Helen Fitzgerald wrote to me on 30 September 2009 about her ancestors in County Durham.
Message: 'My Grandmother was Maud Elizabeth Cumpston, born Durham March 1901, married to Ebenezer Wilkie Hall. She was my Maternal grandmother. I have no relatives left on my Mother's side. Maud grew up in Spennymoor, Co. Durham, and lived later in life in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool. Can you help me find any living relatives?'
My research has found the following information:
The following are the CUMPSTON entries for County Durham from free bmd in date order. Please note - there are also strong lines for CUMSTON and these should be noted as a potential variant
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Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1846
Cumpston William Durham 24 56
Births Dec 1846
Cumpston Mary Ann Durham 24 80
Cumpston Robert Durham 24 80
Deaths Dec 1846
Cumpston Mary Ann Durham &c 24 70
Cumpston Robert Durham &c 24 70
Births Mar 1848
Cumpston Thomas Durham 24 97
Births Sep 1849
Cumpston Cuthbert Durham 24 86
Deaths Sep 1849
Cumpston Elizabeth Durham &c 24 67
Births Mar 1850
Cumpston Mary Ann Durham &c 24 91
Births Jun 1852
Cumpston Elizabeth Durham 10a 204
Deaths Sep 1853
Cumpston Thomas Durham 10a 114
Deaths Mar 1854
Cumpston Ann Durham 10a 136
Births Jun 1854
CUMPSTON Dorothy Durham 10a 227
Deaths Mar 1855
Cumpston Elizabeth Durham 10a 155
Births Sep 1856
Cumpston William Durham 10a 266
Births Sep 1859
CUMPSTON John Durham 10a 295
Deaths Dec 1860
Cumpston Cuthbert Durham 10a 160
Deaths Mar 1864
Cumpston Thomas Durham 10a 175
Births Sep 1864
CUMPSTON Mary Ann Richardson Durham 10a 346
Births Dec 1866
Cumpston Elizabeth R Durham 10a 3[14]5
Deaths Jun 1867
Cumpston Dorothy 13 Durham 10a 213
Births Jun 1869
Cumpston George Cuthbert Durham 10a 374
Deaths Sep 1871
Cumpston Elizabeth 80 Durham 10a 256
Deaths Sep 1874
Cumpston John 1 Durham 10a 296
Deaths Sep 1884
Cumpston Mary 75 Gateshead 10a 537
Deaths Jun 1886
Cumpston Mary Ann 62 Durham 10a 169
Marriages Jun 1894
Cumpston Elizabeth Richardson Durham 10a 535
Deaths Mar 1897
Cumpston John 78 Durham 10a 201
Deaths Dec 1897
Cumpston John 38 Durham 10a 218
Marriages Mar 1900
Cumpston George Cuthbert Auckland 10a 271
Births Mar 1901
Cumpston Maud Elizabeth Durham 10a 425 This is Maud, our subject.
Deaths Sep 1901
Cumpston William 80 Durham 10a 264
Continued from column 1:
Births Sep 1908
Cumpston George Cuthbert S. Shields 10a 860
Deaths Dec 1916
Cumpston William 60 Durham 10a 450
Marriages Dec 1923
Cumpston Maud E Hall Hartlepool 10a 245
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Births Sep 1928
CUMPSTON Jean Barlow Stockton 10a 86
NOTE (1/1/7/1/2/1/) JEAN IS MY COUSIN daughter of Joseph Charles Cumpston and Annie Terry. They all appear in my new book The Cumpstons of Hull, Master Mariners and their families.
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Deaths Jun 1933
Cumpston George C 25 Hartlepool 10a 142
PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU RECOGNISE THESE PEOPLE
6th December 2010 delighted to hear from my colleague Janet Higman that she too has this family in her tree. Janet wrote:
1900
Sarah Ellen SAMUELS 1876-1958 (my 2nd cousin twice removed) married
George Cuthbert CUMPSTON 1869-1943 in Auckland, Durham Reg Dist in 1900.
Their daughter Maud Elizabeth was born in 1901: Durham 10a 425 Born Tudhoe Grange
Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page Marriages Dec 1923
Cumpston Maud E Hall Hartlepool 10a 245
Hall Ebenezer W Cumpston Hartlepool 10a 245
See 1911 census for Ebenezer W Hall in end column >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
They appear in the 1901 census just after Maud's birth.
