This page was set up by Robert Sewell in June 2006 to show the family of his mother, Margueretta Mae Lumley.  Robert Sewell graduated from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) in 1967 with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry.  After a year of studies at the University of Toronto's College of Education, he taught high school science in Collingwood, Ontario for a year and then taught chemistry, physics and general science in Hamilton, Ontario for twenty-nine years.  Robert Sewell retired from teaching in June 1998.

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Information has been provided through the courtesy of Margueretta Mae Lumley, Linda Adam, Tim Lumley and Tony Parsons; and also comes from the Archives of the Province of Ontario. Click to contact Linda Adam      Click to contact Robert Sewell Be sure to visit the The Heraldry of Lumley for more coats of arms. Some of the persons named below are buried at St. James' Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario.  To view the cemetery marker, please click on Lumley Cemetery Stone.  It would be much appreciated if anyone with additional information would contact Linda and Robert through the email link above.

Generation One
Christofer Lumbley
circa late 16th century, early to mid 17th century (?)

Christofer married (unknown) Duglasse and they had the following children:

Note: about this time, Robert Lumley of West Halton had the following children:

Generation Two
Mitchell Lumley
Born 1617 at West Halton, Lincolnshire. West Halton is about a mile and a half north-west of Winterton and about 8 miles west of Barton-upon-Humber. For the exact location of West Halton and other places mentioned on this page, try searching at MultiMap.

Mitchell married in 1656 at Appleby to Anne Crust, who was born in 1628 at West Halton. Anne was a daughter of Richard Crust and sister of John Crust (b.1630) and Elizabeth Crust (b. 1634).

Mitchell and Ann had the following children:

• Michell Lumley b. 1670 d. 1673
• Susana Lumley b. 1674
• Thomas Lumley, mentioned next.

Generation Three
Thomas Lumley
Born 1677 at Appleby, Lincolnshire, about 8 miles south of Winterton.

Thomas married Hannah (unknown) and they had the following children:

Generation Four
John Lumley
Born 1716 at West Halton, Lincolnshire.

John married in 1740 at Roxby (about a mile south west of Winterton) to Isabel Anderson and they had the following children:

At this point, there is a problem. Is Thomas Lumley, son of John Lumley and Isabel Anderson (above) the same person as Thomas Lumley who married Mary Elsom (below)?  The dates "fit" and people are from the same general neighbourhood. Although Thomas and Mary (below) were married in Kirton about 50 miles south of Winterton, it would appear they had a connection with Winterton. Their son George Lumley married Rebecca Gell of Winterton;  George and Rebecca's children were all born in Winterton. Please send information to Robert Sewell

Generation One
Thomas Lumley

Thomas married in 1790 at Kirton, Lincolnshire to Mary Elsom. Kirton is located in the southern part of Lincolnshire, about 4 miles south of Boston immediately west of the A16. Thomas and Mary had the following children:

• Thomas Lumley, baptized on April 12, 1791. Thomas' great grandchildren include:
• Mary Lumley whose grandson is:
• Tony Parsons who researched the information on Thomas Lumley and Mary Elsom with the assistance of North Lincolnshire Online and North Lincolnshire Enquiry and Research Service.
• Thomas and George Lumley who emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada circa 1900. Descendants of Thomas and George are said to be living in Saskatchewan to this day.
• Elizabeth Lumley, baptized on August 2, 1793
• George Lumley, mentioned next.

Generation Two
George Lumley
baptized on September 7, 1795.
died between January and March 1868 at Glanford Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England; Æt. 72. (George's death was registered during the March Quarter 1868.)

George was a bricklayer. He married on July 6, 1819 at Winterton, Lincolnshire (or at Holy Trinity of Kingston upon Thames) to Rebecca Gell, daughter of Edmund Gell, shown below.Witnesses to the wedding of George Lumley and Rebecca Gell were John Gell and Hannah Gell. Rebecca was baptized on January 11, 1801 at Winterton, Lincolnshire; and died on December 30, 1891 and buried on January 2, 1892; Æt. 91.

