Hi Margaret, Was browsing thru these messages, it enlightened me and my wife to hear of names that we also have in our family. There is a high possibility of our being related. My grandfather was David Independence Cumberland. He had 2 brothers and a half brother. Walter, I believe worked in the shipyards. who later on moved to Florida and owned a marina in Pensacola. This was told to me by my mother. Paul Ignatius Higdon, David's half brother, also worked in a shipyard. the other brother Frank, I don't know too much about.
Paul's sister Mary Higdon's grandson George Locke, has a bunch of pictures but the majority don't have names on them. One of them was like a Cumberland reunion in which my Uncle Paul, Aunt Mary and g-grandmother Florence I. Elizabeth (Stewart) Cumberland-Higdon are in this picture.
We received from Uncle Paul an application for marriage for James S. Stewart & Mary Redmiles, who were Florence's parents. He also told of a story of being related to the Duke of Cumberland and that there was a castle and estate for the Cumberland family in England.
David I. Cumberland's parents were James A. Cumberland b. 1864 in D.C.and Florence I. Stewart b. 1869 in MD.
James's parents were David Henry Cumberland b. 1838 D.C. and Mary C. ? b. 1839 MD. she was married to a Charles Barr after her 1st husband died. we have more info if this is not enuf but we do go back to William Edwin who was born in England.
My mother always used to say we were Scotch-Irish.
If you have any other info that you would like to share, we highly appreciate it. Our email address is -
albert.jones2@worldnet.att.net Thanks, Al & Chris Jones