HAZEL CUMPSTON IS ANOTHER RESEARCHER WITH AN INTEREST IN THIS LINE

In her tree there are the following:
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND HANNAH

1856 Cumpston John born
1859 Cumpston Joseph birth
1863 Cumpston Samuel birth
1867 Cumpston Edward birth
1870 Cumpston Mary birth
1873 Cumpston Frank   birth
1876 Cumpston Alice birth 1876

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND HANNAH COMPSTON

They had 13 children only seven survived to adulthood

Mary Elizabeth COMPSTON
Births Mar 1869 Dudley 6c 97
(married George Marsh - successful butcher in Sedgley, nr Dudley) Marriages Jun Q 1899
 Dudley 6c 196 Marsh George Church

Archie COMPSTON

John COMPSTON Marriage Mar Q 1884 to Partridge Marianne West Bromwich 6b 936

Births Jun 1865 Compston Edward Wones  Dudley 6c 85
and his marriage Sep Q 1885 Dudley 6c 85 to Rachel Morgan

Births Mar 1872 COMPSTON Frank   Dudley 6c 102

Births Jun 1876  COMPSTON Annie Wonce Dudley 6c 80
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  + 7 others
To try and identify these I have included all the births to COMPSTON in Dudley after 1853 when William and Hannah married:

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Births Dec 1855
Compston Sarah Dudley 6c 94

Births Mar 1860 COMPSTON John Dudley 6c 93

Births Dec 1861 COMPSTON Hannah Dudley 6c 90

Births Mar 1864 COMPSTON Thomas William Dudley 6b 108
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Births Jun 1865 Compston Edward Wones   Dudley 6c 85
see his details in 1911 and his son Edward Leonard COMPSTON
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Births Mar 1868 Compston William Henry Dudley 6c 66

Births Mar 1869 Compston Mary Elizabeth Dudley 6c 97

Births Mar 1872 COMPSTON Frank Dudley 6c 102

Births Jun 1873 Compston Alice Dudley 6c 103

Births Sep 1874 COMPSTON Alice Dudley 6c 107

Births Jun 1876 COMPSTON Annie Wonce Dudley 6c 80
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There is a gap of 8 years here which suggests that the following were not siblings of the above.
Births Jun 1884 Compston Sarah May Dudley 6c 73

Births Sep 1884 Compston John William H Dudley 6c 71

Births Mar 1886 COMPSTON Joseph Nayler Dudley 6c 76
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Births Jun 1887 Compston Edward Leonard   Dudley 6c 84  linked to Ruth
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Births Dec 1888 COMPSTON Daisy Dudley 6c 61

Births Mar 1890 Compston Edith May Dudley 6c 102

Births Sep 1890 Compston William Dudley 6c 91

Births Dec 1890 Compston Joseph Wones Dudley 6c 63

Births Dec 1891 Compston Hannah Wones Dudley 6c 95

Births Sep 1893 Compston Edwin Howard Dudley 6c 79
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Births Jun 1895 Compston Lilian May  Dudley 6c 90 see her in 1911 with her father Edward Wones COMPSTON and brother Edward Leonard
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Compston Sidney Dudley 6c 80

Births Jun 1897 Compston Arthur John Dudley 6c 85

Births Dec 1897 Compston Mary Phyllis W Dudley 6c 74

Births Mar 1899 Compston Amelia Dudley 6c 94

Births Mar 1900 Compston William George Dudley 6c 99

This page is for Peter Bent who is researching the following:

1833 Gornal Nr Dudley Wones Hannah married William Cumpston  birth 1833
William Cumpston and Hannah Wones married on the 8th of November 1853 at St. Martin's Church, The Bullring, Birmingham. Hannah Wones was the first born child of John Wones (born Minsterley, Shropshire 1804 and Nancy Wones - formerly Naylor - married at St.Peter's Church, Wolverhampton in 1832)

William Cumpston & wife Hannah of Sedgley, South Staffordshire are shown on the Staffordshire page.

Peter feels that this "Hannah" was formerly Hannah Wones, elder sister of his great grandfather Edward Wones. Hannah was the mother of Archibald Compston the golfer
 
Peter says 'It is surprising that they married such a distance away from their home territory - William's home presumably was in the Sedgley area as was Hannah's - she was born just down the road in Woodsetton - as were almost all the children of John & Nancy Wones. Now Hannah's father, "John Wones" (born Minsterley) was the son of Edward Wones (born around 1760 - we think!) - the man who married Elizabeth Cumpston at Shelve, nr Minsterley, Shropshire on the 14th July 1784.
 
The Wones and the Cumpston's of Shropshire/South Staffordshire were closely tied together by marriage (Edward Wones & Elizabeth Cumpston, Shelve 1784 and William Cumpston and Hannah Wones, St Martin's in the Bullring, Birmingham 1853)
 
I have a feeling that there might have been a slight antipathy to the marriage of William Cumpston & Hannah Wones from both families - despite their closeness - goodness knows why and hence they got hitched well away from their home area. I do not know of any connection that Hannah Wones might have had with central Birmingham - and unfortunately no one is around to tell me now!
 
