Family of Arthur James SUMNER and Helen R (A) LEISHMAN

Husband:	Arthur James SUMNER (1880- )
Wife:	Helen R (A) LEISHMAN (1884?- )
Children:	Jean SUMNER (1918- )
	Freda M. SUMNER (1920- )
	Audrey G. SUMNER (1922- )

Husband: Arthur James SUMNER

	Arthur James SUMNER, Francis Sumner Jrn

Name:	Arthur James SUMNER 1
Sex:	Male
Nickname:	Jim
Father:	Francis William SUMNER (1853-1908)
Mother:	Elizabeth POTTER (1856- )
Birth	Q4 1880	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 2
Occupation		Shoeing Smith / Farrier Sargeant Royal Gloucester Hussars 1

Wife: Helen R (A) LEISHMAN

Name:	Helen R (A) LEISHMAN 1
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1884 (app)	Edinburgh, Scotland 3
Occupation		Saddle Maker 3

Child 1: Jean SUMNER

	Jean SUMNER, Jean Sumner

Name:	Jean SUMNER 1
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Ian <UNKNOWN> ( - )
Birth	Q1 1918	Boston, Lincolnshire 3

Child 2: Freda M. SUMNER

	Freda M. SUMNER, Freda Sumner

Name:	Freda M. SUMNER 1
Sex:	Female
Birth	Q2 1920	Spalding, Lincolnshire 3

Child 3: Audrey G. SUMNER

Name:	Audrey G. SUMNER 1
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Owen <UNKNOWN> ( - )
Birth	Q1 1922	Spalding, Lincolnshire 4

Note on Husband: Arthur James SUMNER

In 1881 he was living at 51 Tivoli Street, Cheltenham with his parents, a brother and sister and a lodger William Robert Mealin aged 25, a farrier from British Burmah East India. Arthur was 4 months old.

In 1901 he was living with her mother and siblings in Worton. He was a Agricultural Labourer.

Note on Wife: Helen R (A) LEISHMAN

Records for the wife of Arthur James Sumner are proving difficult to find. Family history says her name was Rona Hoare, whereas records for the mother of Jean and Freda Sumner (Arthur Sumner's daughters) give here as Helen R. Leishman from Edinburgh. She was a Saddle Maker Arthur was a Shoeing Smith / Farrier.

She could have been married before she met Arthur, to an Unknown Hoare, and timing is correct for a first husband to have died in the First World War. Perhaps like Arthur, he served in the Army. Alternatively Rona Hoare might have been Arthur's second wife.

Arthur's younger brother Henry married a Grace Annie Leishman from Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Were Helen and Grace sisters or cousins ? Currently records to prove (or disprove) any of this, have not been found.³

Sources

1	"Family knowledge".

2	"FreeBMD".

3	"Ancestry.Com Births, Marriages & Deaths.".

4	"Ancestry.com Family Tree".