Joseph Tummon and Mary Williamson

Holy Trinity Church, Hull (Hull Minster)

Joseph Tummon (bap. 23 Jan 1785 at St Mary's, Hull), son of Joseph Tummon and Mary Holroyd, married Mary Williamson (b. 7 May 1790), daughter of Thomas Williamson and Rebecca Bellard, on 6 Dec 1807 at Holy Trinity Church, Hull. 

(It appears that this was not Joseph's first marriage, as Joseph Tummon, Mariner, had previously married Mary Cornwall, also at Hull Holy Trinity, on 29 Oct 1804. Their daughter, Mary Ann Tummon was baptised at Holy Trinity on 7 Aug 1806. Cannot identify further records for this first Mrs Tummon, nor Mary Ann.)

Joseph Tummon and Mary Williamson's children included:

1. Joseph Tummon bap. 20 Nov 1808 at All Saints Church, Sculcoates. The baptism record lists Joseph's father as William and does not list his mother, however, several DNA matches point to these being his parents.
2. James Gibson Tummon b. 20 Oct 1808, bap. 15 Jun 1809 at All Saints
3. Sarah Tummon b. 1810 (no baptism record)
4. John Watson Tummon bap. 8 Feb 1812 at All Saints, Sculcoates
5. Thomas Tummon bap. 15 May 1816 at St Mary's, Hull
6. Anne Tummon b. 18 Dec 1817, bap. 9 Jan 1818 at St Mary's, Hull. Died, aged 4 yr 8 mts and was buried on 6 Sep 1822, also at St Mary's, Hull
7. Robert Williamson Tummon b. 30 Jul 1826, bap. 21 Aug 1826 at St Mary's.  

On Thomas' baptism, they were in Lowgate, Hull, with Joseph described as a Victualler and on Ann's, Joseph is described as a Publican in Lowgate.

In 1841, Joseph Tummon (55) Sloop Broker (Sloop Insurance Brokerage is the intermediary between insurer and client) was living on the Hedon New Road, Drypool, Sculcoates with Mary Tummon (50), along with their married daughter, Sarah Couldrey (30) and granddaughter, Mary Couldrey (1).

Joseph Tummon, Sloop Broker, of The Groves, Sutton in Holderness, died at 65 on 14 Mar 1850 (1850 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 22 Page 390).

In 1851, Mary Tummon (62) Annuitant was living in Hodgson Street, Sutton, Sculcoates with son Robert Tummon (24) Corn Merchant Clerk, as well as Martha Burgell (20) House Servant from Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Mary Tummon died in 1858 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 103, age rounded up to 70, and was buried on 22 Nov 1858 at St Andrew, Drypool. 

Thomas Midgley Grayburn and Sophia Alice Hatcliffe Tummon

St Mary's, Lowgate, Hull
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Thomas Midgley Grayburn (b. 1826), son of William Midgley Grayburn and Elizabeth [maiden name unknown], married Sophia Alice Hatcliffe Tummon (b. 1836), daughter of Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe and elder sister of William Henry Tummon and Thomas Tummon, at St Mary's Church, Hull also known as Lowgate St Mary, on 8 Aug 1858. Both bride and groom gave their address as 9 Manor Street, Hull. Both Thomas and his father, William's occupation is listed as tinner (tin plate worker) and the late Joseph Tummon, this time had been upgraded to farmer from agricultural labourer. Witnesses to the marriage were the bride's brother, William Henry Tummon and an Ann Stephenson.

Although born around 1826, Thomas Midgley Grayburn was baptised, on 26 Feb 1837, at Holy Trinity Church. His sisters, Eliza and Mary Ann, were baptised at the same time and all three were listed as the children of William Grayburn, a Tin Plate Worker, and his wife Elizabeth, then living in Edgar Street, Hull. These 'catch up' baptisms in 1837 are not unusual and one imagines the church offered a discount ahead of the introduction of civil registration that year, probably fearing, rightly as it turned out, that people would stop baptising their children once they had that option. Indeed, Sarah Ann Greyburn, who later married Asher Swift, was also baptised along with several siblings, at Hull Holy Trinity in 1837. 

(What relation - I don't imagine they're not - Sarah Ann Greyburn is to Thomas Midgley Grayburn, records don't go back far enough to determine.)

