Am new to this site -- and just read the May 2000posting from Bob Parong. A message to his email address came back undeliverable.
I believe his William and John Cumberland match my ancestry.
William Cumberland (born Abt. 1770) in Washington City and shown in the 1800 Washington, D.C. Census.
His son: John I. Cumberland, Sr. (born about 1803, died 3/16/1876 in Washington, D.C.). He married Susan?
He was a ship's carpenter and at one time lived on Water Street between 25th and 26th Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C. Their children were:
Charles Theodore Cumberland (6/15/1838 to 11/30/1880)*
John I. Cumberland, Jr. (Abt. 1830 to 10/8/1912) - married Susan Johnson in 1848 and
Thomas Cumberland (1828 - 1884)
*Charles Theodore Cumberland married Ann Rebecca Hamilton in 1860. He, too, was a boat builder. Their children included: Blanche Gertrude, Charles Ryland, Mary Roberta, Sara Ann, John Riley (born 1865 - my Great Grandfather), Edwin, Harriet, Eva, and Ella.
Would appreciate any information along this Cumberland line.
My email address is
msragrest@aol.com