Marion Alice Cumming1

#15263, (c 1879 - 1951)
FatherDavid Cumming1 (c 1845 - 1892)
MotherElizabeth Graham Reid1 (1844 - 1929)
Relationships3rd great-granddaughter of James Graham
2nd great-granddaughter of William Reid
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart
William Reid & Lilias Sharp - collapsible 5-generation descendant chart

Life Events

BirthMarion Alice Cumming was born circa 1879 in Liverpool, Lancashire.1
 
(with Parents) 1881 CensusMarion A appeared on the 1881 Census of Tranmere, Cheshire with her parents. She was 2 and born in Liverpool.1 
(with Parents) 1891 CensusMarion appeared on the 1891 Census of Tranmere, Cheshire with her parents. She was 12, a Scholar, and was born in Liverpool.2 
(with Mother) 1901 CensusMarion appeared on the 1901 Census of Poulton Cum Seacombe Civil Parish, Cheshire with her mother Elizabeth Graham Cumming. She was single, 22, a Reader (Journalists), and born in Liverpool.3 
(with Mother) 1911 CensusMarion Alice Cumming appeared on the 1911 Census of Liscard, Cheshire with her mother. She was 31, single, a proof reader at a newspaper, and was born in Liverpool.4 
DeathMarion died on 9 Jan 1951 in Wallasey, Cheshire.5,6
 
BurialShe was buried in Bebington Cemetery, Wirral, Merseyside.5 
ProbateHer estate was proved on 16 Apr 1951 in Liverpool. Entry from the probate calendar:

CUMMING Marion Alice of 13 Castle-road Wallasey Cheshire, spinster, died 9 January 1951 at 160 Belvidere-road Wallasey. Probate Liverpool 16 April to Elizabeth Patterson Cumming spinster. Effects £313 18s 9d.7
 
(Included) GravestoneThe gravestone reads:

In Memory of
David Cumming,
who died 17th December 1892,
aged 47 years.
The cold white hand of death is like the snow
Laid softly on the furrowed hill;
It hides the broken heart below,
And leaves the summit brighter still.
Also Thomas
dearly beloved son of
Elizabeth Cumming
and the above,
who died 11th September 1895,
aged 10 years.
Also the above
Elizabeth Cumming,
who died 5th July 1929,
aged 85 years.
Also Marion,
died 9th January 1951,
and Elizabeth,
died 10th December 1952.
Daughters of the above.5
 
Last Edited24 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S814] 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/3586 folio 18. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  2. [S572] 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/2887 folio 60. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  3. [S744] 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/3406 ed39 f63 p33. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  4. [S1656] Image of the 1911 Census for England and Wales (1911 Census.co.uk, http://www.1911census.co.uk/), RG14, RD 452, SD 3, ED 16, Schedule 211.
  5. [S962] Monumental inscription on the gravestone of David Cumming family (Bebington Cemetery, Wirral, Merseyside).
  6. [S687] E-mails from Andy Candlish to J Kolthammer.
  7. [S2280] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. Marion Alice Cumming, 1951.