Robert Irwin Cumming

Male 1893 - Abt 1972  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Irwin Cumming was born on 19 Aug 1893 in Michigan, United States (son of Robert Anderson Cumming and Ellen Follis); died about Feb 1972.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LWXR-7GB
    • _UID: B592A7E9525C4644A625E1E253435C13A284

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWXR-7GB

    Robert married Pearl Vernice Calbeck on 1 Jan 1919 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. Pearl was born on 4 Apr 1893 in Superior Township, Chippewa, Michigan, United States; died in Jun 1974 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Anderson Cumming was born on 28 Aug 1865 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Cumming and Annie Clark Fisher); died on 8 Dec 1942 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LKXR-59G
    • _UID: C29136B26A834741B9EEEF57CD062B8621FE

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKXR-59G

    Robert married Ellen Follis on 11 Dec 1889 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. Ellen was born on 12 Sep 1863 in Kilsyth, Georgian Bluffs, Grey, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1939 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ellen Follis was born on 12 Sep 1863 in Kilsyth, Georgian Bluffs, Grey, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1939 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: LKP9-2B5
    • _UID: 7CF7132FBEFC425E98AC75E93BAEE4CF4D90

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKP9-2B5

    Children:
    1. Cumming was born on 7 Nov 1890 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States; died on 8 Nov 1890 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.
    2. Ethel Annie Cumming was born on 7 Jan 1893 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States; and died.
    3. 1. Robert Irwin Cumming was born on 19 Aug 1893 in Michigan, United States; died about Feb 1972.
    4. Albon Clyde Cumming was born on 4 Jan 1896 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States; died on 24 Jun 1970 in Richards Landing, St. Joseph, Algoma, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Martha Isabel Cumming was born on 25 Feb 1898 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States; died on 17 Feb 1970 in Michigan, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Cumming was born about 1839 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Peter Cumming and Margaret M. Muir); died on 27 Mar 1917.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 9WWR-68D
    • _UID: B68759B13F8A4033AE15787DAE5EAA897A44
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9WWR-68D

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Robert married Annie Clark Fisher on 21 Jan 1865 in Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Donald Fisher and Christian McNie) was born on 22 Aug 1841 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Annie Clark Fisher was born on 22 Aug 1841 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Donald Fisher and Christian McNie); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 97PR-LRX
    • _UID: 59EFAF6C9D9D4A65809C8367AC2B3945A76C

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97PR-LRX

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Anderson Cumming was born on 28 Aug 1865 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Dec 1942 in Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, United States.
    2. Donald Fisher Cumming was born on 29 Nov 1866 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Mar 1940 in Springmount, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Margaret Cumming was born in 1872; and died.
    4. Edward Blake Cumming was born on 22 Oct 1875 in Brant Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    5. William Lyon McKenzie Cumming was born on 24 Nov 1879 in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    6. Annie Cumming was born on 14 Jun 1882 in Derby, Grey, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Jan 1899 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peter Cumming was born about 1812 in St Boswells Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland; was christened on 16 Feb 1812 in St Boswells Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland (son of Robert Cumming and Elizabeth Anderson); died on 15 Sep 1885 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KZ88-JST
    • _UID: 874466029F914231A80BFCDEF02F80CFD1FD
    • Census: 1851, Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Christened:
    CUMMING
    PETER
    ROBERT CUMMING/ELIZABETH ANDERSON FR144 (FR144)
    M
    16/02/1812
    804/
    10 142
    St Boswells

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZ88-JST

    Peter married Margaret M. Muir. Margaret (daughter of James Muir and Jean Fleming) was born on 12 Jul 1814 in Kirkfieldbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 26 Jul 1814 in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 13 Jul 1896 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Watson's Corner, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret M. Muir was born on 12 Jul 1814 in Kirkfieldbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 26 Jul 1814 in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland (daughter of James Muir and Jean Fleming); died on 13 Jul 1896 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Watson's Corner, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KHRQ-82R
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 107817984
    • _UID: A11BC44055734D6C873BC789946464CA7992
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Christened:
    MUIR
    MARGARET
    JAMES MUIR/JEAN FLEMING FR334 (FR334)
    F
    26/07/1814
    621/
    20 109
    Avondale

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHRQ-82R

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107817984

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Died:
    Lanark Era - 29 Jul 1896
    Watson's Crs. Mon. July 13th, Mrs. Peter Cumming. She was born Margaret Muir, July 12th, 1814, at Kirkfield, a suburb of Lanark-on-the-Clyde, Scotland, and came to Canada with her parents in 1820. They settled on the farm now owned by J.A. Craig. On April 1", 1836, she married Peter Cumming, who died in 1886 a few months after their golden Wedding Anniversary. Her father was James Muir, an Elder of the Presbyterian Church at Lanark. She had six children, of whom 5 survive. Burial in Lanark Village cemetery.

