Leslie SUMNER (1915-1985)

1 Leslie Herbert SUMNER (1915-1985) [13471]. Born 1 May 1915, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Died Jun 1985, Harlow, Essex.

2 Herbert Arthur SUMNER ¹ (1888- ) [844]. Born Q3 1888, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Marr Unknown <SUMNER> Q1 1910, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

In 1891 he was living at 19 Lansdown Mews, Cheltenham with his parents, 2 sisters and 1 brother. He was 3 years old.

In 1956 he was living in retirement at 165 Brooklyn Road, Cheltenham..

4 Herbert Arthur SUMNER ^1,2 (1862-1958) [848]. Born Q4 1862, Worton, Wiltshire. Marr Jane (Emily) PRICE 17 Jul 1880, Edington, Wiltshire. Died 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. ¹

In 1871 he was living in Erlestoke with his parents and 5 brothers. He was 8 years old and a Scholar.

In 1881 he was living in Edington with his wife Emily, was 18 years old and an Agricultural Labourer.

In 1891 he was living at 19 Lansdown Mews, Cheltenham with his wife and children Emily, Daisy, Herbert and Walter. He was 28 years old and a taxi cab proprietor.

The following was taken from a newspaper cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo on February 28th. 1956.

LINK WITH OLD HACKNEY CARRIAGE DAYS.

A link with the old hackney carriage days in Cheltenham has been severed by the death, in his 94th year, of Mr.Herbert Arther Sumner, formerly of Lansdown Mews.

Mr.Sumner, who died in a local nursing home, was a well-known figure in Cheltenham in his younger days when he became the proprietor of a fleet of nearly 20 carriages. He started in business in 1885 as a young man of 22, and retired in 1935.

Son of a blacksmith, he was born in Erlestoke village just outside Devizes, and came to Cheltenham at the age of 18 to work for a coal merchant. Four years later he ventured out on his own on a hackney carriage business, acquiring a single carriage and horse.

ROAD JOURNEYS

After acquiring the Lansdown Mews, Mr.Sumner gradually added to his business, and eventually built up a fleet of hackney carriages which operated day and night in and around the Cheltenham district.

Often, his carriages would travel as far as Oxford, and Devizes, and journeys to Northleach and Stow-on-the-Wold were frequent.

When he retired, he still kept some of the horses he prized; only when the war came did he decide to dispose of them. "I couldn't face the thought of bombs falling on the stables," he used to tell his son, Mr.Herbert Sumner, who now lives in retirement at 165 Brooklyn Road.

ACTIVE FIGURE

Always tremendously active, Mr.Sumner often used to work for over 20 hours a day. Yet, oddly enough, he was a great walker.

Only last year, then 92, he walked the five miles to Bishop's Cleeve to visit the annual show, and then walked back again in the evening.

He is survived by his son, a daughter, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

The picture of the late Mr.Sumner, which is reproduced above, was taken by Mr.John W.Champ of Churchdown, a member of the Cheltenham Camera Club, and has been exhibited by him.

8 John SUMNER ^1,2 (1825-1899) [2798]. Born 14 May 1825, Potterne, Wiltshire. ² Bap 14 May 1826, Potterne, Wiltshire. Marr Mary Ann HOLLOWAY Q3 1848, Devizes Registration District, Wiltshire. ³ Died Q4 1899, Devizes Registration District, Wiltshire. ² Buried 26 Dec 1899.

In 1861 he was living in Erlestoke with his wife Ann and children James, Francis and Charles. He was 34 years old and described as a Shoeing and Blacksmith.

In 1871 he was living in Erlestoke with his wife Ann and 6 sons - James, Francis, Charles, Herbert, Sidney and Cecil. He was 44 years old and a Blacksmith.

In 1881 he was living in Erlestoke with his wife Ann and sons Sidney and Cecil. He was 54 years old and a Blacksmith.

In 1891 he was living at 'Forge & Cottage', Erlestoke. He was a Blacksmith, aged 64 and a widower. He was living with son Sidney and his wife Harriett, and grandchildren Ada, Percy and John.

9 Mary Ann HOLLOWAY ¹ (1829-1888) [892]. Born 18 Mar 1829, Erlestoke, Wiltshire. Died Q1 1888, Devizes Registration District, Wiltshire. ²

In 1841 she was living in the High Street, Erlestoke, Wiltshire with her 3 sisters in the home of Ann Holloway aged 75 (relationship currently not known) and Mary Holloway aged 35 (possibly an Aunt).

In 1861 she was living in Worton, Wiltshire with her husband and children James, Francis and Charles. She was 34 Years old.

In 1871 she was living in Erlestoke with her husband and 6 sons. She was 34 years old and described as a Blacksmith's Wife.

In 1881 she was living in Erlestoke with her husband and sons Sidney and Cecil. She was 54 years old.

5 Jane (Emily) PRICE ^1,2 (1859- ) [806]. Christened 1845, Tinhead, Edington, Wiltshire. Born 10 Jul 1859, Tinhead, Edington, Wiltshire.

In 1861 she was living in Edington, Wiltshire with her parents, 2 sisters and 2 brothers. She was 2 years old.

In 1871 she was living in a Ford's Lane Cottage, Edington, Wiltshirw with her mother (a widow) and brother Edward. She was 10 years old and a Scholar. In this census she is called Emily.

In 1881 she was living in Edington with her husband Herbert. She was 21 years old.

In 1891 she was living at 19 Lansdown Mews, Cheltenham with her husband, 2 daughters and 2 sons. She was 31 years old.

3 Unknown <SUMNER> ( - ) [7235].

Sources

1	"Family knowledge".

2	Church of Latter Day Saints Database, "IGI - LDS".

3	"Ancestry.Co.Uk Census Returns 1841 - 1901.".