James Cumming^[1]

1839 - 1922  (83 years)

• Name	James Cumming
  Birth	26 Nov 1839	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Baptism	22 Dec 1839	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Cumming, James baptism Caption Note: "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-58544-52?cc=1468076 : accessed 1 April 2015), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown Cathedral, St George > Baptisms 1837-1856 > image 14 of 55; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Media Date: 22 DEC 1839 Keywords: Baptism
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	'Thornkloof', King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  a Farmer
  Death	17 Dec 1922	Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
  Burial	18 Dec 1922	Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I731	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	George Cumming,   b. 12 Oct 1811, Secundrabad, Madras, India d. 17 Nov 1881, Hilton farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Catherine Damant Atherstone, 1820 Settler,   b. 10 Oct 1815, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England d. 7 Sep 1890, Beaconsfield farm, Grahamstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Porter Hoole Dick,   b. 11 Oct 1848, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 14 Jan 1898, 'Thornkloof', King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 49 years)
  Children	+ 1. Francis Harriet Cumming,   b. 25 Nov 1868, Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 18 Jan 1939, 'Woodlands', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 70 years) + 2. Jessie Cumming,   b. 28 Jan 1871, 'Gonubie Vale', Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 28 Aug 1941, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 70 years) + 3. Arthur Clement Cumming,   b. 4 Oct 1873, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 5 Jul 1925, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa (Age 51 years) + 4. Sydney White Cumming,   b. 12 Dec 1875, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 7 Dec 1939, Otjiwarongo, South West Africa (Namibia) (Age 63 years) + 5. Robert Malcolm Cumming,   b. 21 Aug 1878   d. 1951, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years) + 6. Bliss Edith Cumming,   b. 17 May 1881   d. 9 Sep 1964, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) (Age 83 years) + 7. James Gordon Cumming,   b. 7 Feb 1889, 'Thornkloof', King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. Jan 1944, Odzi, Rhodesia (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 26 Nov 1839 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Baptism - 22 Dec 1839 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation - a Farmer - - 'Thornkloof', King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 17 Dec 1922 - Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa Burial - 18 Dec 1922 - Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  his will is at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91R-8RVC?i=40&cat=502516

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] W.E & R.J Hoole, "Descendants of James and Jane Hoole", (Published by W.E and R.J Hoole, 1993, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa), 149, ISBN 0-620-17462-5.