George and Rebecca had the following children:

• Mary Lumley was baptized on June 22, 1820 at Winterton, Lincolnshire and died on April 9, 1823.
Click to visit Mary's Cemetery Stone.
• Susanna Lumley was baptized on August 15, 1822 at Winterton.
• George Lumley was born January 10, 1825, baptized January 16, 1825 at Winterton and died on June 15, 1828.
Click to visit George's Cemetery Stone.
• Thomas Gell Lumley was baptized on April 8, 1827 at Winterton.
• Mary Gell Lumley (see Generation Three below)
• Ann Lumley was baptized on August 28, 1831 at Winterton and died on January 21, 1832.
• Hannah Lumley (see Generation Three below)
• Henry John Lumley was baptized on July 3, 1836 at Winterton and died on June 27, 1852.
• George Lumley (see Generation Three below)
• Edmund Gell Lumley (see Generation Three below)
• William Lumley was baptized on September 21, 1842 at Winterton.
• Alfred Lumley was baptized on August 10, 1845 at Winterton and died on May 1, 1846.

All Saints Anglican Church at Winterton, Lincolnshire

Winterton is in the north of Lincolnshire, about 8 miles north of Scunthorpe and a mile and a half south of the River Humber. The name Winterton is from the Old English Wintra+inga+tun, or "Homestead of the followers of Wintra". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village name is given as "Wintrintune".  A Roman villa stood at Winterton and some of its mosaics and artifacts have been recovered. Holy Well, near the village, was considered a medicinal cure by the ancients. William the Conqueror granted Lordship of Winterton to Norman D'Arcy, whose descendants held it for several centuries.  The Anglican church tower and nave at Winterton may have an Anglo-Saxon origin. The Anglican Church is dedicated to All Saints. Text courtesy of  Lincolnshire GenWeb Project. Photo courtesy of  English Church Photographs.

The Gell Family

Edmund Gell born circa 1765 died in August 1828, buried on August 26, 1828 Æt. 63. Edmund Gell married Susanna Wells on May 18, 1790 at Wootton, Lincolnshire.  Susanna died in November 1841 and was buried on November 27, 1841 at Winterton, North Lincolnshire, Æt. 68. Edmund and Susanna had the following children: Ann Gill, a possible first child, was baptized on  March 1, 1791 at Healing, Lincolnshire.  The parents were said to be "Father: Edmund Gill" and "Mother: Susanna". John Gell was baptized on September 30, 1795 at Winterton, died in October 1837, and was buried on October 31, 1837 at Winterton, Lincolnshire. Elizabeth Gell was baptized on March 25, 1798 at Winterton, Lincolnshire. Rebecca Gell who married on July 6, 1819 to George Lumley, mentioned above. Hannah Gell was baptized on June 1, 1803 at Winterton, Lincolnshire. St. Andrews Anglican Church at Wootton, Lincolnshire Edward Gell and Susanna Wells were married in Wootton, Lincolnshire and  St. Andrew Church which is the Parish Church in Wootton where they were most likely married. Wootton is a small village lying some 8 miles north-east of Brigg on the A1077 road to Barton-upon-Humber.     Photo courtesy of:  Lincolnshire Parish Churches and  English Church Photographs. Possible Gell Relatives Edward Gell had a son Edward Gell who was baptized on December 3, 1780 at Eastrington, Yorkshire and are possible relatives of Edmund Gell, born circa 1765. John Gell from Crosby who was buried at Winterton, Lincolnshire on August 20, 1871 Æt. 49 and Ann Gell from Crosby who was buried at Winterton, Lincolnshire on October 2, 1872 Æt. 51 are likely relatives of this Gell Family.  John may be a son of John Gell (1795 - 1837) who was a witness at the wedding of Rebecca Gell and George Lumley. Click to visit John and Ann's Cemetery Stone.

Hannah Lumley
baptized on July 14, 1833 at Winterton, Lincolnshire.
died on July 9, 1854 Æt. 21  See the Lumley / Booth Cemetery Stone.
Hannah married Joseph Booth
    who died on June 20, 1869 Æt. 44.
 

George Lumley
born on May 14, 1838 and baptized on May 20, 1838 at Winterton
died on December 7, 1906.
George married first to Emily Holmes (daughter of John and Ann Holmes), who was born in 1843 and died on September 14, 1880 and was buried on September 17, 1880 at Winterton, Lincolnshire, Æt. 37 or 38. According to the 1881 census, George and his mother Rebecca were living on Low Street, Winterton, Lincolnshire.
George Lumley married second to Lucretia Kirman (daughter of James Alfred Kirman and Betsy Cross), who was born circa 1851 Roxby, Lincolnshire.  According to the 1901 census, George, Lucretia, their three children, and Lucretia's parents were all living on Low Street, Winterton, Lincolnshire.