In 1841, Thomas Grayburn (15), was living in Edgar Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull, with his parents William and Elizabeth and siblings, Maria (8) and William (2). And in 1851, Thomas M Grayburn (23), Tinner journeyman, was still living in his parents' home, this time at 8, Duncans Place, St Mary, Hull. His father, William M Grayburn (53) listed also as a Tinner journeyman, from Cottingham.

There do not appear to have been any children born to this couple. There was a Sarah Emma Grayburn born in 1859 and died in 1860, but because she falls between the cracks and misses any census and because her birth record does not come up in the GRO, her mother's maiden name cannot be confirmed and she cannot therefore be attributed to this (or any other) Grayburn family.

Sophia Alice Greyburn, wife of Thomas Midgley Grayburn, of 3 Winter's Alley, Manor Street, died, aged 32, on 12 Sep 1868 from 'Consumption and Disease of the Lungs' (Tuberculosis) and buried on 15 Sep 1868 at Hull General Cemetery.

In 1871, the widowed Thomas Grayburn (46) was a boarder in the household of his brother-in-law, William Henry Tummon, at Broadley Street, St Mary, Hull.

However, in 1881, Thomas Midgley Grayburn, listed, wrongly, as only 49, Journeyman tinner, was living in Providence Place, Trippett Street, Kingston upon Hull with a wife, Jane and daughter, Jane Grayburn (6). Born Jane Elizabeth Midgley Grayburn in 1875 (J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 252), this child's mother's maiden name is listed as Wilkinson. Also in the household was Charlotte Trolly (19), single, Worker at lead works, listed as daughter-in-law - but this is often used when meaning step-daughter - and a grandson, Thomas Trolly (0). 

There are no birth records of Charlotte Trolly or Thomas Trolly, nor marriage between a Wilkinson (or anyone) and a Trolly. I've also found no records of any other marriage for any Grayburn to any Jane, or any Wilkinson, or Trolly (or any other variation I can think of thereof). Nevertheless, there is a record of the death of a Jane Grayburn, aged 52, in 1885 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 154.

[So far] I've been unable to find any further records for Jane Elizabeth Midgley Grayburn after the 1881 census, neither can I find any further records for Thomas Midgley Grayburn, not even his death. Nobody left to register it, I'd guess.

Presumed step-daughter, Charlotte Trolly, married Jack Braithwaite in the second quarter of 1881. Listed as John Jnr Braithwaite (21), from Knottingley, Yorkshire, he was listed as Mate of the 'Alice' (a ship) to his father, John Braithwaite (53) Master (of said vessel) in 1881. In 1891, Charlotte Braithwaite (29) married, Black lead packer, was living in Trippett Street, with John Braithwaite (10) (could this be Thomas Trolly renamed for his putative father?), Henry Braithwaite (7) and Mary Ann Munns (68) Boarder. Jack, presumably was on board ship somewhere.

In 1911, John Braithwaite (49) was listed as Lighterman mate at Recketts Wharfe, Stone Ferry, Sculcoates (see: Lightermen in Hull), while Charlotte Braithwaite (50), living at 9 Kent Street, Hull was Forewoman black lead manufactory.

In 1921, Charlotte Braithwaite (60) was at 25 Kent St, Holderness Rd, Hull, in the household of son Henry Braithwaite (37).

John Braithwaite died, aged 64, in 1925.

In 1939, Charlotte Braithwaite (b. 10 Feb 1862), widow, was living in the household of her younger son, Henry Braithwaite, at 28 James Reckitt Avenue, Kingston Upon Hull. Charlotte Braithwaite died, aged 78, in 1940.

Thomas Tummon and Jemima Ellen Davies [Wells]

Hull Holy Trinity
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Thomas Tummon (b. 1841), son of Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe and brother of William Henry Tummon, married Jemima Ellen Davies Wells on 27 Mar 1859 at Hull Holy Trinity. However, there appear to be many romantic or mischievous, and very probably obfuscating, embellishments to their marriage certificate.

Thomas Tummon (19) Labourer, resident in Posterngate, Hull, lists his father as the late Joseph Jeykell Tummon, Merchant's Clerk. Late is correct, Jeykell is an entirely false addition and Joseph was an Agricultural Labourer (probably illiterate).

