell, now principal of Paxton Public Schools; William, and S. M. Cumming. Both he and his wife are members of the M. E. church. He is an honored member of the ancient order of A. F.. & A. M, Chapter and Council of R. & S. M. Politically, he was originally an old line Whig; in 1856 he joined the Republican party, and has remained a member of that political organization. He has held local offices and has been a member of the board of aldermen of Farmer City. Mr. Cumming, as will be seen by the above, is an old citizen of DeWitt county. He has lived for many years among these people, doing business and acting the part of an honorable and upright citizen. His life has not been without its trials, nor has it been entirely barren of good results. He started in life poor; his only capital was industry, honesty, a determination to do right, and a knowledge of his business acquired in four years of apprenticeship. With that capital he has succeeded to a competency; and it may be added, that in the same time he has firmly established for himself a reputation for honesty, sobriety and honorable dealing, which is a far better legacy to bequeath to his posterity than great riches.

SOURCE: Biographical Sketches
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/biographies.htm

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:
Portrait and Biographical Album of DeWitt and Piatt Counties, Illinois.
Chicago: Chapman Brothers Publishing Company, 1891.

"ANDREW M. CUMMING (Page 518)
There are various reasons why this gentleman deserves representation in a volume of a biographical nature. First, he is an old settler of DeWitt County and has spent the greater part of his life in assisting in its progress in diverse ways; second, from the position of a poor youth he has risen to that of a man of solid finances; third, he has a character and a reputation second to none, and will leave to his posterity a legacy of honor far better than silver and gold, the stocks and real estate which he has won.

We find that the GRANDFATHER of our subject was Andrew Cumming, a Virginian, whose parents had come from Scotland to America prior to the Revolutionary War. Some years after his marriage Mr. Cumming, the grandfather, removed to Tennessee, the country to which he went being wild and unbroken. His son Paxton was twelve years old when the removal took place and he grew to manhood amid the pioneer associations of the new home. Being converted to Christianity he became an itinerant minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. While traveling a circuit in North Carolina he made the acquaintance of Priscilla E. Davidson, to whom in due course of time he was married. She also was descended from the old Scotch stock and her family was one of the first in the state. Her parents were Mitchell and Elizabeth (Vance) Davidson, her mother belonging to the noted Vance family and being an aunt of ex-Governor, now Senator, Vance.

After their marriage Paxton Cumming and his wife made their home in her native State until 1835, the husband following his calling as a minister. He was a genuine lover of freedom and in order to escape the baneful influences of human slavery and rear his children amid a people who opposed it, he came North, landing in what is now known as DeWitt County, Ill. He was accompanied by a brother, William [Cumming], who is also a minister and both labored in the Gospel vineyard in the frontier to which they had come. Paxton Cumming located two hundred and forty acres of land near the present site of Farmer City and opened up a farm. He died about 1839 at the early age of thirty-eight, having been born in 1801. His wife survived him, and some years after his decease married the Rev. David White, who was a Chaplin in the Civil War and later in the regular army, but is now retired. They make their home in Lawrence, Kan., the mother of our subject being now nearly eighty years of age. She bore her first husband three sons and three daughters, and by her second marriage became the mother of seven children.

The gentleman whose name introduces these paragraphs was born in Haywood County, N.C., February 16, 1830, and was therefore in his sixth years when his parents came to this State. After the death of his father he spent part of his time with his mother and a part with his grandfather Davidson in North Carolina. The later years of his youth were spent in DeWitt County and most of the years that have passed since he reached his majority have found him a resident of Farmer City. He was for many years connected with the business affairs of the place as a dealer in hardware and afterward in the boot and shoe business, and as a tradesman has made considerable money. He, however regards himself as a farmer and stock-raiser. He formerly owned a large farm adjoining Farmer City, a part of which was eventually laid out in city lots and brought a good price when placed on the market. At present Mr. Cumming is chiefly engaged in real-estate transactions at Portland, Ore.,--both city and outlying lands--and in money-loaning. He continues to make his home, however, in Farmer City.