John & Nancy Wones' grave is in a small graveyard belonging to a Baptist chapel close to Woodsetton (very near Sedgley, South Staffordshire) and right next to it is the grave of Richard Compston (died 28th July 1885 - aged 38 years)- the year being a little unclear and also of his wife Sarah Compston (died April - 1883/7 - a little unclear & the date in April has worn away - aged 64 years.) Also buried in the same grave is Mary Cumpston (died December 13th 1870, aged 13/15 years - unfortunately her age at death no longer being very clear).'
 
In the same graveyard there is also the grave of Mary Lloyd Jevon, who died in her 20's who was Peter's grandmother Eliza Wones, mother.
 
So three important threads of his family are all buried in this very small graveyard belonging to a Baptist Chapel - very close to both Sedgley and Woodsetton.
 
Edward Wones (born 1760 was blown up not far away in 1820) was buried in Sedgley at All Saints Church Cemetery, but we do not yet know where his wife Elizabeth (nee Cumpston) was buried. Peter says he does not know whether she died in the Minsterley/Westbury area of Shropshire. She was one of his great, great, great grandmothers and grandmother of his great grandfather Edward Wones.
 
 
 

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page

Deaths Sep 1837 COMPSTON Mary Dudley 18 216

Deaths Sep 1838 Compston Joseph Dudley 18 194

Deaths Mar 1864 Compston Thomas William Dudley 6c 65

Deaths Sep 1865 Compston Richard Dudley 6C 38

Deaths Dec 1868 Compston William Henry 0 Dudley 6c 37 b. 1868

Deaths Mar 1873 Compston Sarah 17 Dudley 6c 65 b.1856

Deaths Jun 1873 Compston Alice 0 Dudley 6c 53 b. 1873

Deaths Dec 1877 COMPSTON Sophia 67 Dudley 6c 59 b. 1810

Deaths Mar 1878 Compston Annie 1 Dudley 6c 58 b. 1877
Compston John 72 Dudley 6c 47 b. 1806

Deaths Jun 1883 Compston Sarah 64 Dudley 6c 33 b. 1821

Deaths Jun 1884 Compston John 24 Dudley 6c 43 b. 1860
Compston John 24 Dudley 6c 48 b. 1860

Deaths Dec 1890  Compston Joseph Wones 0  Dudley 6c 41 b. 1890

Deaths Sep 1896 Compston Sarah Alice 5 Dudley 6c 38 b. 1891

Deaths Dec 1900 Compston Samuel 39 Dudley 6c 49 b. 1861

Deaths Mar 1912 Compston William 80 Dudley 6c 97 b. 1832

Deaths Dec 1912 Compston Hannah 79 Dudley 6c 72 b. 1831

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

 
Marriages Mar 1840 COMPSTON Mary Dudley 18 313

Marriages Dec 1862 Compston John Dudley 6c 146

Marriages Dec 1873 Compston Ann Dudley 6c 275

Marriages Jun 1882 COMPSTON John Dudley 6c 126

Marriages Sep 1885 COMPSTON Edward Wones   Dudley 6c 85

Marriages Jun 1890 Compston Samuel Dudley 6c 208

Marriages Jun 1899 Compston Mary Elizabeth Dudley 6c 196

Marriages Jun 1909 COMPSTON Joseph Naylor Dudley 6c 110

Marriages Mar 1912 Compston Hannah W Osborne Dudley 6c 92

Marriages Dec 1912 Compston Elizabeth H Rudge Dudley 6c 195

STAFFORDSHIRE SENTINEL 5 MARCH 1915
SOLDIERS' WIVES AND THE RATES KIDSGROVE DISTRICT COUNCIL

The Rate Collector Mr Compston reported difficulty in collecting the rates from soldiers' wives. He said there were 94 soldiers's wives who were householders. Fourteen had paid the rates in full and five had paid in part. The amount outstanding in respect of soldiers' rates was approximately £25. of the 94 soldiers' wives he had ascertained that there were six with no children, fifteen with one child, twenty eight with two children, twenty five with three children, eight with four, five with five, three with six and four with seven. He had visited most of them, and in many cases they absolutely refused to pay the rate. Some said they could not pay, while others said they could not be made to pay.

The clerk said that if these people were excused wholesale, there might be difficulty with the auditor, who was extremely strict. He would certainly surcharge the members of the Council. The Local Government Board had issued no fresh instructions for guidance in this matter, and the rule was that each case must be dealt with on its merits, the only ground for excusing the rates being poverty.
It was resolved to hold a special meeting of the Council on Monday evening next to consider each case on its merits.

CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THIS MR COMPSTON? PLEASE LET ME KNOW

SEE ALSO PAGE 2.  Peter Bent has done an enormous amount of work on this tree and I feel it is important to give voice to his thoughts and findings on his WONES / CUMPSTON relatives.

We also have new pages on Edward Leonard COMPSTON pages 1 from Ruth Brandreth and 2 from Jan. There are 3 entries for him and his family in the end column. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>