(In case you're wondering, the Gothic novella, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson wasn't published until 1886, so it wasn't that they had grabbed a topical and fashionable name from the fiction of the day.)

Jemima (20), also of Posterngate, Hull, lists her father as Philip Davies Wells, Lawyer's Clerk. On later records, she consistently claims to be from Northampton, Northamptonshire and there is one Jemima Ellen Davies born there in 1837 (making her 22), whose parents were Rhees John Davies and Elizabeth Barnes (m. 1831), who in 1841, lived in Dychurch Lane, St Giles, Northampton. Rhees Davies was working as a clerk. However, I've found no further census records for them.

On 1 Jun 1840 at Northampton Quarter Sessions (Sessions House, Northampton), Rhees John Davies, Attorney's clerk, had been sentenced to 12 months in gaol, accused of obtaining one sovereign by false pretences. It seems he had earlier brought a case for unpaid wages and that the sovereign was properly credited to his employer, Richard Thompson, then an Attorney (inferring that later he was not). There is a pencil note on the case papers that says, "There seems to have been malice in the prosecution," and, in red, below it, the word Pardon. Davies' sentence was remitted on 1 Jul 1840. There was an inquiry, after appeals to the Home Office on Davies' behalf and I'm unsure whether he served any part of his sentence or not at the Common Gaol of Northampton (Northampton Borough Gaol and House of Correction), but this does perhaps explain why the family left Northampton and ended up in Hull and why different names were being used.

Even one of the witnesses to Thomas and Jemima's marriage is listed as Thomas Magdalen Grayburn, who must be Thomas Midgley Grayburn who had married Thomas' sister in 1858. Although this could simply be a transcription error.

Thomas and Jemima had at least eleven children:

1. Thomas Alfred Jeykell Tummon b. 1860 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 192, bap. 21 Mar 1860, at St Mary's Church, Hull, died in the same quarter, 1860 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 135. 
2. Jane Elizabeth Tummon b. 1861 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 176, bap. 10 Feb 1861 in Hull (record doesn't list which church.)
3. Alice Tummon b. 1863 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 173
4. George Tummon b. 1864 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 179, bap. 6 Nov 1864 in Hull (again, venue is not listed on the record.)
5. Thomas Tummon b. 7 Dec 1866, bap. 30 Dec 1866 at St Mary's Church, Hull, reg. 1867 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 175
6. James Tummon b. 1868 D Qtr in HULL Vol 09D Page 205, bap. 3 Jan 1869 at St. James's Church, Hull, died in 1869 M Qtr in HULL Vol 09D  Page 154
7. Albert Tummon b. 12 Nov 1869 in HULL Volume 09D Page 220, bap. 12 Dec 1869 at St. James's Church, Hull.
8. Jemima Tummon b. 12 Jan 1872 in HULL Volume 09D Page 208, bap. 11 Feb 1872 at St. James's Church, Hull, residence Pease Street, Hull. Died before her 1st birthday in 1873 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 152.
9. James Tummon b. 1873  J Quarter in HULL  Volume 09D  Page 230, bap. 8 Jun 1873 at St. Luke's Church, Hull, died in the last quarter of 1873 
10. John William Tummon b. 1875 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 244
11. Charles Alfred Tummon b. 1880 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 256, died in 1881 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 184

The mother's maiden name on the first five children from Thomas Alfred Jeykell to Thomas in 1867, have the mother's maiden name listed as Wells. Those from James in 1868 onwards, the mother's maiden name is listed as Davis or Davies.

In 1861, Thomas Tummon (20) Dock Labourer from Marshchapel, Lincolnshire, was living at 4, Delaporte Court, St Marys, Hull with wife Jemima E Tummon (22) from Northampton, Northamptonshire and daughter Jane E (0). (That same year his brother, William, was living, next door, at 5, Delaporte Court, St Marys, Hull.) 

In 1871, Thomas Tummon (29) and Jemima E Tummon (31) were living at 8 Mary Ann's Place, Adelaide Street, Holy Trinity, Hull with Jane E (10), Alice (8), George (6), Thomas (4), Albert (1) and Robert Sykes (30) also a Dock Labourer, Boarder.

