Helen SUMPTION nee FAIRGRIEVE 1905 - 1993 (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Sunday, January 23, 2011, 15:05 (5058 days ago) @ slowhands

Name: Helen Fairgrieve
Year of Registration: 1905
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10b
Page: 36

Name: Helen Sumption
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1905
Death Registration Month/Year: Dec 1993
Age at death (estimated): 88
Registration district: Cheltenham
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Register number: A42D
District and Subdistrict: 4791A
Entry number: 213

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Name: Alexander Edmund Fairgrieve
Year of Registration: 1871
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Plymouth
County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 281

1871 Kingston On Thames
Alexander Fairgrieve 35 Wombwells Menagerie - Touring in caravans on Cricket Pitch !
Harriet Fairgrieve 35
Alexander E Fairgrieve 3 Months
Eleanor Anderson 50
John Rudd 25
Harry Sopham 25
Annie Sopham 29
Elizabeth W Sopham 1
John Blight 71
Emma Blight 42

The Elephant Who Walked to Manchester

ISBN Number: 0 946873 96 8
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 66
Publication Date: August 1988
Publisher: Basset Publications

Alexander Fairgrieve's famous travelling menagerie - 'Wombwell's Royal Number One' - was to close in 1872.
All of the animals were to be sold by auction in Edinburgh.

http://www.circushistory.org/Frost/Frost17.htm

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/pets/pets.htm

1881 Burnshot Park Glenview House Colinton Midlothian
Alexander Fairgrieve 45
Harriet Fairgrieve 45
Maggie M E Fairgrieve 16
Isabella A Fairgrieve 13
Alexander E Fairgrieve 10
Mary E Fairgrieve 4
Mary Cunningham 17

1891 High Colinton Glenview Colinton Midlothian
Alexr Fairgrieve 55
Harriet Fairgrieve 55
Clara A Fairgrieve 27
Alexr E Fairgrieve 2
Mary E Fairgrieve 14
Edward H A Bostock 8
Mary Grieve 22

Name: Alexander Edmund Fairgrieve
Name: Margaret Maskery
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Leek
County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 487

Name: Margaret Evelyn Fairgrieve
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Leeds (1837-1929)
County: Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 560

1901
Alexander E Fairgrieve abt 1871 Plymouth, Devon, England Head Jesmond, Northumberland
Margaret Fairgrieve abt 1868 Leek, Staffordshire, England Wife Jesmond, Northumberland
Margaret E Fairgrieve abt 1900 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Daughter Jesmond, Northumberland
Sarah Ann Randell abt 1877 Leek, Staffordshire, England Servant Jesmond, Northumberland

Name: Alexander E Fairgrieve
Death Registration Month/Year: 1953
Age at death (estimated): 82
Registration district: West Hartlepool
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 1a
Page: 1210

Name: Margaret Elizabeth Fairgrieve
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1900
Death Registration Month/Year: Jun 1989
Age at death (estimated): 88
Registration district: Cheltenham
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 22
Page: 1429

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