1901 census Durham, Tudhoe 39 King Street
George Cuthbert Cumpston Head age 31 Draper Employer at home born Belmont
Sarah Ellen Cumpston (Nee Samuels) wife age 24 born Middlesbrough Yorkshire
John Thomas Sparks Boarder widower age 71 retired boiler smith born Birmingham
Maud Elizabeth Cumpston daughter single 2 months born Tudhoe Grange
Sarah Fairley servant single 23 years general servant
District 43 Image 13 Parish of Tudhoe, Ecclesiastical Parish St Andrews Tudhoe Household schedule number: 70 Piece: 4680 Folio: 72 Page Number: 13
The 1891 census at Durham Stockley shows that George Cuthbert Cumpston was at School Row Stockley in the Page Bank village
The census runs over 2 pages for this family and they lived next door to another Cumpston family:
Family 1
Wm Cumpston Head single age 24 coal miner, born Philadelphia [This is County Durham not the USA!] [born c. 1867 ]
John Cumpston brother single [age hard to read] coal miner born Hall Garth
Mary Anne sister single 26 dressmaker born Hall Garth
Elizabeth sister single age 24 born Hall Garth Elizabeth Richardson Cumpston
Date of marriage Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1894 Registration district: Durham
Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 535
George Cuthbert Cumpston brother single 21 born Page Bank
William Cumpston father widower 68 born Hallgarth Page Bank Durham [circa 1823]
Family 2
Next door was the Kirtley family where Ann Cumpston lived with her husband John Kirtley. With them lived her father John Cumpston widower, aged 72 retired miner born in Jesmond Northumberland. [circa 1819 circa]
I suspect that John aged 72 and William aged 68 were brothers.
District 38 image 11
1911 Census name: Maud Cumpston Age in 1911: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Relation to Head: Daughter Birth Place: Spennymoor Civil parish: Boldon Durham Street Address: Sheraton House St George's Villas East Boldon
Household Members:
George Cuthbert Cumpston 41
Sarah Cumpston 34
Maud Cumpston 10
George Cumpston 2
Registration district: South Shields Registration District Number: 556 Sub-registration district: South Shields ED, institution, or vessel: 80 Piece: 30339
1881 England Census Name: Geo. Cuthbert Cumpston Age: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Cumpston Mother's Name: Mary Ann Cumpston
Where born: Gilesgate Moor, Durham, England
Civil parish: Stockley Durham England Street Address: Page Bank
Household Members: Name Age
William Cumpston 57 coal miner b Chester le street
Mary Ann Cumpston 56 wife born Philedelphia [note this is Co Durham not USA]
William Cumpston 24 miner
Jno. Cumpston 21 coal miner
Mary Ann Cumpston 16
Eliz. Richardson Cumpston 14
Geo. Cuthbert Cumpston 11 Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Durham Sub-registration district: St Oswald ED, 34 Piece: 4957 Folio: 10
Page Number: 13
1871 Census
1861 England Census William Cumpston Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823 Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Cumpston Where born: Chester, Durham, England
Civil parish: Durham St Giles Ecclesiastical parish: Belmont Durham England
Household Members: Name Age
William Cumpston 38 miner born Chester [le street]
Mary Ann Cumpston 36 wife
Dorothy Cumpston 7 scholar
William Cumpston 4 death aged 60 1916 Durham vol 10a page 450
John Cumpston 1
Registration district: Durham Sub-registration district: St Nicholas ED, 13 Household schedule number: 242 Piece: 3742 Folio: 42 Page Number: 46
Maud's father was George Cuthbert CUMPSTON born 1869
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
George Cuthbert Cumpston Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1869
Registration district: Durham Volume: 10a Page: 374
Marriage 1900
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 George Cuthbert Cumpston married Sarah Ellen Nee Samuels
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1900 Registration district: Auckland Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 271
1841 England Census Name: William Cumpston Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Civil parish: Pittington Hundred: Easington (South Division) Durham England
Household Members: Name Age
Cuthbert Cumpston 58
Elizabeth Cumpston 50
John Cumpston 22
William Cumpston 20
Ann Cummings 5
Mary Gray 7
Registration district: Durham and Lanchester Sub-registration district: St Nicholas Piece: 314 Book: 6 Folio: 25 Page Number: 18
1911 England Census Name: Ebenezer W Hall Age in 1911: 14 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897 Relation to Head: Son
Birth Place: West Hartlepool, Durham, England
Civil parish: West Hartlepool Durham
Street Address: 43 Wansbeck Gardens West Hartlepool
Occupation: Feteegraph Messanger
Household Members: Name Age
Jane C Hall 39
Ethel M Hall 16
Ebenezer W Hall 14
Jane W Hall 11
Sebella M Hall 8
George W Hall 1
Registration district: Hartlepool Registration District Number: 545
Sub-registration district: Hartlepool ED,19 Piece: 29619