In 1881, at 6 Chatham Place, Adelaide Street, Kingston upon Hull, were Thomas Tummon (39) Dock side labourer; Jemima Tummon (41), Jane Elizabeth Tummon (20) Draper's assistant; Alice Tummon (18) Domestic servant; George Tummon (16) Fisherman; Thomas Tummon (14) Fisherman; Albert Tummon (12) Scholar; John William Tummon (5) Scholar and Charles Alfred Tummon (1).

In 1891, still at Chatham Place, were Thomas Tummon (49), Jemima E (50), John W Tummon (16) Telegraph messenger and Dennis E Davis (19) Blacksmiths labourer, Nephew. (This Dennis Edwin Davis (sic) was son of Dennis Edwin Davies and Martha Jane Kynman, who had married in Hull, in 1867. The father, Dennis Edwin Davies, born 1841, in Northampton was Jemima's younger brother. When he had married in 1867 and for the 2nd time, at 40, in 1882, he listed his father's name as Rees John Davies, a Law Stationer, confirming my earlier findings.)

Thomas Tummon died, aged 53, in the last quarter of 1895.

In 1901, Jemima E Tummon (59) widow, was living at 7, Chatham Place, Hull with just her son John W Tummon (26) Dock side tallyman labourer.

In 1911, Jemima Ellen Tummon (72) was living alone at 11 Lee Smith Street, Hedon Road, Sculcoates.

In 1921, Jemima E Tummon (83) from Northampton, Northamptonshire, widow, was once again alone at 11, Lee Smith Street, Hedon Road, Sculcoates.

Jemima Ellen Tummon died, in Sculcoates, in 1923.

Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe

St. Mary's church, North Somercotes, Lincolnshire
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Joseph Tummon (bap. 20 Nov 1808 at All Saints Church, Sculcoates), son of Joseph Tummon and Mary Williamson, married Jane Hatcliffe (bap. 18 Mar 1817, in Panton, Lincolnshire), daughter of John Hatcliffe and Elizabeth Bratley, on 29 Aug 1836 at the parish of North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. As with so many earlier records, at best, clerks wrote down what they heard in regional accents: Joseph's surname is listed as Tummins and Jane's as Atcliff with the aitch dropped. :)

Records suggest Joseph and Jane had three children:

1. Sophia Alice Hatcliffe Tummon b. 1836 in Swinefleet, Yorkshire
2. William Henry Tummon bap. 7 May 1838 in Marshchapel, Lincolnshire. Their surname on William's baptism was also listed as Tummins.
3. Thomas Tummon b. 1841 in Marshchapel, Lincolnshire

In 1841, living in Marsh Chapel, Louth, Lincolnshire, were Joseph Tummons (sic) (30), Jane Tummons (20), William Tummons (3) and Sophia Tummons (5). On the 1841 Census, Joseph's occupation is listed as Agricultural Labourer.

Then Joseph Tummon died, at just 42, and was buried on 5 Sep 1849 in the parish of St. Andrew, Drypool - then a village - presumably, ironically, in the churchyard of the ancient parish church of St. Peter's Church, Drypool. The building was destroyed by bombs in 1941. The churchyard is now a garden.

In 1851, in Thornton Street, Sculcoates, were Jane Tummon (31ish) widow, Dressmaker; Sophia Alice Tummon (14), William Henry Tummon (13) Weaver; Thomas Tummon (10) and Hugh Millar, a Hawker, Lodger.

In 1871, Jane Tummon (49ish) Seamstress, was living at Winters Alley, St Mary, Hull with Emma Hatcliffe (24) Charwoman, Niece and William Robinson (60) Dock side labourer, Boarder, which suggests he also had meals provided.

Jane Tummon died, aged 53, in the last quarter of 1871.

St Peter's Church, Drypool Green
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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.

Harry Lowe Bloom and Ivy Tummon

Strickland Street, Kingston upon Hull
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The Strickland Arms, a traditional corner public house that once served the fishing community.

Harry Lowe Bloom (b. 24 May 1911), married Ivy Tummon (b. 19 Jul 1916), daughter of George Tummon and Fanny Elwick, in Hull in Q4 of 1935. 