At the bride's home in DeWitt County, the marriage rites were solemnized between Mr. Cumming and Miss America Waters. This lady was born in Vermillion County, this State, November 9, 1828, being the eldest daughter of Silas and Christiana (Conway) Water, natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively. Mr. Waters became a resident of the Blue Grass State when a young man, was married there, and in 1828 came to Illinois, joining the early settlers in what is now Vermillion County. A year or two later he changed his place of abode to McLean County, settling on a part of the Government domain near Le Roy. There he and his wife built up a fine home, living to see the country well improved and dying full of years and honor. They were prominent in pioneer circles and active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had two sons and two daughters, all of whom are married; the sons are retired farmers living in Le Roty and the daughters reside in Farmer City. Mrs. Cumming was carefully reared by her intelligent parents and was given as good an education as the schools of McLean County could furnish.

To Mr. and Mrs. Cumming four children have come, one of whom, Paxton, died in infancy. Luella M. is the wife of Prof. William Wetzell, Superintendent of Schools in Multnomah County, Ore., and an educator well known on the Pacific Coast; Dr. William A. married Nettie McCord and practices dentistry in Portland, Ore.; Shannah M. is the wife of Martin Jones, a banker and grain dealer in Belle Flower, McLean County.

Mr. and Mrs. Cumming have a leading place in the social circles of Farmer City and are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cumming has held an official position in that denomination since he was of age. He takes an active interest in political affairs and in the local councils of the Republican party is conspicuous. For many years he was connected as a stock-holder, Director and Vice President with the First National Bank of Farmer City. He and his wife are the oldest married couple living within the limits of the town, and the long years they have spent there have given them a thorough acquaintance with the people, among whom they are firmly established in reputation. ...."

SOURCE:
BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM INDEX
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/id153.htm

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The Biographical Record of DeWitt County, Illinois, Illustrated.
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901.

ROBERT VANCE CUMMING. (Volume 1, Page 132)
Robert Vance Cumming, the well-known and popular proprietor of the New Commercial Hotel of Farmer City, is a native of DeWitt county, born in Santa Anna township, December 11, 1838, and is a worthy representative of one of its oldest and most influential families, being a son of Rev. Paxton and Priscilla Eliza (Davidson) Cumming. His paternal great-grandfather was born in Scotland of Scotch-Irish ancestry and was the founder of the family in America. The grandfather, Andrew M. Cumming, was born in Rockbridge township, Rockbridge county, Virginia, and was there married and became the father of seven sons, namely: Paxton, James, William, Harvey, John, Joseph, the name of the last is not known, all of whom became preachers. At an early day the grandparents removed to Tennessee and spent their last years near Knoxville.

Rev. Paxton Cumming, the father of our subject, was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1801, and was reared and educated in Tennessee. When a young man he became converted to Christianity and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. While traveling as a circuit rider in the Holton conference of North Carolina, he met Miss Priscilla Eliza Davidson, who became his wife on the 27th of December, 1828. She was born in Haywood county, that state, September 20, 1811, and was a daughter of William Mitchell and Elizabeth (Vance) Davidson, the latter an aunt of Senator Vance. Her paternal grandparents were William and Margaret (McConnell) Davidson. In a letter she wrote a short time prior to her death she said that the schools of her locality were very poor, but that her dear mother did the best she could to educate her children. She also said that she was always religiously inclined, and in her sixteenth year united with the Methodist church on probation, and was made a full-fledged member the following year. Mr. Cummings continued his ministerial work in Tennessee until 1835, when he came to DeWitt county, Illinois, to escape the baneful influences of human slavery and to rear his children among the people who opposed it. On his removal to this county, he was accompanied by his brother, Rev. William Cummings. He was the first regular minister to locate in Santa Anna township, and preached for many miles around, services being held in log school houses and dwellings. He exerted a great influence for good in the new settlement, being one of the men whose judgment was supreme, and was often called upon to advise his neighbors and settle disputes. He brought with him to the county the first set of blacksmith's tools ever brought to this section of the state, and often assisted the pioneers in repairing their rude machinery. Mr. Cummings bought land grants and entered land in this county, becoming owner of considerable property, but his life was mainly devoted to his religious duties. During the erection of the preacher's stand at the camp meeting grove where Mr. McCord now lives, he assisted in digging the post holes and thus contracted a severe cold, which developed into typhoid fever, from which he died August 21, 1839, honored and respected by all who knew him. In the spring of 1840, his widow drove back to North Carolina, being familiar with the way, as she had driven a horse and wagon on coming to this state. There she was again married, August 21, 1842, her second husband being Rev. David White, a native of North Carolina, and together they returned to Farmer City by team. During the Civil war he served as chaplain of a regiment and later was chaplain in the regular army. He finally located in Lawrence, Kansas, where Mrs. White died March 27, 1901, at the advanced age of ninety years. She was a devout Christian and was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church for almost three-quarters of a century. She always took an active part in the class meetings and love feasts, often speaking and praying in public, and conducted family prayers in her home half of the time when her husband was there and all the while he was away. She was a faithful attendant at Sunday-schools, and hundreds of children owe their religious teaching to her. By her first husband she was the mother of six children, Andrew M., Jane Elizabeth, James H., Ruth, Celia A. and Robert V., and by her second marriage she had seven children, Amanda, Wilbur F., Harriet, Sarah, John, Etta and Emma.