George and Lucretia had the following children:

• Mary Lumley, born circa 1883 at Winterton
• James Alfred Lumley, a Bricklayer was born on April 22, 1884 at Winterton and died on April 21, 1951 at Winterton.  James married Lizzie Bennett, who was born on January 31,1884 and  died on November 1, 1973 at Winterton. James and Lizzie lived immediately next door to James' brother Leonard and his wife Dorothy.  See Sherburn Villas below.
• Leonard Lumley (see Generation Four below)

     Edmund Gell Lumley married on August 2, 1869 at St. Bartholomew’s Parish Church, Keelby, Lincolnshire to Elizabeth Markham, daughter of Andrew Markham, labourer; by {Rev} J.M. Holt, Vicar of St. Bartholomew’s.  Edmund and Elizabeth emigrated to Canada and were living in Georgetown, Ontario in 1873 at the time of birth of their eldest son Edmund "Ted" Lumley.
 

St. Bartholomew's Parish Church, Keelby, Lincolnshire

photo courtesy of St. Bartholomew's Church (Their web site is no longer available)	photo courtesy of Keelby Village, Lincolnshire (Their website is no longer available)

Edmund Gell Lumley was employed with "the railroad".  It is unclear if this was the Grand Trunk Railway or the Northern and Northwestern Railway which was also known as the Hamilton and Northwestern Railway. There was also an electric radial railway that ran through Georgetown at a later date. He is described on his marriage certificate and on the birth record his son James Henry Lumley as a "bricklayer".      The Lumley Family moved to Toronto and were living at 262 Gerrard Street in 1881 at the the time of the birth of their son William Lumley.  The family moved to 348 Sackville Street in Toronto; it is unclear if this was before or after Edmund's death.  M.M. Sewell remembers Elizabeth Markham in the early 1930's as wearing black all the time and lying on the chesterfield most of the time.  Elizabeth Markham died on June 18, 1940 Æt. 94 and is interred at St. James' Cemetery, Toronto, Canada.

Map of Halton, 1885 Click on the map for a larger view on a new page.

• Edmund "Ted" Lumley (see Generation Four below)
• Charlotte Lumley (see Generation Four below)
• James Henry Lumley (see Generation Four below)
• Rebecca Markham "Aunt Lottie" Lumley (see Generation Four below)
• Mary Lumley who married Dr. Mason.
• William Lumley, born August 18, 1881, and who disappeared to the U.S.A.  Elizabeth Markham and Lottie Lumley brought up his son Edward "Eddie" Lumley; i.e., Eddie was raised by his grandma and his aunt.  Eddie was a Justice of the Peace and he married Gert.  They lived in an apartment on Carleton Street across from Allen Gardens in Toronto in the 1960’s and 70’s.  We lost contact with Eddie and Gert after Aunt Lottie’s death. Click to view William's Birth Registration.

Leonard Lumley
Born in 1887 at Winterton
Died on  March 7, 1931 at Winterton.
Leonard married Dorothy Holgate Booth who was born circa 1886 and died on December 1, 1962 at Winterton. Click to visit Leonard and Dorothy's Cemetery Stone or the Booth Family Stones.

Leonard and Dorothy had three children:

• Doreen Lumley, born on August 8, 1908 and died in 2000.  Doreen was a school teacher.
Click to visit Doreen's Cemetery Stone.
• Barbara Mary Lumley, died in 1987.  Barbara married Harry Robinson, a farmer from Swallow (near Caistor) in Lincolnshire. Click to visit Barbara and Harry's Cemetery Stone.  Barbara and Harry had a son:
• Peter Lumley Robinson who married and had two children.
• George William Henry Lumley (see Generation Five below)

Sherburn Villas "Sherburn Villas are the two semi detached houses that Leonard and his brother James built."

"Leonard and his wife Dorothy lived in the right hand side house.  After the death of Leonard and Dorothy their daughter Doreen continued to live there until her death in June 2000."	"The one to the left is where James and his wife Lizzie lived.  This was sold some time ago on the death of Lizzie."   . . .thanks to Tim Lumley

    James Henry Lumley was a bookbinder, and he worked for the Blackwood Hodge printing and bookbinding company.  In 1914, he left Blackwood Hodge and formed the Lumley and Hewitt bookbinding company in partnership with Mr. James Hewitt who died in the late 1940's leaving James Lumley with sole ownership of the bookbinding company.

