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• Name: Arthur John TUMBER

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Information about this individual and family kindly supplied by Neil Harvey (Email: nharvey.keytechuk@btinternet.com):

B: 19/10/1869 Poss B: Dec 1869 TUMBER Arthur Elham 2A 882 (not Arthur John!) M: 06/08/1893 St Peter's Church Folkestone M: Sep 1893 TUMBER Arthur John Elham 2a 1766 (To Sarah Ann Saunders) D: Sep 1948 TUMBER Arthur J 78 Folkestone 5B 457 1901 UK Census has age 31 @ 28 Radnor St, Folkestone

At 9 fostered by hosts of Lifeboat Inn, North St. A fisherman then held Folkestone beach deckchair concession & gave trips round bay. Lived East St., Folkestone fish market, then Penfold Road, Folkestone.

Diabetic, refused amputation of gangrenous toes & died soon after. Unsurprisingly, known for stubbornness.

First marriage: to: Sarah Ann Saunders date: August 06, 1893 place: St. Peter's Church, Folkestone, Kent, England M: Sep 1893 Saunders Sarah Ann Elham 2a 1766 (To TUMBER Arthur John)

I don't know if you want all the children but: Elsie Elizabeth Tumber FreeBMD Birth Dec 1893 Tumber Elsie Elizabeth Elham 2a 947 Death Sep 1894 Tumber Elsie Elizabeth 1 Elham 2a 513 Buried 7 July 1894 Cheriton Road cemetery, Folkestone Grave 9418

Arthur John Tumber b. 30/03/1895 FreeBMD Jun 1895 Tumber Arthur John Elham 2a 1030 D. Dec 1895 Tumber Arthur John 0 Elham 2a 578 Buried 25 November 1895 Cheriton Road cemetery, Folkestone Grave number 9418 with sister

Vistor John Tumber b. 14/12/1896 FreeBMD Mar 1897 Tumber Victor John Elham 2a 1046 1901 4 @ 28 Radnor St, Folkestone D. at sea 1 Sept 1917 TUMBER Victor John 22 Royal Naval Reserve Deck Hand (Unmarried) of 23 Radnor Street

Percy Wilfred Tumber b. 18/08/1899 FreeBMD Dec 1899 Tumber Percy Wilfred Elham 2a 1037 Unmarried d. 14/7/1961 Backland Hospital Dover of stomach cancer FreeBMD Sep 1961 TUMBER Percy W 61 Dover 5B 445 1901 1 @ 28 Radnor St, Folkestone Worked some years for Radnor Estate on Folkestone foreshore

Irene Eleanor Tumber b. 27/05/1902 FreeBMD Sep 1902 Tumber Irene Eleanor Elham 2a 1127 d. 1936 4 St Mary's Cotts, W Hythe m. FreeBMD Jun 1924 TUMBER Irene E UDEN Elham 2A 2679 (Joseph E Uden)

Ellen Maud Tumber as posted

Albert Edward Tumber "Jim" b. 11/04/1907 FreeBMD Jun 1907 Tumber Albert Edward Elham 2a 1188 D: Jun 1982 TUMBER Albert Edward 11AP1907 Shepway 16 1446 (liver cancer) M: Sep 1940 TUMBER Albert E HALL Elham 2A 5187 (Constance E B Hall) "Jim" as father called him "Sunny Jim". WW2 served on R.N. minesweepers. Master Grocer with firm William Muddle. After birth of first son bought own greengrocery (123a Blackbull Road) and moved from rented home in Dolphins Road. Business faltered late 1950s as supermarkets appeared so storeman at Martin Walter (Dormobile), Cheriton.

John Tumber b. 17/04/1912 FreeBMD Jun 1912 TUMBER John SAUNDERS Elham 2A 2183 d. Dec 1983 TUMBER John 17AP1912 Shepway 16 1537 For many years ran radio repair shop, Cheriton High Street. Lived at 165 Dover Road, Folkestone M: Sep 1940 TUMBER John SHARP Portsmouth 2B 1959 (Lily I H Sharp)


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Also second marriage: M: Jun 1917 TUMBER Arthur J (To Emily HOPKINS) Elham 2A 2319 1901 shows an Emily Hopkins age 28 @ Minster D: Jun 1939 TUMBER Emily 64 Elham 2a 1586 One daughter by previous marriage. None with A J Tumber. Known by stepchildren as "the one eyed gunner"

Arthur's parents were: William Henry Tumber b Abt 1818 Newington Kent Poss Deaths:- Sep 1886 TUMBER William 70 Elham 2a594 Dec 1873 TUMBER William 54 Elham 2a507 Age 52 in 1871 census (suggests Dec 1873 death) Tailor (made Uniforms for Folkestone Police). Folkestone Chronicle 25/10/1858 reports Petty Sessions Weds 22/10/ William Tumber sworn in as Special Constable. Others sworn include James Mercer - poss brother of wife Sarah Mercer?)

And: Sarah Mercer b Abt 1837 Tenterden Kent D: 15/2/1879 at 48 Radnor St Elham FreeBMD Mar 1879 TUMBER Sarah 42 Elham 2a647

William Henry & Sarah had four children:- William Henry b Abt 1858 Folkestone 1871 14. 1901 42 @ 21 East St, Folkestone Emigrated with wife Esther A to Australia when 73 to join daughter who had gone 2 years before (after WW1)

Albert William B: Sep 1862 TUMBER Albert William Elham 2a 721 Were Albert & Mary twins? D: Jun 1907 TUMBER Albert William 44 Elham 2a 646 M: Sep 1890 TUMBER Albert William Elham 2a 1682 or 2a1692 (To Susanna Saunders) 1901 38 @ 40 North St, Folkestone

Mary Elizabeth B: Sep 1862 TUMBER Mary Elizabeth Elham 2a 721 M: Sep 1883 Baker Edward John Elham 2a 1519 & Tumber Mary Elizabeth 1901 38 @ 10 Denmark St, Folkestone

Arthur John (As above)

Arthur married Sarah Ann SAUNDERS on 6 Aug 1893 in Folkestone, , Kent, England. Sarah (daughter of John Warman SAUNDERS and Sarah Ann Spearpoint MAJOR) was born in 1871 in Folkestone, , Kent, England; died on 17 Dec 1912 in Folkestone, , Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
St. Peter's Church

1. Ellen Maud TUMBER was born on 27 Jul 1904 in Folkestone, , Kent, England; died on 19 May 1999 in Folkestone, , Kent, England.