Jane "Jean" Cumming

1820 - 1905  (85 years)

• Name	Jane "Jean" Cumming
  Nickname	Jean
  Birth	1820	Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Christening	17 Dec 1820	Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	CUMMIN JEAN ARCHIBALD CUMMIN/HELEN HAY FR738 (FR738) F 17/12/1820 562/ 40 7 Eastwood
  Gender	Female
  Census-Household Member	1851	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1851 Census Lanark Lanark Robert James
  Census-Household Member	1861	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1861 Census - Lanark twp Lanark County Robert James.
  Census-Household Member	1871	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1871 Census Lanark Lanark Robert James pg1
  		1871 Census - Lanark twp Lanark County Robert James pg2
  Census-Household Member	1881	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Census-Household Member	1891	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1891 Census Lanark Lanark Robert James
  _UID	F5A2F659A80F490F907C359D773ADC78D89A
  Death	24 Dec 1905	Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	From "The Lanark  Era": Issue DEC 27, 1905 Death at Hopetown, Saturday, Dec 24th, Jean Cumming, widow of the late Robert James, age 85 yrs. & 3 days. She was born in Glasgow,Scotland  in 1820, & went with her parents to the United States when six years old. Three years later, they returned to settle in Canada. She married Robert James in 1845. Her husband died 12 years ago. They had a family of 13 children, all of whom survive; Robert & David, of Southwyn, Manitoba; Archibald, of Toronto; John L, of Lanark; William, Hopetown; George, Winnipeg; Mrs W H Graham, Dugald, Manitoba; Maggie & Mrs. Robert Kay, Central Falls, Rhode Island; Mrs W H Trenham,Utica, NY; Mrs. W H Baird, Dalhousie; Mrs. J G Lawson Middleville; & mrs John Paul, Watsons Corners. Burial in Hopetown Cemetery.
  Person ID	I14907	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Archibald Cumming,   b. 1785, Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland d. 23 Mar 1871, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Helen "Ellen" Hay,   b. 1786, Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1857, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1817	Paisley (Abbey), Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert James,   b. 1823, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Mar 1893, Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1845	Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	witnesses: Robert James and John Cumming
  		Jane Jean Cumming & Robert James Marriage.jpg
  Children	+ 1. Robert James, of Southwyn MB,   b. 8 May 1846, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Apr 1915 (Age 68 years)   2. Archibald James, of Toronto ON,   b. 1847, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ellen James,   b. 1848, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret James, of Central Falls RI,   b. 1851, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary James,   b. 1854, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Elisabeth James,   b. 1854, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1936 (Age 82 years)   7. Jane "Jennie" James, of Middleville,   b. 1857, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1930 (Age 73 years)   8. Catherine James,   b. 1858   d. Yes, date unknown   9. David James, of Southwyn MB,   b. 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   10. John L. James, of Lanark ON,   b. 1863   d. Yes, date unknown   11. William James, of Hopetown ON,   b. 3 Aug 1863, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Oct 1944 (Age 81 years)   12. Jessie Ann James,   b. 1867, Watson's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1954 (Age 87 years)   13. George James, of Winnipeg,   b. 1869, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 21 Feb 1845 - Lanark Village, Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1851 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1861 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1881 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1891 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 24 Dec 1905 - Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] ? DC Thomson Family History, England, Shropshire Burials Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), "Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire." Jean Cummin, accessed 27 Jun 2022. (Reliability: 3). [S103] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1785-1935, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), accessed 24 May 2019), Robert James household; Year: 1851; Census Place: Lanark, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 11; Line: 21., 1,7921::0. (Reliability: 3). [S49] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)), accessed 6 Apr 2020), Robert James household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1042-1043. (Reliability: 3). [S99] Book, History of the County of Peterborough, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street, publisher, 1884.), accessed 6 Apr 2020), Robert James; Year: 1871; Census Place: Lanark, Lanark North, Ontario; Roll: C-10019; Page: 58; Family No: 198., 971.363 H39 BR C.1. (Reliability: 3). [S164] Ontario., Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869, (Digital images., Family Search.org . https://www.familysearch.org.), accessed 6 Apr 2020), Robert James household; Year: 1881; Census Place: Lanark, Lanark North, Ontario; Roll: C_13233; Page: 18; Family No: 78. (Reliability: 3). [S178] ? Findmypast 2015, Australia, Queensland Deaths 1829-1964 Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), accessed 24 May 2019), Robert James household; Year: 1891; Census Place: Lanark, Lanark North, Ontario; Roll: T-6348; Family No: 104. (Reliability: 3). [S35] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1935, ((ancestry.ca)), Robert James & Jane "Jean" Cumming Marriage; Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858; Series: MS248; Reel: 1. (Reliability: 3).