Robert V. Cummings, whose name introduces this sketch, grew to manhood in DeWitt county amid pioneer scenes and was educated in the public schools. As the best method of obtaining money during his early life was by breaking prairie, he turned his attention to that occupation. Although he had no money his reputation was such as to enable him to buy eight yoke of oxen on credit, only two of which had been broken. He attached one yoke of the broken oxen just in front of the plow and the others ahead of these, driving them as best he could. The plow was a rude affair made of iron with no handles, but heavy enough to keep its place and turned a furrow twenty-six inches wide. Mr. Cummings hired a man to do the plowing at fifty cents per day. He entered land on sections 5, 14 and 21, Santa Anna township, consisting of two hundred acres, known as the Rowland Wheeler tract at Weedman Station. At that time he usually worked sixteen hours per day.

When the Civil war broke out he laid aside all personal interests and enlisted in August, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and was promoted to first lieutenant July 30, 1865. During the battle of Kenesaw Mountain he was shot near the right eye, shattering the bone and leaving a scar which will remain with him to his dying day. He fell as dead and was so reported at home, but was taken to the hospital, where his eye was saved, and as soon as possible he retuned to DeWitt county.

Mr. Cummings continued to follow farming quite successfully until the fall of 1888, when he removed to Farmer City and rented the Commercial Hotel. When it was burned in 1895, he bought property and erected what is now known as the New Commercial Hotel, which is a brick structure, containing thirty-five rooms with all modern conveniences, being supplied with hot and cold water, nicely furnished and lighted by electricity. The cuisine is exceptionally good, and it is by far the best hotel in DeWitt county. As a hotel proprietor Mr. Cummings has met with marked success and is widely known as a most agreeable and obliging landlord. In this work he has been ably assisted by his estimable wife, who is one of the most popular ladies of the city.

In December 27, 1866, Mr. Cummings married Miss Jennie Anderson, a daughter of Mitchell and Mary (Clements) Anderson. Her father, who was a farmer by occupation, lived for a time near Peoria, Illinois, and later near Ottawa, and died at a comparatively early age. His children were Amelia A., Hugh, Amanda, Reed, Hiram, Henry, Emma, Martha, William, Jennie and Mark, only four of whom are now living. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cummings were born four children: Marvin L., who married Laura Newell and is now a dentist of Clinton; Annie Lucile, who married Arthur H. Smith and has two children, Robert and Mainard; Maud, who died at the age of thirteen months; and H. Bert, a popular young man, who is now assisting his father in the hotel. Mr. Cummings is a member of the blue lodge of the Masonic order, and both he and his wife are members of the Eastern Star Chapter. They also belong to the Methodist Episcopal church of Farmer City, and Mrs. Cummings sings in the choir.

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SOURCE:
Portrait and Biographical Album of DeWitt and Piatt Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Chapman Brothers Publishing Compa
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildewitt/id488.htm#robert_vance_cum...

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Alexander B. Cummings

teresadavis23 — 2006-10-05 04:03:10Z

I am looking for Alexander B. Cummings, b. Mar 1860 in Iowa. When young his mother remarried and moved to Virginia. He married Elizabeth K. (?) and had at least 7 children: Allen, Percy, Clara, Sherman, Alex B., Robert L., and Ora Bell, all born between 1895 and 1909 in Virginia.

Any connection?