In 1921, Harry Lowell Bloom (10) was living in the household of William Finn (34) at 3, Ethel's Grove, Brighton Street, Sculcoates, listed as his Step-son. William Finn, Soldier, had married Harry's mother, Agnes Daisy Bloom, Spinster, on 6 May 1916. No mother's maiden name was listed on Harry's birth record, which confirms that he was born illegitimately. Lowe could have been his father's surname. 

Harry and Ivy appear to have five children:

1. Harry Kenneth Bloom b. 3 Jul 1936 in Sculcoates (Vol 9D Page 312)
2. Dennis Bloom b. 1938 Q4 in Hull
3. Gladys Bloom b. 1939 Q4 in Hull, died in the same quarter.
4. Lillian Bloom b. 1939 Q4 in Hull, died in the same quarter.
5. Maurice Bloom b. 1940 Q4 in Hull

Gladys and Lillian, born and died in 1939, quite clearly must have been twins.

In 1939 living at 6 Columbine Terrace, Strickland Street, Kingston Upon Hull (parallel to Wassand Street, where Ivy grew up), were Harry Bloom, General Labourer; Ivy Bloom, Harry K Bloom. A closed record would relate to Dennis. 

The family clearly must have moved to Manchester at some point. 

Both Dennis and Maurice married in Manchester, in 1968 and 1972, respectively. Ivy Bloom died, aged 60, in Manchester in 1976, Harry Lowe Bloom died, in Manchester, in 1977, he will have been 66. Harry Kenneth Bloom died, also in Manchester, at 52, in 1988. Dennis and Maurice may still be still living.

Albert Beetham and Harriet Elizabeth Tummon

Merrick Street, Hull
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Albert Beetham (b. 25 Mar 1907), son of Joseph William Beetham and Clara Alice Stephenson, married Harriet Elizabeth Tummon (b. 28 Jan 1911), daughter of George Tummon and Fanny Elwick, when she was 17, in Hull, in 1928. 

Albert and Harriet appear to have had seven or eight children:

1. Ivy E Beetham b. 1929 Q3 in Sculcoates
2. Irene Beetham b. 1933 Q4 in Hull
3. Clarice Beetham b. 1934 Q4 in Sculcoates, died in the same quarter.
4. Doreen Beetham b. 1935 Q4 in Hull
5. Albert Beetham b. 22 Nov 1936 (registered 1937 Q1) in Hull
6. Bertha Beetham b. 1939 Q1 in Hull
7. Iris Beetham b. 1947 Q3 in Hull

Additionally, there was a death of an infant Albert Beetham who was born and died in 1932, who may well have also been the child of this couple, however the birth record is not available to confirm the mother's maiden name.

In 1939, living at 11 Merrick Street, Kingston Upon Hull (the street no longer has housing) were Albert Beetham, Timber Porter and his wife listed as Elizabeth Beetham, then three closed records that would correspond to Ivy E, Irene and Doreen, then Albert Beetham and a further closed record (Bertha).

Albert Beetham died, aged 65, in 1972 in Holderness.

Harriet Elizabeth Beetham died, aged 81, in November 1992, in Hull.

William Smith and Ivy Tummon

Welwyn Park Avenue, Hull
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Ivy Tummon (b. 17 Oct 1904), daughter of Tom Tummon and Bertha Ainsworth, first cousin of Fanny Tummon, married William Smith (b. 27 Nov 1900) in Sculcoates, in 1923. William Smith's mother's maiden name was ... wait for it ... Smith! Whether William was born illegitimately, whether his parents were cousins, or whether this is just a coincidence, it's near impossible to discover. 

William and Ivy may have had several children, of those I believe belong:

1. Ivy Smith b. 1924 Q1 in Sculcoates (Vol 9D Page 389)
2. William Smith b. 1929 Q1 in Sculcoates (Vol 9D Page 348), died in the same quarter of 1929 (Vol 9D Page 352)
3. William T Smith b. 1931 Q2 in Sculcoates (Vol 9D Page 361)

In 1939, William Smith, General Labourer and Ivy Smith were living at 204 Welwyn Park Avenue, Kingston Upon Hull. There are then four currently closed records in the household, which could potentially relate to children. Two of these could be Ivy and William T, but I cannot identify further children that would fit, unless some of those that I've attributed to Clarence and Fanny Smith, actually belong to this couple. Equally, these or the closed entries in that other household could relate to visiting kids from elsewhere in the family, lodgers, or anyone.

