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Edith May [Mabel] Cumpstone of Maypole Cottage Buildwas Birth 1889 Madeley
Bert Cumpstone has kindly provided the details of this death and the family tree associated with it. He also most generously sent me hard copies of the photos seen here.
Miss Edith May Cumpstone died in hospital on 1st April 1975. She did not leave a Will and a relative Kenneth George Hayward had been looking after her affairs and applied for Letters of Administration to her estate. The correspondence with her solicitor in Telford gave an excellent overview of the family tree.
EDITH MAY CUMPSTONE's RELATIVES at 1.4. 1975
Shrop 5 1/1/2/2/ MARY ANNIE BROADBENT nee Cumpstone deceased. Sister of Edith May
Children:
Shrop 5 1/1/2/2/1/ Percival John Raymond Nephew of Edith May deceased.
Birth Sep 1908 Wellington, Sh. 6a 696. Marriage Mar Q. 1932 Shifnal 6a 1095
Shrop 5 1/1/2/2/2/ Marjorie Alice Niece of Edith May deceased. Birth Mar Q 1915
Newport S. 6a 1279 Marriage Dec Q 1933 to Lewis Newport Sh. 6a 1703
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/3/ Herbert Edgerton Cumpstone Brother of Edith May
1904 married Lillian Poole [parents William Cumpstone & Alice Bradbury] 31-Dec-04
Children
Shrop 5 1/1/2/3/1/ Francis Edgerton Cumpstone nephew of Edith May
Shrop 5 1/1/2/3/2/ Cumpstone Francis William b. 1872 Wrockwardine C006622/
William Alice Bradbury 26 Coy. 7Bn Imperial Yeomanry went to USA with brother
Bert christened IGI 14 Jul 1872. Stottesden Atcham 8 yrs census 1881 Jun Q
1872 1899-1902 37336 Private 26 yrs Soldiers of the Queen in 2nd Anglo Boer
War 1906 Wellington Salop 6a 1579 Marriage Free BMD Dec Q 1906
In 1975 at 1495 South Main Street Cheshire Conneticut 06410 Conneticut USA
nephew of Edith May
Shrop 5 1/1/2/3/3/ Charles Gordon Cumpstone nephew of Edith May
Shrop 5 1/1/2/3/4/ Melbourne Cumpstone nephew of Edith May
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/ Ernest Edward Cumpstone deceased. Brother of Edith May deceased.
Married Elizabeth Ballard Glamorgan Yeomanry cavalry then Welsh Regiment
1874 Shiffnal 6a 632 Birth Free BMD Jun Q 1874. 1881 Stottesden 6 yrs
scholar census 1881. Marriage Jun 1897 Merthyr T. 11a 906. SEE PHOTO 1 of
their engagement & 2 at Cwm Liwydrew Farm now Cwm Darren Parc, [house is
demolished]; also photo 12 at Cadfan's wedding.
Children:
Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/1/ Ernest Idris Cumpstone 77 yrs nephew of Edith May
<<<<1898 Llantrisant 11a 568 Pontypridd [who married Elizabeth Griffiths] birth Jun
Q. Marriage Mar 1926 Merthyr T. 11a 913. Joined Glamorganshire Yeomanry
[Cavalry] but transferred to the Welsh Regiment [Infantry]. His story is recorded in
the Welsh Regiment Museum Cardiff Castle and here with a photo. He died aged 96
yrs. See also photo 5.
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/2/ Cumpstone Nicholas William [known as Nick] 74 yrs nephew of
Edith May. 1901 Merthyr T 11a 719 [who married Olwyn May Matthews] birth Sep Q
1901. Marriage Dec 1923 Merthyr T. 11a 1548. See photo 3, Nick aged 12 in
1913, ambulance driver at Fochriw Pit. Photo 4 Nick is the driver - far right,
holding the whip - of a horse drawn trip to Gilwern, aged 14.
