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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: 1891 census Richard Washington Stumbles
« on: Monday 02 July 07 21:56 BST (UK) »
Jon
About the father of Mary Blackmore Washington. I have his name as James Washington whereas as you (via the islandregister web site) have Robert Washington. My information came from a John Stumbles who has (or had) a web site http://www.stumbles.org.uk/ (now no longer accessible). On this web site was a page that said:
"Col. James Washington had a sugar plantation on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies...James Washington had a daughter Mary Blackmore Washington.."
The page then goes on to mention how Mary met Abraham Stumbles when he visited St Kitts, and they then married in about 1820. They returned to Plymouth, England, but in about 1832 they emigrated to Prince Edward Island, Canada, for a few years before returning to Plymouth again. There is a strong Stumbles link with PEI.
Anyway, according to John all this information was based on information he had from a Tim Stumbles (of the South African/Rhodesian branch of the family). Apparently Tim was living in Seattle in 1995, but I have never been able to track him down.
I exchanged a few emails with John Stumbles in 2004 but I haven't been able to contact him since then. So the evidence for the father of Mary Blackmore Washington being named James is based on hearsay, basically. I haven't been able to track it down to a documented source. What is the evidence for him having been named Robert?
No, I have not been able to track down the alleged link between Mary Blackmore Washington and the George Washington.
Where do you want me to send the gedcom?
David
About the father of Mary Blackmore Washington. I have his name as James Washington whereas as you (via the islandregister web site) have Robert Washington. My information came from a John Stumbles who has (or had) a web site http://www.stumbles.org.uk/ (now no longer accessible). On this web site was a page that said:
"Col. James Washington had a sugar plantation on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies...James Washington had a daughter Mary Blackmore Washington.."
The page then goes on to mention how Mary met Abraham Stumbles when he visited St Kitts, and they then married in about 1820. They returned to Plymouth, England, but in about 1832 they emigrated to Prince Edward Island, Canada, for a few years before returning to Plymouth again. There is a strong Stumbles link with PEI.
Anyway, according to John all this information was based on information he had from a Tim Stumbles (of the South African/Rhodesian branch of the family). Apparently Tim was living in Seattle in 1995, but I have never been able to track him down.
I exchanged a few emails with John Stumbles in 2004 but I haven't been able to contact him since then. So the evidence for the father of Mary Blackmore Washington being named James is based on hearsay, basically. I haven't been able to track it down to a documented source. What is the evidence for him having been named Robert?
No, I have not been able to track down the alleged link between Mary Blackmore Washington and the George Washington.
Where do you want me to send the gedcom?
David