Lumley and Hewitt, Bookbinders

James H. Lumley  and James Hewitt	The bookbinding shop of Lumley and Hewitt circa 1915  Mr. James H. Lumley at the front left Mr. James Hewitt at the front right.

• James Edmond Lumley (see Generation Five below)

• Margueretta Mae Lumley (see Generation Five below)

    Ted "retired" young and had a small farm on Eglington Avenue as well as two small houses that he rented out.  The farm was on the radial (electric) railway that ran from Toronto north to Newmarket and beyond; and he planned on shipping vegetables to Toronto.  By the 1920's (or early 1930's at the latest) the railway service closed and Ted had a difficult time.  However, whenever visiting his brother's family (James Henry Lumley, above) Ted and his children always wore their "Sunday best" attire.

Ted married  Effie who worked on Ted's farm and died young.  They had the following children:

• Freda Lumley who was Effie's daughter by a previous relationship.  Freda lived with Ted at the farm on Eglington Avenue until they sold the farm circa 1955.
• Gordon Lumley who bought an old General Store in the Beaverton area circa 1960.

    Charlotte Lumley was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Georgetown in Section E Plot 12 (E-PO12).  The cemetery records spell her name "Charlot Lumely" (which is incorrect) and specify:  "Charlot Lumely Apr 28 1877 11 months old.  Daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth".  There appears to be room for seven more full burials at this site.  The stone pictured to the right was covered with dark green lichen, and on Tuesday, December 10, 2002  Robert Sewell (shown kneeling next to the stone) and his long time friends Mr. & Mrs. M. Koropchuk carefully scraped away the lichens using a plastic kitchen scraper and scrubber.  The stone is about three feet high and is made of marble.  

Rebecca Markham “Aunt Lottie” Lumley
Born on March 3, 1884
Died in 1974  See the Lumley / Booth Cemetery Stone. The inscription for Aunt Lottie on the cemetery stone clearly indicates that she died in 1975, but this is wrong. Records show that her remains were interred in May 1974.

     Rebecca Markham Lumley was known as "Lottie", in all likelyhood in honour of her deceased sister Charlotte Lumley (above).

  Aunt Lottie lived with her mother at 348 Sackville Street where they brought up Eddie Lumley, a son of Lottie’s brother William who disappeared into the U.S.A. Aunt Lottie inherited the house when her mother died in 1940.  Aunt Lottie liked cats and children.

    Aunt Lottie married George Coyles (1888 - 1966) who had children, adults by that time, by a previous marriage.

    James (Jim) Lumley married circa 1945 to Elizabeth E. (Betty) McCubbing and they are shown in the photographs at about this time.  Betty McCubbing's parents came to Canada from Scotland in 1901 and settled in northern Saskatchewan near Unity which is about 100 miles west north west of Saskatoon.
Betty was born on June 2, 1917 and died on May 10, 1982.

    Jim and Betty had the following children:

• William James "Bill" Lumley (see Generation Six below)
• Lynda Jean Lumley (see Generation Six below)

Margueretta Mae Lumley
Born on December 24, 1919
Died on February 11, 2007
Click for Margueretta's Memorial Page.

    Margueretta (shown in the photograph circa 1937) married on July 3, 1942 to Robert George Sewell.  For the descent of Robert George Sewell, please click on The Sewell Family or click on Sewell Genealogy Site Map.

    Margueretta and Robert had the following children:

• Robert James Sewell who wrote this page.
• Stephen John Sewell who married and had children.
• Bruce David Sewell who married and had children.
• Donald Henry Sewell who married and had children.

• Tim Lumley (see Generation Six below)

Durley House

"The detached house to the left of Sherburn Villas (Durley House) is the house my father George and mother Pat built when they married in 1951.  This was on land given to them by the family as a wedding present.       "Mother continues to live there at the moment.  She is due to have a bungalow on the new development behind Sherburn Villas and Durley House."    . . . thanks to Tim Lumley

• Andrew Duncan Lumley
• Aaron James Lumley
• Melanie Ruth Lumley

Lynda Jean Lumley
Lynda married to Gord Martin, and they had the following children:

• Janice Karyn Martin
• John Edmund Scott Martin

Tim Lumley
Tim Lumley has kindly shared the details of this branch of our family, many of whom live in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.  Tim is a lawyer and property developer in Lincolnshire.

Tim married and had a daughter:

• Charlotte Kate Lumley who is working on the history of the Lumley family.

Click to contact Robert Sewell