Re: Jane Cumming ~ Banished to America in 1747

Cashby — 2007-12-30 14:47:29Z

Basketlady--If you have the David Dobson book, 'Scots in the West Indies 1707-1857, would be kind enough to do a look-up for me? Pg 33 listss 'George Cumming - 1794 - Jamaica source pubn: 1640.11 This is my ancestral grandfather and I can't find this information online. If you have any details from the book, I'd be very grateful to learn more. Thank you. Cashby

Re: William and David, Trafalgar, Canada > Michigan

jebarker1406 — 2007-11-14 05:24:57Z

Hello Elaine,
I am part of this Cumming family. William and David's brother James was my great grandfather. I would enjoy hearing from you. I also have heard from Pat Browne who has been most helpful.

John Barker

Re: WILLIAM CUMMING OF FREDERICK CO MD

Sophie1157 — 2006-11-05 23:04:23Z

Jeff Freeburg, please contact me at the email address above.
I have some information abut Evaline Grimes that might interest you. How did you connect her to Fletcher Parker? I am interested in "talking" with you - these are also my husband's lines which I am working on as we speak.
Thank you,

DNA Links

thecomyn — 2008-02-16 15:27:39Z

Looking for other Cummins (any spelling) interested in comparing DNA to help in our family research. I have placed my own DNA in the Ancestry.com research, with over 200 hits, but to date unable to find anyone linked within last 15 generations. Happy to discuss or share with any interested researcher. Patrick Cummins

Re: DNA Links

thecomyn — 2008-06-30 17:29:28Z

Greg:

Yes, I think it is worth it. If nothing else, it can let you know if you are researching a blind alley. Can't imagine how much time I have spent on lines that didn't pan out, and how nice it would have been if I could have crossed them off earlier.

Regards, Pat

CUMMING/COMYN Scotland

MUnderwood120130 — 2008-07-06 17:52:22Z

I have come across a newspaper article that belonged to my g.aunt, article was in Illinois Statge Register Newspaper, 1905 and hoping someone is also connected with this family.

Evidently, my Cumming family immigrated long before 1852, as we all have assumed. This is a picture of an old chair my aunt had, and which I remember very well as a kid. Article reads, in part:

The old fashioned piece of furniture is a dining-room chair, and the identical one in which the 'Father of his Country' sat as a guest at a dinner party at which the g.g.g. grandmother of the Bedells (aunts married name), whose name was Cumming, was hostess. The dinner was given in the colonial homestead of the Cummings family on Staten Island in the bay of New York."

Does anyone have a Cumming family connected with Staten Island back that far.
Thanks, Marilyn - Fla

CUMMING/COMYN, ROBERT

MUnderwood120130 — 2007-03-26 22:11:12Z

Laura, where did your Cumming live in Scotland and do you hae any names of the families?

Mine are from the Newton/Dalkeith area of Midlothian and I am searching for Robert Cumming b. 1759-1766 who married Helen Miln/Millar 19 Oct 1784 in Newton. They had a son Robert b 12 Jan 1805, m. BARBARA Proctor 1828.

There are 4 or 5 of us at the same stopping point - we all have different births which of course make different parents so I can't go back until I have his actual birth.

Any of this familiar??? Thanks
Marilyn - FL, USA

Re: William and David, Trafalgar, Canada > Michigan

sassycj — 2007-04-21 17:51:35Z

I have a James Cumming b. Ontario, CAn in 1831. He had many family members move on to Michigan. He and hhis family lived in Norwood, Ontario before moving on to USA.

Cuming/Cumming and Edes families, Baltimore Maryland

btalman1 — 2006-10-14 13:12:19Z

Hi All, I am seeking possible information about the Cuming/Cumming and Edes families of Baltimore, in the early 1800's

Any info would be great.

Ben Talman
Sydney, Australia

Jane Cumming ~ Banished to America in 1747

BasketLady420 — 2006-12-31 23:24:40Z

CUMMING, JANE
Alvie. Morayshire.
Prisoner at Carlisle and Lancaster. Transported on the 'Johnson' master William Pemberton, from Liverpool. Landed at Port Oxford, Maryland, 5 August 1747.
(P)(PRO)

I am not related to this person, I am just passing on this information, which comes from a book titled "Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775" by David Dobson. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore. 1983. pg. 34.
Joyce

Duncan Cumming, b. abt. 1682 in Scotland

BasketLady420 — 2006-12-31 23:19:41Z

CUMMING, DUNCAN
65. Auchtuie, Glen Urquhart.
Jacobite in Glengarry's regiment. Prisoner at Inverness. Transported 21 March 1747.
(P)

I am not related to this person, I am just passing on this information, which comes from a book titled "Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775" by David Dobson. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore. 1983. pg. 34.
Joyce

Re: Jane Cumming ~ Banished to America in 1747

BasketLady420 — 2008-01-20 22:10:09Z

Sorry, I don't have that book.