It hasn't been possible to identify William or Ivy's deaths.

Clarence Smith and Fanny Tummon

York Road, Hull
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Fanny Tummon (b. 25 Jan 1907), daughter of George Tummon and Fanny Elwick, married at 16 to Clarence Smith, in Hull in 1923. Sadly, there are more than a few people, around the right age, called Clarence Smith to be certain which.

Potentially Clarence and Fanny had eight children:

1. Gladys Smith b. 15 Jun 1924 in Sculcoates (Vol: 9d Page: 226)
2. George Smith b. 1925 in Hull (Vol: 9d Page: 439) 
3. Irene Smith b. 1928 in Hull (Vol: 9d Page: 437) 
4. Clarence Smith b. 6 Apr 1930 in Hull (Vol: 9d Page: 452) 
5. Dorothy Irene Smith b. 1932 in Hull (Vol: 9d Page: 447) 
6. Ethel Smith b. 1934 Sculcoates (Vol: 9d Page: 154)
7. James Smith b. 11 Jun 1936 (Vol 9D Page 171) 
8. Mary E Smith b. 1938 in Hull (Vol: 9d Page: 289) 

In 1939, listed as Frances (Fanny) Smith, was living at 105 York Road, Hull, with eight other people, whom I assume were her children and included Gladys Smith, Glove machinist; two closed entries who I assume are George and Irene; Clarence Smith, At School; then two further closed records, who could be Dorothy and Ethel; James Smith, Under School Age and finally another closed record, which would fit Mary. Although Fanny is listed as married, Clarence is not listed in the household, so there are no further clues to his age, etc., to narrow him down.

Obviously, there are numerous assumptions here, but the GRO records for this time don't currently confirm the mother's maiden name and it wouldn't help anyway, as Fanny's first cousin, Ivy Tummon (daughter of Fanny's father, George Tummon's elder brother, Tom) had married a William Smith in the same year 1923, so separating the children to the right couples has been mostly guesswork.

Frances Smith, but of the right birth date, died, aged 76, in Hull in 1983.

Without knowing more about Clarence, I cannot identify his death. 

George Tummon, Fanny Elwick and Edith Mabel Peterken

St Luke, Baxter Road, Great Ilford
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George Tummon (b. 1879), son of William Henry Tummon and Elizabeth Crowley, married Fanny Elwick (b. 1884), daughter of James and Harriet Elwick, on 11 Jan 1904 at St. Barnabas's Church, Hull (closed 1970, subsequently demolished). 

George (24) gave his occupation as Engineer and his address as 18 Margaret's Terrace, Wassand Street, while Fanny (19) lived at 4 Margaret's Terrace, Wassand Street, so they were clearly neighbours. Fanny had lived at this address also in 1901, aged 16, when she was employed as a Confectioner's Shop Assistant. Her father, James Elwick, was a Shipping Clerk. George's father was listed on the marriage certificate as John William Tummon, which is clearly an error.

George and Fanny actually had seven children: 

1. George Tummon b. 1905 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 309, died aged 3 on 5 Jan 1909 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 168 (see below)
2. Fanny Tummon b. 25 Jan 1907 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 316
3. James William Tummon b. 1908 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 291, died in the same quarter, 1908 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D  Page 202
4. Lily Tummon b. 1910 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 300, died in the same quarter, 1910 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 205
5. Harriet Elizabeth Tummon b. 28 Jan 1911 in HULL Volume 09D Page 317
6. Ellen Tummon b. 1913 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 591, died before her first birthday in 1914 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 372
7. Ivy Tummon b. 19 Jul 1916 in HULL Volume 09D Page 540

On 9 Jan 1909, the Hull Daily Mai reported:

A PROMT AND BRAVE DEED

HULL MAN AND BURNING CHILD

        A burning accident, with fatal results, occurred on Tuesday in the Hessle Road district of Hull.