    Children:
    1. Susan Cumming was born on 22 Jul 1837 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Dec 1915 in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 4. Robert Cumming was born about 1839 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Mar 1917.
    3. Elizabeth Anderson Cumming was born about 1841 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1920; was buried in Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Watson's Corner, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. James Cummings was born about 1843 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1926; was buried in Cobden Cemetery, Cobden, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. John Cumming was born on 22 Aug 1845 in Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Jun 1909 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Watson's Corner, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Peter Cumming was born about 1849 in Canada; died on 25 Jun 1865; was buried in Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Watson's Corner, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Donald Fisher was born in 1807 in Balquhidder Parish, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Feb 1807 in Balquhidder Parish, Perthshire, Scotland (son of Malcom Fisher and Christian McIntyre); died on 4 Jun 1894 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: K6CM-33H
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 174806394
    • _UID: 6DE399130B9249BEBED6DB30EB47BF2252C1
    • Location: 1831, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 5 Lot 23

    Notes:

    Christened:
    FISHER
    DONALD
    MALCOM FISHER/CHRISTIAN MCINTYRE
    M
    17/02/1807
    331/
    10 346
    Balquhidder

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6CM-33H

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174806394

    Died:
    Donald Fisher and Christy McNee were married March 20, 1827 by the Rev. William Bell, First Presbyterian Church, Perth.
    ______

    Known children of Daniel / Donald Fisher and Christy n?e McNee Fisher:

    Christina (1829 - 1876) Christina n?e Fisher Robertson (to be determined)
    Malcolm Fisher, b. August 19, 1831 - baptized Sept 30, 1831
    Elizabeth Fisher, b. March 1, 1833 - baptized May 3, 1833
    Janet Fisher, b. October 4, 1834 - baptized Dec 26, 1834
    Janet Fisher, b. July 24, 1835 - baptized Oct 2, 1836
    Duncan Fisher, b. November 15, 1839 - baptized April 19, 1840
    Anne Fisher, b. August 22, 1841 - baptized October 17, 1841
    John Fisher, b. March 7, 1843 - baptized May 21, 1843
    Donald Fisher, b. March 15, 1848 - baptized July 2, 1848
    Catherine Fisher, b. March 14, 1850 - baptized Sept. 7, 1850
    _____

    Fisher?Died, at Bathurst, on Monday, 4th June, Mr. Donald Fisher, aged 87.

    Another and among the last of the original settlers of Bathurst, Donald Fisher, died at his residence on the 5th Line of that township on Monday, 4th June at the advanced age of 87 years. The deceased was born in the district of Balquidder, Perthshire, Scotland and his forefathers sleep in the same chapel where lay the bones of the famed Rob Roy McGregor. Mr. Fisher came to Canada with his parents in the year 1818 when a youth of 11 and endured the privations and hardships of pioneer life in Canada happily unknown to the present generation. He was married to Christina McNee (sister of Messrs. Duncan and Peter McNee of this locality) whom he survived about 30 years. He left three sons Peter who lives near Chesley, Ontario; Duncan of Athens, Leeds County; and Donald on the farm and in whose place he died. The deceased was a Liberal and a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Perth and a very regular meeting attendant until deafness and other bodily infirmities kept him away. His remains were buried besides those of his wife and children in the old Presbyterian burying ground in Perth, the funeral being attended by a large concourse of neighbors. Rev. A. H. Scott conducted the service.

    Perth Courier, 8 June 1894

    Donald married Christian McNie on 29 Mar 1827 in First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Christian (daughter of John McNie and Jannet Dewar) was born about 1806 in Glen Ogle, Stirling, Scotland; died on 17 Apr 1866 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Christian McNie was born about 1806 in Glen Ogle, Stirling, Scotland (daughter of John McNie and Jannet Dewar); died on 17 Apr 1866 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: K631-68Y
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 174818467
    • _UID: C9A63EF52A6A459A8CEB06C2DCE3DA0CF955

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K631-68Y

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174818467

    Died:
    Born Glen Ogle, Scotland, she was a sister of Duncan and Peter McNee.

    Christy McNee and Donald Fisher were married March 20, 1827 by the Rev. William Bell, First Presbyterian Church, Perth.

    Known children of Daniel/Donald Fisher and Christy n?e McNee Fisher:

    Christina (1829 - 1876) Christina n?e Fisher Robertson (to be determined)
    Malcolm Fisher, b. August 19, 1831 - baptized Sept 30, 1831
    Elizabeth Fisher, b. March 1, 1833 - baptized May 3, 1833
    Janet Fisher, b. October 4, 1834 - baptized Dec 26, 1834
    Janet Fisher, b. July 24, 1835 - baptized Oct 2, 1836
    Duncan Fisher, b. November 15, 1839 - baptized April 19, 1840
    Anne Fisher, b. August 22, 1841 - baptized October 17, 1841
    John Fisher, b. March 7, 1843 - baptized May 21, 1843
    Donald Fisher, b. March 15, 1848 - baptized July 2, 1848
    Catherine Fisher, b. March 14, 1850 - baptized Sept. 7, 1850

    Note:
    - This burial location per husband's obituary.
    -Dates of children from St. Andrew's parish register, Perth

    - Thank you to Bruce Gordon, no. 48010981, for her death information from St. Andrew's Burial Register which stated the following:

    Name: Mrs. Donald Fisher
    Residence: Bathurst
    Birthplace: Scotland
    Died: April 17 (1866)
    Age: (blank)
    Disease: Paralysis

    Children:
    1. Peter Fisher was born on 4 Mar 1829 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Apr 1904 in Brant Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Chesley Cemetery, Chesley, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Malcolm Fisher was born on 19 Aug 1831 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 30 Sep 1831; died on 25 Aug 1857 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth "Betsy Fisher was born on 1 Mar 1833 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Mar 1857 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Janet Fisher was born on 4 Oct 1834 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    5. Jannet "Jennie" Fisher was born on 14 Jul 1836 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Aug 1878 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Duncan Fisher was born on 15 Nov 1839 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 May 1911 in Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Athens Village Cemetery, Athens, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 5. Annie Clark Fisher was born on 22 Aug 1841 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    8. John Fisher was born on 7 Mar 1843 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Jan 1850 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Donald M. Fisher was born on 15 Mar 1848 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 May 1932 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Catherine "Kate" Fisher was born on 14 Mar 1850 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Oct 1938 in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Union Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada.




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