Sunday 10 April 2022

William Henry Tummon and Elizabeth Crowley

Wassand Street, Kingston upon Hull
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The Wassand Arms, No. 99 Wassand Street. A traditional corner public house that once served the fishing community. Built mid to late Victorian period for Sykes Brewery. 

William Henry Tummon (b. 1838 in Marshchapel, Lincolnshire), son of Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe married Elizabeth Crowley (b. 1841), daughter of Thomas Crowley and Elizabeth Molloy, in Hull, in 1860.

William and Elizabeth Tummon had twelve children:

  1. Thomas Joseph Tummon b. 1861 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D, bap 1 Dec 1861 in Hull. Died 5 Mar 1862 in HULL Volume 09D Page 132. The 3 month old infant son of William Tummon of Delaporte Court, Manor Street, was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 8 Mar 1862. He was "Found dead in bed from enlargement of the liver". The informant was Elizabeth Tummon.
  2. Jane Elizabeth Tummon b. 1863 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D  Page 173, bap. 4 Jan 1863 in Hull.
  3. William Tummon b. 1864 D Quarter in HULL Vol 09D Page 183, bap. 4 Dec 1864 in Hull. Died, aged 7, on 15 Dec 1871 in HULL Vol 09D Page 167 and was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 18 Dec 1871, "Accidentally Burnt."
  4. Frederick Hatcliffe Tummon b. 1867 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 175, died at 19, on 6 Jan 1885 in HULL Volume 09D Page 155 and was buried on 11 Jan 1885 at Hull General Cemetery. The cause of death is given as 'Idiotsy' (sic) - it doesn't specify whether behavioural or congenital.
  5. Lucy Tummon b. 1870 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 212, bap. 1 May 1870 at St. James's Church, Hull, died from 'Diarrhoea and convulsions', aged 2 years 4 months on 1 Aug 1872 in HULL Volume 09D Page 179 and was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 4 Aug 1872.
  6. Robert Tummon b. 1872 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 211, died aged 5 months on 22 Aug 1872 from 'Consumption' (Tuberculosis) in HULL Volume 09D Page 188 and was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 24 Aug 1872.
  7. Margaret Tummon b. 13 Jun 1873 in HULL Volume 09D Page 208, bap. 29 Jun 1873 at St. Luke's Church, Hull (The church was badly damaged in the Second World War and demolished. The site is now occupied by council housing.) The family's address was Pease Place, Pease Street, Hull.
  8. Tom Tummon b. 20 Apr 1875 in HULL Volume 09D Page 252, bap. 26 Aug 1875 at St. James's Church, Hull (The church was closed in the mid 1950s and demolished in 1957. The site is now a garden.) At this time, the family were living at 38 Edgar Street, Hull.
  9. Sophia Tummon b. 15 Feb 1877 in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 154, bap. 8 Mar 1877, in Hull.
  10. George Tummon b. 19 May 1879 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 236
  11. Ada Tummon b. 1881 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 147
  12. Alice Tummon b. 27 Oct 1883 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 262

In 1861, William Tummon (22) Dock Labourer from Marshchapel, Lincolnshire and Elizabeth Tummon (19) were living at 5, Delaporte Court, St Marys, Hull. 

By 1871, William Tummon (33) Labourer, Elizabeth Tummon (29), Jane E Tummon (8), William H Tummon (6), Frederick H Tummon (4), Lucy Tummon (0), and boarders, Thomas Grayburn (46) and Edward Hatcliffe (26), were living at Broadley Street, St Mary, Hull. Another of Hull's lost streets - done away with in 1901 - Hull Daily Mail tells us that, "Broadley Street ran from Parliament Street, past Burlington Tavern, across the top of Manor Street and up to Leadenhall Square. The street was full of warehouses, sailmakers and wine, spirit and tobacco stores." 

In 1881, at 122, Chiltern Street, Newington, Sculcoates, were William Tummon (42) General Labourer, Elizabeth Tummon (40), Jane E Tummon (18) Domestic Servant Unemployed, Frederick H Tummon (14), Margaret Tummon (8), Tom Tummon (5), Sophia Tummon (3), George Tummon (1) and Ada Tummon (0). 

In 1891, William Tummon (52) Dock Labourer, was living at Lower Union Court, Lower Union Street, Holy Trinity and St Mary, Hull with Elizabeth Tummon (48), Sophia Tummon (14), Ada Tummon (9) and Alice Tummon (7). Maggie Tummon (17) was employed as a General Domestic Servant to John Ayer (39) Publican at 21 Sewer Lane, Hull. Searches show the Flying Horse at 21 Sewer Lane, Hull. George Tummon (11), was listed at Hull Truants Industrial School, in Elm Terrace, Hull.

William Tummon died, at 57, in 1895 M Quarter in HULL Vol 09D Page 182.

In 1901, Elizabeth Tummon (60) widow, was living at 18, Wassand Street, Margarets Terrace, Hull, with George Tummon (21) Commercial traveller; Ada Tummon (20) Charwoman and Alice Tummon (17) Domestic Servant.

Then in 1911, Elizabeth Tummon (69), widow, was living with her daughter, Ada Gallantree at 7 Hildas Grove, Westbourne Street, Hessle Road, Hull.

Elizabeth Tummon of Westbourne Street, died aged 71 of paralysis, on 25 Jan 1913, and was buried on 28 Jan 1913, at Hull General Cemetery, Spring Bank.

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