        A little curly-headed lad named George Tummon, the three year old son of George Tummon, fisherman, of 6, Ellis Terrace, Wassand Street, was the victim, and he died in the Hull Royal Infirmary that evening from shock consequent upon the severe burns. The mother of the child says that at 2.30 that afternoon she left deceased, with his sister Fanny, aged one year and two months, in the kitchen, where there was a fire in the grate, and went to give a sup of tea to a sick woman, who lives in the next door house. She did not intend to be away more than a minute, and never thought of the possibility of danger. The little lad was dressed in his night-shirt. There was no guard in front of the fire.

        As soon as Mrs Tummons (sic) had left the house the lad seems to have commenced to play near to the fire, and his clothes must have become ignited. The mother had only been gone two or three minutes when she heard cries of "Fire, fire." She immediately rushed out of the neighbour's house into her own, to find the boy had been taken to the Infirmary.

        In the meantime, a bricklayer named George Howard, of 4 Ellis Terrace, Wassand Street, was standing at his door when he heard screams. Looking down the terrace, he saw the boy run out of the house in flames. Howard rushed down the terrace to the aid of the boy, who seemed one mass of flames, and at once picked him up and wrapped some clothing and a quilt round him and extinguished the flames. Without halting, he lifted the lad once more in his arms and ran up Wassand Street in the direction of Hessle Road and boarded a tram car with the lad in his arms still smoking. The driver and conductor of the car were made acquainted with what had happened, and they ran the car right through to Brook Street without stopping once. At Brook Street Howard jumped out and ran all the way to the Infirmary with the screaming child in his arms.

        At the Infirmary Dr Lang instantly attended to the child, and found him to be suffering from severe burns and in a dying condition.

        The mother, when she found that her son was not in the house, at once connected the screams which she heard with the disappearance of her child. She rushed out into the terrace, and gathering an inkling of what had happened, and the fact that her son had been taken to the Infirmary by a neighbour, she followed as rapidly as possible. But when she arrived her child was in a dying condition, and death took place at ten o'clock that night.

THE INQUEST

        The inquest was held on Wednesday, before the Hull city Coroner (Colonel A Thorney), at the Infirmary.

        The Coroner said there had been an Act of Parliament [Children Act 1908] passed which in only some parts came into operation before the 1st of April. He was not quite certain whether section 15 of it applied to the present case. Section 15 of the Act provided that a fine not exceeding £10 should be inflicted on persons over sixteen who had the care of any child under seven who was injured through being in a room containing an open fire grate not sufficiently protected. If the jury thought that the case was so gross that they felt justified in considering the verdict of "Manslaughter" he would possibly adjourn the inquest to enable the woman to have legal representation.

        The first witness was Dr Lang, who stated that when the deceased child was admitted into the Infirmary he was suffering from extensive burns. It was a hopeless case, the child being moribund at the time of admittance. The child died the same night. The cause of death was shock consequent upon the injuries received.

        George Howard, bricklayer, of 4, Ellis terrace, Wassand Street, said that about half-past two he was in his home when he heard screams. He went out into the terrace and saw smoke issuing from Mrs Tummon's house. He rushed to the place, and just then the deceased child came out of the house. He whipped off his waistcoat and wrapped it round the child. Someone threw a coat to him, and a quilt, and he also wrapped these round the child, which he picked up and rushed it up to the Hessle Road and boarding a tramcar, conveyed it to the Infirmary.

        The Coroner: You will agree with me that Mr Howard has acted with the most excellent expedition and care and with the greatest rapidity, and with every credit to himself.

        The Jury: Yes.

        Fanny Tummon, wife of George Tummon, fisherman, gave evidence.

        The Coroner: Do you identify the body that we have seen in the Mortuary as that of your son?

        Witness: "I cannot see much of him, but I suppose it is him."

        Continuing, the mother of the deceased stated that she left the child in the kitchen while she took a cup of tea to a sick woman who lived next door. She left the child in his nightshirt because he had just got up. He had been up late the night before.

        She left the child on the couch eating some bread and meat. The child was dressed in a flannelette shirt. The fire was "middling" as she had not made it long. There was no guard. She went to the neighbour's with the cup of tea, and had just given her it, and was going to cut her some bread and butter, when she heard screams. She rushed downstairs, and was just in time to see Howard taking the child to the Infirmary.