Alexander Cumming Hampshire and India

ClaireHall47 — 2008-05-02 12:12:11Z

Hi, am trying to find out any information relating to Alexander Cumming who married Elizabeth Ann Derrick b.1836, they married in the Dec Qtr of 1858 in Southampton.

Elizabeth Ann Derrick died 4 Sept 1873 Calcutta.

Am trying to find out if they had children or when they went to Calcutta or any other information. Thanks in advance.

Re: Charles Stewart Cumming

ghp95134 — 2007-12-07 04:54:59Z

Hello David!!

I've already received your most welcome e-mail .... Considering I posted my original query in August 1999, all I can ask is:

WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG????

All joking aside, thank you and Derek both for the encyclopaedic-amount of new genealogical data you've kindly shared with me.

Other researchers: Never get discouraged (ha!) when you don't get results right away. Sometimes it does take years (8 years 4 months!!); then, success tastes so much sweeter. I just hope the next batch of data do not arrive after I die! :^D

Best regards!
--Guy

Re: Charles Stewart Cumming

dlbates197 — 2007-11-28 20:37:24Z

Hi Guy, I am a descendant of John Alexander Cumming's half sister Mary Elizabeth Cumming. I have a lot of information on Charles Stuart Cumming's family but not much about him. I have also recently acquired photos of John Alexander's first wife Georgina Meatyard, but I would seek permission from the owner before relaying them to you.If you are stll searching for information on Charles Stuart Cumming or his family please get in touch. If you are feeling generous you could probably help me! David Bates

Re: Alexander Cumming, Scotland

2006-10-17 21:19:07Z

HAve lots of info on Alexander Cumming's line if it is same one. He did marry a Margaret, was her maiden name Gray? If so, as well as John they also had Alexander (Junior) who was my Great, Great Grandfather. I need to fill in missing pieces of my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Tait Cumming who married William Bowie - if anyone has info would be very grateful.

Re: Cumming, John Harold

DonnaLloyd77 — 2007-12-08 01:13:29Z

Was John Harold in the Circus? I have a great uncle who was in the circus and toured under the name of the Wirth Bros. in Australia.

Donna

HELP!!! i'm trying to find my dad!!

fnj05 — 2008-02-18 03:15:10Z

mY NAME IS JEFFREY L. CUMMINGS MY FATHER IS GARY EGAN CUMMINGS, LAST KNOWN LOCATION WAS AUSTIN TEXAS. HE WAS MARRIED TO MY MOM MARILYN PICKETT, HAD 4 KIDS . I AM NOW 36 YEARS OLD. I AM JUST TRYING TO DO MY FAMILY TREE. THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS 84 OR 85. IF ANY ONE CAN, PLEASE HELP!
HE HAS FAMILY IN THE UTAH AREA, HOWEVER I CANNOT LOCATE THEM EITHER. PLEASE RESPOND TO FNJ05@YAHOO.COM.

Re: DNA Links

heybarty — 2008-06-30 06:32:16Z

Hi Patrick,
Just to let you know, I have sent off my hard earned, and will soon be getting my DNA test kit, so you neverknow, we well be chatting soon. Good luck with it. BTW, do you think it was worth the money? It's too late for me anyway, but just wondered what you thought. I guess over the coming years there will be more people willing to try it, and the cost will inevitably come down, so you would think it would have to pay off eventually.
Cheers from downunder.
Greg Cumming

cumming

davidroberts20 — 2006-10-25 17:29:43Z

Re: Edward Cumming, Hannibal, Missouri 1860s

kq1969 — 2008-03-04 18:13:19Z

More information: Michael Quinlan [1824-1904, Audrain County, Missouri] was from Tipperary, Ireland. His father was James Quinlan and his mother was Mary Martin Quinlan. There is no proof that his parents left Ireland. Rosa McConnell Quinlan's [1831-1901, Audrain County, Missouri] parents were from Meath, Ireland. There is no proof that her parents left Ireland. Their names may have been John McConnell and Bridget Gilbert McConnell. Rosa had at least one brother, Patrick McConnell. who also remained in Ireland. But his daughter, Bridget McConnell Smyth [1860, Ireland-1952, New York] lived in New York where she married John Smyth [1854, Louth, Ireland-1939, New York].

