Alexander Cummings AIR

1846 - 1926  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Alexander Cummings AIR
  Birth	Mar 1846	Lambeth RD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E2DBA7E56FD64B57A223BF31AAD3748B6123
  Death	Mar 1926	Croydon RD   [2]
  Notes	1871 census: at 34 Lorrimer Square, St Mary Newington, London, Alexander C AIR (head, 59, surgeon, born Scotland), Alice A AIR (wife, 54, born Falmouth, Cornwall), Alexander C AIR (son, 25, surgeon, born London), Mary AIR (daughter in law, 28, born Belgium), Mary A AIR (granddaughter, 1, born London), Alexander C AIR (grandson, 9 months, born London), Euphan NOBLE (sister, widow, 69, independant, born Scotland). Plus a servant, Elizabeth IMBER, 19 [Annie IMBER, 21, was a servant with Henry CAPERN and family]. Alexander's first wife died in 1872. 1881 census: at 88 Kennington Park Road, Lambeth, London, Alexander C AIR (head, 35, MRCSE & LRCP, born Lambeth, Surrey), Mary S AIR (wife, 31, born Chipperfield, Herts), Mary A AIR (daughter, 11, born Newington, Surrey), Alexander W C AIR (son, 10, born Newington, Surrey), Samuel H C AIR (son, 1, born Lambeth, Surrey) and Cecilia A AIR (daughter, 4 months, born Lambeth, London). Plus a general servant, Elizabeth HOARE, 17. Alexander's parents lived in the same house as a separate household for census purposes. 1891 census: at 223 Selhurst Road, Croydon, Surrey, Alexander C AIR (head, 45, registered medical practitioner, born Lambeth, Surrey), Mary S AIR (wife, 41, born Chipperfield, Herts), Alexander W C AIR (son, 20, accountants clerk, born Lambeth, Surrey), Samuel H AIR (son, 11, scholar, born Lambeth, Surrey), Cecilia A AIR (daughter, 10, scholar, born Lambeth, London), Robert J C AIR (son, 9, born Lambeth, Surrey), Stanley J C AIR (son, 7, born Lambeth, Surrey), Katherine T AIR (daughter, 5, born Lambeth, Surrey), Alexander C AIR (father, widower, 80, retired staff surgeon Royal Navy, born Coldstream, Scotland) . Plus a cook, Annie ASKEY, 22 and a housemaid, Harriet ALEXANDER, 19. 1901 census: at 223 Selhurst Road, Croydon, Surrey, Alexr. C AIR (head, 55, medical practitioner on own account at home, born Lambeth, Surrey), Mary S AIR (wife, 51, born Chipperfield, Herts), Saml. H AIR (son, 21, insurance clerk, born Lambeth, Surrey), Cecilia A AIR (daughter, 21, commercial clerk, born Lambeth, London), Robt. J AIR (son, 18, insurance clerk fire, born Lambeth, Surrey), Stanley J C AIR (son, 17, clerk mining co. offices, born Sth Norwood, Surrey), Katherine T AIR (daughter, 15, born Sth Norwood, Surrey), Mary E AIR (daughter (8, born Sth Norwood, Surrey). Plus a cook, Florence M HASTINGS, 17 and a housemaid, Emily C HODGE, 17. 1911 census: at 205 Selhurst Road, Sth Norwood, London SE (10 rooms), Alexander Cummings AIR (head, 65, physician and surgeon, born Lambeth, Surrey), Mary Susanna AIR (wife, 61, married 32 years, 8 children of whom 6 living, born Chipperfield, Herts), Samuel Henry AIR (son, 31, single, physician and surgeon, born Lambeth, Surrey), Robert John AIR (son, 28, single, accountants clerk, born Lambeth, Surrey), Stanley James Cummings AIR (son, 27, single, merchants book keeper, born South Norwood, Surrey), Katherine Theodora (daughter, 25, single, born South Norwood, Surrey) and Alexander Jeffery Cummings AIR (grandson visitor, 4, born South Norwood, Surrey). Plus 2 general domestic servants, Florence Mary MERCER, 18 and Winifred BOWER, 16.
  Person ID	I2150	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Alexander Cummings AIR,   b. Abt 1812, Coldstream, Scotland d. Dec 1892, Croydon RD (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Alice Anne GIBSON,   b. Abt 1817, Falmouth, Cornwall d. Mar 1890, Croydon RD (Age ~ 73 years)
  Family ID	F740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary TIDDY,   b. Abt 1843   d. Mar 1872, Lambeth RD (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1869	Camberwell RD   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Annie AIR,   b. Mar 1870, Newington, London d. Sep 1887, Croydon RD (Age ~ 17 years)   2. Alexander William Cummings AIR,   b. 28 Jan 1871, Newington, London d. 25 Nov 1943, Colchester, Essex (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Susannah COWDY,   b. 23 Jun 1849, Chipperfield, Herts d. Dec 1924, Croydon RD (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1878	St Saviour RD   [4]
  Children	1. Samuel Henry C AIR,   b. Dec 1879, Lambeth RD d. Dec 1943, Croydon RD (Age ~ 64 years)   2. Cecilia Alice AIR,   b. Dec 1880, Lambeth RD d. Sep 1922, Croydon RD (Age ~ 41 years)   3. Robert John Cummings AIR,   b. Dec 1882, Lambeth, London d. Sep 1948, Weston-super-Mare RD (Age ~ 65 years)   4. Stanley James Cummings AIR,   b. Jun 1884, South Norwood, London d. Mar 1947, Weston-super-Mare RD (Age ~ 62 years)   5. Katharine Theodora AIR,   b. Mar 1886, South Norwood, London d. Mar 1956, Weston-super-Mare RD (Age ~ 70 years)   6. Euphan Martha AIR,   b. Sep 1887, South Norwood, London d. Sep 1887, South Norwood, London (Age ~ 0 years)   7. Edward Cummings AIR,   b. Mar 1890, South Norwood, London d. Mar 1890, South Norwood, London (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Mary Emily F AIR,   b. Jun 1892, South Norwood, London d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, Q1 1846 Lambeth 4/296. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, aged 80, Q1 1926 Croydon 2a/466. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, Q1 1869 Camberwell 1d/729. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, Q3 1878 St Saviour 1d/297. (Reliability: 3).