Gershom Gourlay CUMMING

1810 - 1898  (88 years)

• Name	Gershom Gourlay CUMMING
  Birth	1810	Dundee
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Dundee, Scotland
  	Census of 1851 at 41 Reforn Street, Dundee Occupation: Engraver & Lithographer & Printseller Household: Gershon (40), Mary (22), Anne (13) and Agnes Anderson (19)
  Residence	1861	Glasgow, Scotland
  	Census of 1861 at 257 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow Barony Occupation: Teacher of Drawing and Marting Household: Gershon (50), Mary (31), Annie (23), William (9), Mary (7), and James (5)
  Residence	1881	Monifieth, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland
  	Census of 1881 at Links House Occupation: Artist Landscape Painter Household: Gershon (70), Mary (52), William (2?), Mary (27), and James (25)
  Residence	1891	Monifieth, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland
  	Census of 1891 at King Street Joy Cottage Occupation: Artist Landscape Household: Gershon (80), Mary (61), William (39), Mary (37), James (35), and Betsy Douglas (14)
  Death	28 Mar 1898	Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland
  Person ID	I2586	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	James CUMMING,   b. 1766, Kirkhill, Inverness d. 25 Jul 1840 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Helen GOURLAY,   b. 9 Apr 1774, Dundee, Scotland d. 1853, King Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1792
  Family ID	F997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Kinnimond HEDDERWICK,   b. 26 Jan 1812, Dundee, Scotland bur. 20 Feb 1838, Old Howff Cemetery, Dundee Scotland (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1837	Monifieth, Angus, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Annie Kinninmond Hedderwick CUMMING,   b. 22 Jan 1839, Dundee, Scotland d. 20 Mar 1910, Abbotscroft, Whiteabbey (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Mary HALLEY,   b. 1829
  Marriage	6 Jun 1849	Dundee, Scotland
  Children	1. William CUMMING,   b. 5 Apr 1851, Dundee, Scotland   2. Mary CUMMING,   b. 6 My 1853, Dundee, Scotland d. 1922 (Age 69 years)   3. James Halley CUMMING,   b. 8 Dec 1855, Dundee, Scotland d. 1908 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 6 Jun 1849 - Dundee, Scotland Residence - Census of 1851 at 41 Reforn Street, Dundee Occupation: Engraver & Lithographer & Printseller Household: Gershon (40), Mary (22), Anne (13) and Agnes Anderson (19) - 1851 - Dundee, Scotland Residence - Census of 1861 at 257 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow Barony Occupation: Teacher of Drawing and Marting Household: Gershon (50), Mary (31), Annie (23), William (9), Mary (7), and James (5) - 1861 - Glasgow, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Dorothy Cockburn notes: The Cummings, our grandfather's people, are much better known to me. They lived in a nice old Georgian house in Broughty Ferry, on the Tay, near Dundee. Gershom, our great-grandfather, was an artist and engraver, and was one of the founders of the Orchar (?) gallery in B Ferry. By his first wife, Anne Hedderwick, he had grandmama, Annie, and by his second wife, two sons and a daughter, none of whom had any children. The last member of the family, great-aunt Mary, died in a park shelter about 1922, or so. She left the house to her church, but it is now privately owned again. Grandmama was small and fair, a fine musician, and accomplished in the Victorian way. I remember her and my grandfather very well. They were married in Glasgow from an aunts house, at Dalhousie Street, in October 1863. Dorothy Cockburn notes: CUMMING - Descended from a Norman noble, the Cummings became powerful in Scotland. In the reign of Alexander III there were three Cumming Earls: Buchan, Menteith and Atholl. By a marriage with the sister of of John Baliol, and descent from king Duncan 'The Red Comyn' Lord of Badenoch had a strong claim to the Scottish crown. After the despatch of this man by the dagger of Robert the Bruce in the Church of the Minories (Greyfriars)in Dumfries, the power of this branch of the family was destroyed, and the COMYNs of Altyre took the lead. Through marriage with the Gordons of Gordonstoun, the name Gordon-Cumming was adopted by the Altyre branch, now baronets of Gordonstoun. (Both Oliver and Uncle Ollie were called Oliver Gordon)