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/3/ Cumpstone Bertie 72 yrs nephew of Edith May 1903 Merthyr
T 11a 742 [who married Anne Maud Owen] birth 29-May-1903. Marriages Mar
1928 Merthyr T. 11a 898 See photo 7 Bert and Anne Maud with young Bert,
1940, at No. 6 Council Houses. Bert junior is my research colleague. Photo 8
shows Bert Senior with his sister Lydia [below] and photo 12 at Cadfan's wedding.
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/4/ Cumpstone Lydia Mary 70 yrs Niece of Edith May
1905 Merthyr T 11a 755 [who married Frank Chaplin] birth Jun Q 1905 died
2003 aged 98 yrs. Had been a nurse, nursing sister and midwife. She photos 8/ 9 &
10
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/5/ Cumpstone Arthur 67 yrs nephew of Edith May 1908 [who
married Gwynfil Curtis] birth 13-May-08. Marriage Jun Q 1939 E. Glamorgan
11a 1973 See photos 6 with Bert and Fiat Hearse 1925 and wedding photo 11 with
Jack Golding [best man, killed in WWII] and Gwynfil's sister.
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/6/ Cumpstone Margaret Alice Niece of Edith May
Birth Dec 1910 Merthyr T. 11a 736 Marriage Jun 1935 to William H. Jones
E. Glamorgan 11a 1984
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/7/ Cumpstone Tegwedd 63 yrs niece of Edith May Birth Jun 1912
Merthyr T. 11a 1493 [who married Eric Slade] birth 1912 - see photo 12 for Pauline
Slade - ? their daughter Marriage Mar Q 1937 E. Glamorgan 11a 1458
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/4/8/ Cumpstone Cadfan 56 yrs nephew of Edith May [who married
Joyce Evans birth 1919]. 1941 age 22 invalided out RAF. Birth Mar 1918 Merthyr T.
11a 1361. See photo 12 for their wedding.
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Shrop 5 1/1/2/5/ Cumpstone Percy Herbert brother of Edith May Free BMD Jun Q 1878.
Shiffnal 6a 652. 1881 census Stottesden Atcham 2 yrs. Married Rachael Lewis] Dec
1913 Merthyr T. 11a 1402
Children
Shrop 5/1/1/2/5/1/ Cumpstone Brinley nephew of Edith May
Birth Mar 1915 Merthyr T. 11a 1679
Shrop 5/1/1/2/5/2/ Cumpstone Graham nephew of Edith May
Birth Dec 1925 Merthyr T. 11a 1242
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Shrop 5 Beatrice Ellen Beech nee Cumpstone sister of Edith May
1883 Cleobury Mortimer 6a 572 Birth Free BMD Sep Q 1883. 1907 Madeley 6a
1359 24 yrs Marriage Free BMD Dec Q 1907
Children
Lawrence Beech nephew of Edith May
John Egerton Beech nephew of Edith May Births Mar 1911 Madeley 6a 561
Herbert William Beech (deceased) nephew of Edith May
Births Jun 1916 birth Madeley 6a 1011
Children of Herbert William
Robert Gordon Beech great nephew of Edith May
Jean Maureen Beech great niece of Edith May
Sandra Elizabeth Beech great niece of Edith May
Michael Thomas Beech great nephew of Edith May
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Shrop 5 Gertrude Hayward nee Cumpstone deceased sister of Edith May deceased. 1885 Tenbury 6c 264 Gertrude Alice Birth Free BMD Jun Q 1885. 1906 Burton 6b 435 Birth Free BMD. Jun Q Marriage Free BMD Mar Q 1909
Children
Kenneth George nephew of Edith May Birth Dec 1913 Walsall 6b 1342
Douglas [deceased]
Children of Douglas
Judith Helen great niece of Edith May
Neville Douglas great nephew of Edith May
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Shrop 5/ Frank Cumpstone deceased. Brother of Edith May. Died without issue
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Shrop 5/ Rossie [Rose Clarice] Jeffreys nee Cumpstone no living issue. Sister of Edith May. 1892 Madeley 6a 582 Birth Free BMD Dec Q 1892. Married 1919 Madeley 6a 1787 Jeffreys Free BMD Sep Q 1919
1 son Gordon Clarence killed during Second World War. Unmarried no issue. 1440434 Sgt. Gordon Clarence Jefferys served with 90 Squadron RAF. One of the gunners on Stirling Bomber no. EH 937, WP-S which took off from RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire for a raid on Berlin. As a result of enemy action the plane crashed into the IJsselmeer, some 15 kms east of Marken, Holland. Gordon was killed with 6 other crew members. His body was later washed ashore on the Dutch Island of Urk. He was buried at Amersfoort [Oud Leusden] General Cemetery in Plot 13 Row 9 Grave 186.