        The Coroner said he felt certain from the evidence that the jury would not consider a verdict of "Manslaughter" against her. He would point out, not particularly to her, but to everybody generally, that after 1 April next any person who left a child alone in dangerous proximity to a fire would be liable to certain pains and penalties. There would be on the Statute Book a method and way of punishing parents and others for carelessness. At the present time Mrs Tummon could not be punished because of her carelessness which had caused the death of her child. He did not blame her particularly because being careless she was trying to do an act of kindness to someone else.

        A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.

An earlier article said, "The death through burning, of the little Hessle Road child named Tummon, is one of the most painful cases of its kind recorded recently" and concluded that, "The only bright feature of this terrible incident of life among poor people was the presence of mind, humanity, and quick decision of Howard, who acted with promptitude and spirit of mercy it is hard to appraise too highly."

In 1911, Fanny Tummon (26) was living at 5 Margaret's Terrace, Wassand Street, Hull, with her daughters, Fanny Tummon (4) and Harriet Elizabeth Tummon (0). This census confirms that by then they'd had five children, of whom three had died and two were still living, during their seven years of marriage. George was not listed in the household. In 1909, he was reported as working as a fisherman and, if he was still employed in that capacity and at sea, this could account for his absense.

Fanny Tummon must have died as a result of giving birth to Ivy, as she died in the same quarter, aged 31, in 1916 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 302.

George Tummon remarried Edith Mabel Peterken, daughter of James Peterken and Edith Sach, at St Luke's Church, Ilford, Essex on 8 Mar 1918. This time George's father was correctly listed as William Tummon, Dock Labourer, Deceased.

Edith Mabel Peterken had given birth to a daughter before her marriage to George Tummon and named her after herself, Edith Mabel Peterken b. 1917 M Quarter in ROMFORD Vol 04A Page 871, but who died in the same quarter, in ROMFORD Vol 04A Page 700. We will probably never know if this child was George's or not, but as she was born in the first quarter of 1917, she would therefore have to have been conceived before George's first wife had died, so I feel it less likely she was his.

George and Edith had ten further children: 

8. Edith Mabel Tummon b. 4 Feb 1919 in SCULCOATES Vol 09D Page 318
9. James Tummon b. 1920 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 602, died in the same quarter, in 1920 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D  Page 272
10. Vera Tummon b. 1922 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 509, died aged 1, in 1923 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D  Page 260
11. Dorothy Tummon b. 1924 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 466
12. Alice Tummon b. 3 Aug 1926 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 439
13. Mary Doreen Tummon b. 1929 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 405
14. Margaret Tummon b. 27 Feb 1931 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 419
15. George Tummon b. 1933 S Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 154
16. Raymond Tummon b. 1935 in Sculcoates (Vol: 9D Page: 193)
17. Rosina Tummon b. 13 Dec 1937 in Hull (Vol: 9D Page: 265) 

In 1921, George Tummon (42) Dock Labourer (for no fixed employer in no fixed place), was living at 72, Canning Street, Hull, with Edith Mabel Tummon (22), Fanny Tummon (14), Harriet Elizabeth Tummon (10) and Ivy Tummon (4) - daughters from his first marriage - and Edith Mabel Tummon (2).

In 1939, George Tummon (b. 19 May 1879) Dock Labourer, Edith M Tummon (b. 20 Aug 1898), Edith M Tummon, Waitress; Alice, Margaret and Rosina and four other people (by elimination these must be Dorothy, Mary, George and Raymond), were living at 35 Arram Grove, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire. Fanny had married in 1923, Harriet Elizabeth in 1928 and Ivy in 1935, which is why none of them remained with their father and step-mother at that point. 

George Tummon died, aged 67, on 25 Sep 1946 (1946 S Quarter in HULL Volume 02A Page 210). The Hull Daily Mail on that very same day reported his death, bizarrely on their front page, under the headline DEAD IN BED, "George Tummon, aged about 67, of Arram Grove, North Hull, was discovered dead in bed at his home in the early hours today. It is understood that Tummon was a former docker, and had been ill for a number of years. He had received medical treatment."

Edith Mabel Tummon died, aged 51, in 1951 S Qtr in HULL Vol 02A Page 208.