Elijah Sumner
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Elijah Henry Sumner (1842 - 1916)

Reverend Elijah Henry Sumner
Born in Bladon, Oxfordshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1878 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamasmap
Died at about age 74 in London, Englandmap
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Biography

Elijah Henry Sumner was born in Jan-Feb-Mar 1842 to Henry and Mary Margaret Sumner in Bladon, Oxfordshire, England. [1]

He became a Wesleyan missionary in 1868 and served for two decades in the Bahama District. In 1870 and 1871, Reverend Sumner worked in Eleuthera, followed by postings in New Providence and Abaco.

Reverend Elijah Henry Sumner married Sarah Eliza Lightbourn, daughter of Paul Lightbourn and Adeline Saunders Lightbourn, about 1878 in Nassau, Bahamas. The couple had children, all of them born in the Bahama Islands: Henry, Roger, Mary Eulalie, and Florence Rivers Sumner.

Sometime in the late 1890s, the Sumners returned to England to reside. They appeared in the 1901 England Census as residents in Cornwall, and then they moved to Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. In 1906, Sarah, Elijah, and their daughters returned to Nassau to live permanently. The family, however, moved back to England in 1909 because of health issues, and there they remained until Elijah and Sarah Sumner passed away.

The Reverend Elijah Henry Sumner died in the Homeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London, England 11 December 1916 at 74 years of age. He was buried in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

Sources

  1. General Register Office, birth registration index online (https://www.gro.gov.uk/); accessed 14 February 2021: SUMNER, ELIJAH HENRY; GRO Reference: 1842 Jan-Mar Quarter in WOODSTOCK registration district; Volume 16 Page 150; mother's maiden name: GREMMETT

MINUTES OF THE METHODIST CONFERENCES, FROM THE FIRST, HELD IN LONDON, BY THE LATE REV. JOHN WESLEY, A.M., IN THE YEAR 1744. VOLUME XVIII. LONDON : WESLEYAN CONFERENCE OFFICE, 2, CASTLE-STREET, CITY-ROAD; SOLD AT 66, PATERNOSTER-BOW. 1874.

1901 England Census for Elijah Hy Summer, Cornwall, Ludgvan, District 3.

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 for Elijah Henry Sumner, 1842, Q1-Jan-Feb-Mar, S, Sumner, Elijah.

Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1988 for Elijah Henry Sumner, Cheltenham, 1899 - 1918, 1921 - 1932, 1916.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Elijah Henry Sumner 1916, Qua-Syz, Sumner, Elijah.





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