<<<<<<<<<<SEE PHOTOS IN COLUMN 1
This tree is shared by a number of researchers.
Check out the following pages.
Midlands Tree Francis & Martha
[also on this page]
Cumpstones at Fochriw, Wales
John Cumpstone 1837 Aston Rogers
Maypole Cottage Buildwas is near Ironbridge Telford
1891 census for Edith's family
Edith M Cumptone Age: 2
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Alice
Gender: Female
Where born: Little Wenlock, Shropshire, England
Civil parish: Little Wenlock
Ecclesiastical parish: St Lawrence Registration district: Madeley Sub-registration district: Madeley
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Household Members: Name Age
William Cumptone 50
Alice Cumptone 43
Percy H Cumptone 13
Bertie E Cumptone 9
Beatrice E Cumptone 7
Gertrude A Cumptone 6
Edith M Cumptone 2
PLEASE DOUBLE CLICK EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE
PHOTO 12 above OF WEDDING OF CADFAN CUMPSTONE AND JOYCE EVANS
The photo above includes a good range of Cumpstone relatives
Back row:
Ernest Cumpstone, Douglas Cumpstone, Cadfan [groom] Joyce Evans [bride] Gerald Evans, Billy Cumpstone, Mr Evans [bride's father].
Front row:
Elizabeth [Ballard] Cumpstone, Enid Cumpstone, Evans sister, Mary Cumpstone, Pauline Slade, Evans Sister, Dora Cumpstone, Mrs Evans [bride's mother].
30 September 1939 Accident Mrs. E. Cumpstone, wife of Mr. Ernest Cumpstone, >>>>>>>> Aelybryn, was knocked down by a lorry at Dowlais on Saturday. She was removed to Merthyr General Hospital.
Photos with kind permission of Mrs Hill.
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1440434 - Rear Gunner- Sgt. Gordon Clarence Jeffreys - RAFVR - Age 22 - KIA
of Buildwas, Shropshire, UK - Plot 13. Row 9. Grave 186
first buried - General Cemetery Urk ( Z 5553 ) Grave 612 Deep 1
- reburied 18 Jul 1947 - Amersfoort (Oud-Leusden) General Cemetery "Rusthof" - CWGC ref. 2620345
born 4th Qtr. 1920, district Madeley, County Shropshire, UK.
Son of Mr. Richard T. Jeffreys and Mrs. Rose Clarice Jeffreys
(née Cumpstone), district Madeley, County Shropshire, UK. His mother ( b. 1892 ) died late 1922. Gordon stayed at the family home in the charge of his aunt Edith Mabel Cumpstone.
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The paternal grandmother of Norman Beech is Beatrice Ellen Cumpstone, sister of 'great aunt' Rose and Edith 'Edie'
- info via Norman Beech - 07 Aug 2009
www.teunispats.net/jack-edward-gibbs.htm
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I was delighted to hear from
Teunis Schuurman WWII researcher from The Netherlands who updated his website address above and corrected some place names - thanks for writing Teunis!
Do check out his website.
GM June 2011.