Edward Cumming, Hannibal, Missouri 1860s

kq1969 — 2008-02-28 05:15:55Z

I am trying to connect the name Edward Cumming to the Michael and Rosa McConnell Quinlan family in the early 1860s in Hannibal, Missouri. He was listed as a baptism sponsor for one of their children, in July 1861. The other sponsor was Mary Quinlan. Would like any information that will connect the Cummings and Quinlan families. The Quinlan family came from Newburgh, New York after 1857. The Quinlan family left Hannibal before 1864 for Indian Creek, Monroe County, Missouri.

Thomas John Cumming, New York City, 1900s

2006-07-06 19:58:28Z

I am trying to locate some information on a Thomas John Cumming, who was from New York City and apparently a billionaire until the stock market crash in the 20's, where he lost everything, including a large mansion in New York city.

He was my great grandfather and had a daughter,Winifred Mae Cumming, who was my grandmother.

Thanks for any help.
Eva Rose Carson

Cumming from Scotland

chilblain69 — 2007-12-07 07:48:33Z

Elizabeth Cumming born 1790 & sister Mary Cumming born 1806,
Tullayallan, Perthshire. Elizabeth wed David Drysdale 1819, Tullayallan. Need help with the Parents names, & any other siblings.

Marriage of Thomas Cumming and Ann Meggison, 1796, Sedgefield

peggyc2sky — 2006-10-22 13:06:01Z

Looking for parents of Ann as she is an ancestor of mine.
Can anyone help?
Peggy

Help Finding a Lost Relative - Alexander "Sandy" Seivewright Cumming

rothycat — 2007-06-29 22:16:41Z

My paternal great-grandmother, Christina (Seivwright) Barron had an illegitimate son before she was married to my great-grandfather, Alexander Walker Barron. This son was raised by my great-grandparents and as far as I know, my great-grandfather basically acted as his father. My great-grandparents and thier children left Scotland for Canada in 1922, but this son stayed behind as he was already 20-years old and was likely working and was already making his own life in Scotland,

The son's name was Alexander Seivewright Cumming (but he was known as "Sandy") and he was born 13 September 1902 at Seafield, Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland. His birth father's name was William Brodie Cumming, a blacksmith living in Fordyce, Banffshire. I have records of Sandy's birth, some court documents that name William Brodie Cumming as his father and his 1925 marriage record to Elizabeth Main (of Nairn) in Aberdeen. His marriage record states his occuation as professional musician. After 1925, I cannot find any record of him or his wife!! A researcher even checked to see if she could find a death record for Sandy and/or his wife up until 2006 anywhere in Scotland, with no luck!! I'm assuming that they left Scotland but I'm not sure where to look next!!

I've been told that Sandy kept in touch with his mother (my great-grandmother) in Canada regularly until around the years of WWII. This had me believe that he died in the war, but there is no record of him on the commonwealth war graves website!! There is another family legend that Sandy came to the U.S. and was a musician in California! Some of these legends come from untrustworthy sources though, so I wouldn't put much faith in them!

I'm looking for any ideas, suggestions as to how to proceed with my search. What are a few likely places he might have gone and how do I proceed woth this search??
Thanks!!

Maggie Barron
rothycat@hotmail.com

Re: Long-lost Family: Cumming and/or Seivewright and/or Barron

aileenheminsley — 2006-12-07 14:31:31Z

Hi Maggie,

I don't think I can help you very much but my maternal g granddad is William Brodie Cumming!

I have just started researching my family tree - and have told my Mum your story. We are planning a trip to Fordyce in the New Year, and my mum thinks her aunty Kathleen my have further information that might help you solve the mystery. We didn't know about Sandy!!!!!!!

I'll keep in touch and let you know if I discover anything more for you.

Aileen Heminsley

(Miller/Bain/Cumming/McLean)

Re: Thomas John Cumming, New York City, 1900s

snowflake999 — 2006-07-06 19:58:52Z

hi was wondering if you knew of relitives from pittsburgh,pa area