Ethel Grant Cumming: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

1. Ethel Grant Cumming was born on 5 Dec 1886 (daughter of Henry Gordon Cumming and Bliss Annie White); died on 24 Dec 1886; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 2

Henry Gordon Cumming was born on 26 May 1857 in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of George Cumming and Catherine Damant Atherstone, 1820 Settler); died on 24 Jul 1898 in Thorn Kloof farm, Fish River, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Henry married Bliss Annie White in 1885. Bliss (daughter of George White and Bliss Ann Atherstone) was born on 5 Nov 1862; died on 8 Aug 1907 in Albany Hospital, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bliss Annie White was born on 5 Nov 1862 (daughter of George White and Bliss Ann Atherstone); died on 8 Aug 1907 in Albany Hospital, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

1. Ethel Grant Cumming was born on 5 Dec 1886; died on 24 Dec 1886; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
George Cumming was born on 14 Feb 1888; died on 1 Mar 1888; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Fanny Atherstone Cumming was born on 19 Jun 1890; died on 4 Jul 1890; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Gordon Douglas Cumming was born on 26 Feb 1894 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Mar 1894 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 May 1975.

Generation: 3

George Cumming was born on 12 Oct 1811 in Secundrabad, Madras, India; was christened on 2 Mar 1813 (son of Alexander Cumming and - wife of Alexander Cumming); died on 17 Nov 1881 in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

George married Catherine Damant Atherstone, 1820 Settler on 12 Jun 1834. Catherine (daughter of John Atherstone, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Damant, 1820 Settler) was born on 10 Oct 1815 in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England; died on 7 Sep 1890 in Beaconsfield farm, Grahamstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine Damant Atherstone, 1820 Settler was born on 10 Oct 1815 in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England (daughter of John Atherstone, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Damant, 1820 Settler); died on 7 Sep 1890 in Beaconsfield farm, Grahamstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

Alexander George Cumming was born on 12 Nov 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 12 Dec 1835 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 May 1910 in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Guybon Cumming was born on 21 Dec 1836 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Oct 1917 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
Catherine Ann Cumming was born on 13 Feb 1838 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 18 Mar 1838 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Aug 1891.
James Cumming was born on 26 Nov 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 22 Dec 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Dec 1922 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 18 Dec 1922 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
son Cumming was born on 25 Jun 1841.
Herbert Cumming was born on 29 Jun 1842; died in 1890.
Jessie Cumming was born on 11 Jun 1844 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Sep 1844 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1846.
Laura Elizabeth Cumming was born on 1 Nov 1846; died in 1847.
Charles Bellamy Cumming was born on 26 Dec 1847 in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1930.
Bliss Atherstone Cumming was born on 24 Sep 1849 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 23 Dec 1849 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 27 Jul 1892 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Gordon Grant Cumming was born on 28 Nov 1851.
Jessie Caroline Cumming was born on 3 Jan 1854; was christened on 3 Feb 1854 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1924.
2. Henry Gordon Cumming was born on 26 May 1857 in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Jul 1898 in Thorn Kloof farm, Fish River, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

George White was born on 2 Mar 1829 (son of Thomas Charles White, 1820 Settler and Ann Grant Damant, 1820 Settler); died on 1 May 1906 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

George married Bliss Ann Atherstone in 1856. Bliss (daughter of John Atherstone, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Damant, 1820 Settler) was born on 15 Nov 1823 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1907 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bliss Ann Atherstone was born on 15 Nov 1823 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (daughter of John Atherstone, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Damant, 1820 Settler); died on 16 Jul 1907 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

George Lorraine White was born on 26 May 1857; died on 8 Apr 1934 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Wesleyan/Methodist), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John Grant White was born on 21 Jan 1859; was christened on 25 May 1859 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Jan 1860; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Alfred White was born on 3 Mar 1860 in 'Brakkloof', Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Apr 1860 in Grahamstown Church (St Bartholomew's), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Aug 1929 in Brakkloof farm, Grahamstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Edward White was born on 18 Oct 1861; died on 11 Jun 1938 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. Bliss Annie White was born on 5 Nov 1862; died on 8 Aug 1907 in Albany Hospital, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Frances Atherstone White was born on 12 Mar 1864; died on 18 Jun 1960 in The Castle farm, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Jessie Grant White was born on 11 Apr 1866; died on 17 Jan 1955; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Ethel Damant White was born on 3 Mar 1868; died on 2 Jan 1958; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 4

8. Alexander Cumming was born about 1788; died on 9 Oct 1858 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Alexander + - wife of Alexander Cumming. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

- wife of Alexander Cumming

Children:

4. George Cumming was born on 12 Oct 1811 in Secundrabad, Madras, India; was christened on 2 Mar 1813; died on 17 Nov 1881 in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

10.

John Atherstone, 1820 Settler was born on 25 Jan 1793 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (son of Hugh Atherstone and Ann Green); died on 13 May 1855 in Table farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

John married Elizabeth Damant, 1820 Settler on 13 Dec 1811 in St James, Westminster, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William Sancroft Damant and Elizabeth Castell) was born on 26 Dec 1781; was christened on 30 Dec 1781 in Lammas with Little Hautbois, Norfolk, England; died on 17 Nov 1838 in Table farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Elizabeth Damant, 1820 Settler was born on 26 Dec 1781; was christened on 30 Dec 1781 in Lammas with Little Hautbois, Norfolk, England (daughter of William Sancroft Damant and Elizabeth Castell); died on 17 Nov 1838 in Table farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Children:

son Atherstone was born in 1813 in Brandon, Suffolk, England; died in 1813 in Brandon, Suffolk, England.
William Guybon Atherstone, 1820 Settler was born on 27 May 1814 in Zion Hill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 26 Jun 1898 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
5. Catherine Damant Atherstone, 1820 Settler was born on 10 Oct 1815 in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England; died on 7 Sep 1890 in Beaconsfield farm, Grahamstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Elizabeth Atherstone, 1820 Settler was born on 4 Dec 1816 in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England; died on 2 May 1832 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Emily Atherstone, 1820 Settler was born on 30 Mar 1818 in Stowey, Somerset, England; died on 22 Aug 1900 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John Cradock Atherstone was born in 1820 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1820 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John Frederick Korsten Atherstone was born on 1 Oct 1821 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 May 1894 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
7. Bliss Ann Atherstone was born on 15 Nov 1823 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1907 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Caroline Atherstone was born on 14 Nov 1826.

12.

Thomas Charles White, 1820 Settler was born on 6 Oct 1791 in Gibraltar (son of John White and Elizabeth Bentley); died on 13 May 1835 in Bashee River, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Thomas married Ann Grant Damant, 1820 Settler on 29 Nov 1826 in London Church (St Pancras), London, England. Ann (daughter of Thomas Sancroft Damant and Anna Grant) was born on 23 Nov 1805 in Fakenham, Norfolk, England; died on 11 Oct 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Ann Grant Damant, 1820 Settler was born on 23 Nov 1805 in Fakenham, Norfolk, England (daughter of Thomas Sancroft Damant and Anna Grant); died on 11 Oct 1880.

Children:

Major Thomas Charles White was born on 30 Sep 1827 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Aug 1909; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
6. George White was born on 2 Mar 1829; died on 1 May 1906 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Emily Damant White was born on 25 Mar 1833 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Dec 1864; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.