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Elma Gordon Cumming

Female 1892 - 1973  (81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elma Gordon Cumming was born on 23 Mar 1892 in Forres, Moray, Scotland; died on 12 Nov 1973 in Antrim Valley, St.Paul, Dominica.

    Notes:

    1st daughter of Lt. Dol. Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 4th Bart., by Florence Josephine, 2nd daughter of William Garner, Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. Baptised at Forres, Co. Elgin.

    The marriage was dissolved at her husband's suit 1923. She married secondly 3 April 1924 at Rangoon, Lennox Napier.

    Buried in Dominica.

    Elma married Captain Maurice Antony Crutchley Gibbs on 10 Jan 1912 in Altyre Church, Nr. Forres, Moray, Scotland, and was divorced in 1923. Maurice (son of The Hon. Henry Lloyd Gibbs and The Hon. Alice Mary Crutchley) was born on 9 Jun 1888 in 10 Lennox Gardens, Chelsea, London; died on 8 Aug 1974 in La Haut, Saint George, Dominica; was buried in Roseau, Saint George, Dominica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Daphne Marian Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Nov 1912 in Chelsea, London; died on 4 Jan 2011 in Roseau Hospital, St George, Dominica.
    2. 3. Ronald Gordon Vicary Gibbs, F/O RAF  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Nov 1918 in Armdale, Melbourne, Australia; died on 31 Oct 1942 in England .

    Elma married Lennox Pelham Napier on 3 Apr 1924 in Rangoon, Bengal, India. Lennox was born on 8 May 1891 in Singapore; died on 4 Mar 1940 in Calibishie, Saint Andrew, Dominica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daphne Marian Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elma1) was born on 8 Nov 1912 in Chelsea, London; died on 4 Jan 2011 in Roseau Hospital, St George, Dominica.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 7 Dec 1912, Chelsea, London

    Notes:

    Born 8 November 1912. Baptised 7 December 1912 at the chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (first baby).

    Went to Australia with her parents living first in Melbourne and then in Perth where she attended The Presbyterian Ladies College. She returned to England when she was 12 and finished her education at Heathfield School and also in Paris. In 1932 her mother and stepfather moved to Dominica in the West Indies and she went with them, living there for the rest of her life. She marired Percy Kirwan Agar a farmer and well known painter and ornithologist. She ran the census office in the War. After husband’s death in 1954 she continued to run the estate, started the local radio station, worked for many local charities including the Red Cross and was a founder member and Managing director of the Fort Young Hotel for many years.

    The Fort Young Hotel, Dominica, which was destroyed by Hurricane 'David' when it hit Dominica in August 1979, but since rebuilt. She also helped to run the Coulibri Estate dairy farm, and the farm at La Haut, the family estate, that was also totally wrecked in the hurricane; all the buildings on the dairy farm fell down, but only one cow was lost.

    Last address: Morne Rouge, Dominica, West Indies, which was one of the few houses not destroyed by the hurricane.

    Died 4 January 2011.

    Birth:
    27 Ormonde Gate

    Daphne married Percy Kirwan Agar on 5 Jan 1934 in Roseau, Saint George, Dominica. Percy was born on 28 Sep 1897 in Roseau, Saint George, Dominica; died on 12 Jul 1954 in La Haut, Saint George, Dominica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Antony Edward Agar  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Elizabeth Anne Agar  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Antony Edward Agar Descendancy chart to this point (2.Daphne2, 1.Elma1)

    Antony married Madeleine Carmel Morrison [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Stephen Irwan Agar  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 7. Maurice Ashton Agar  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 8. Madeleine Daphne Agar  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Francillia Agar  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 5.  Elizabeth Anne Agar Descendancy chart to this point (2.Daphne2, 1.Elma1)

    Family/Spouse: Mark Varvill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Richard Antony Varvill  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 11. Katherine Mary Varvill  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Richard Antony Varvill Descendancy chart to this point (5.Elizabeth3, 2.Daphne2, 1.Elma1)

    Family/Spouse: Julie O'Brien. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Benedict Mark Varvill  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Marianne Suhr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Max Digby Robert Varvill  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Charlie Buzz Varvill  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 11.  Katherine Mary Varvill Descendancy chart to this point (5.Elizabeth3, 2.Daphne2, 1.Elma1)

    Family/Spouse: Dr. Howard D Cook. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. James Richard Cook  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 16. Alexander Howard Cook  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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