Name:	John Thomas GUMBLETON	P0011
Born:	1838	Newington RD, Surrey
Baptised:
Parents:	Josiah GUMBLETON	Lydia REVELL
Died:	1910	Toxteth Park RD
Occupation:	Cordwainer
Spouse 1	Martha SIMONS	Child 1 Q0039 John Henry GUMBLETON 1872 Child 2 Q0052 Martha Harriet GUMBLETON 1874 Child 3 Q0056 Josiah GUMBLETON 16 Oct 1875 Child 4 Q0062 Fanny Maria GUMBLETON 1877 Child 5 Q0066 Robert George GUMBLETON 1878 Child 6 Q0080 Janet GUMBLETON 1881 Child 7 Q0101 George GUMBLETON 1885 Child 8 Q0106 Elizabeth GUMBLETON 14 Jan 1887 Child 9 Q0117 Richard GUMBLETON 1888
John Thomas Gumbleton, the son of Josiah and Lydia Gumbleton was born in 1838 in the Newington Registration District, in South London, probably in East Lane, Walworth, where he appears, aged 2, in the 1841 census. He was the fifth child of the family, having had an older brother, Josiah William (b. 1833), a sister, Lydia, born in 1835, another brother, Richard, born in 1837, and a sister, Mary Anne, born in 1839. By 1842, the family had moved to Ibstock Leicestershire where John's younger brother, Henry, was born on 7th March. Ibstock was the place where John's parents had been married in 1832. The family appears in the 1851 census, but John was not present. On 1st Jan 1863, John's mother, Lydia Gumbleton, died at 1, Alma Cottages South, Roseberry Place, Dalston, Middlesex, and was buried in Abney Park Cemetery. Whether John was still living with his parents at this time is not known. The family cannot have been at this address for a long time: certainly they were not there in the 1861 census. Shortly after the death of their mother, John's sister Mary Anne was married (on 1st Feb), at which time she was living in Marlborough Rd., Camberwell, and, on the 10th March, the same year, his other sister, Lydia was married in Hampstead, where she lived. Nothing is known about John, himself, until 1869, when the Kelly's directory for Cambridge includes a reference to 'Gumbleton Brothers, Boot and Shoe Makers', at 4, Market Street. On the 1st Jan 1870, a christmas notice appears in the Cambridge Independent newspaper for J & H Gumbleton's Boot and Shoe Factory. On the 21st Mar 1871, at the age of about 33, John was married to Martha Simons, daughter of George Simons, in Cambridge. The marriage certificate confirms that John was a cordwainer, and his brother Henry was a witness. On Good Friday, the 29th March 1872, John's brother, Henry, was tragically drowned in a boating accident on the River Cam. Details of the inquest appear in several newspapers, including the Cambridge Independent. Shortly aferwards, a newspaper notice from John, indicates that he intends to 'conduct the business as heretofore - viz as Gumbleton Brothers'. On the 12th April, John and Martha produced their first child, and named him John Henry. More children followed in quick succession: Martha Harriet in 1874, Josiah in 1875, and Fanny Maria in 1877, who was born in Cambridge but died in Camberwell in the same year, so John and his family must have moved back to London at this time. Robert George was born in Camberwell in 1878 and Janet in 1881. In the 1881 census, John and his family (including Martha and their children, John, Martha, Josiah, Robert and Janet), were living at 17 Amott Rd, Camberwell. By 1885, the family had moved again, and were now living in Runcorn, Cheshire, where they had a further son, George, daughter Elizabeth (in 1887), and son Richard (who was born and died in 1888). In the 1891 census, they appear at 59, Church Street, where John is a "salesman and hawker". By 1893, the family is believed to have moved to Bedford, where their son, John Henry, died at the age of 21. They were certainly living at 40 Newnham St, Bedford when, on 17 Nov 1897, their daughter Martha Harriet, a nurse in Kings Lynn, died of Enteric Fever. In 1901, John and Martha, together with their daughters, Janet and Elizabeth, were shown in the census at 40 Newnham Rd, Bedford, where John was a "managing hosier". John, himself, died aged 71 in 1910, in the Toxteth Park registration district.

Date	Event	Place	Reference
1838	John Thomas GUMBLETON: Birth registered	Newington RD, Surrey	GRO Birth Index
1841	John Gumbleton living in East Lane, Walworth, Surrey in 1841 census	Walworth, Surrey	1841 census
1869	Gumbleton Brothers, boot & shoe makers	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Directories
1 Jan 1870	Newspaper notice for J & H Gumbleton's shop	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Newspapers
21 Mar 1871	Marriage of John Thomas Gumbleton to Martha Simons	Toft, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Marriage certificate
2 Apr 1871	John T. GUMBLETON living in 4 Market St, Cambridge in 1871 census.	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	1871 census
1871	Marriage of John Thomas Gumbleton	Caxton RD	GRO Marriage indexes
13 Apr 1872	Birth notice for son of John Thomas Gumbleton	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Newspapers
1873	John Gumbleton, shoe manufacturer	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Directories
1875	John Gumbleton, boot warehouse	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Directories
1877	Registration of death of daughter, Fanny Maria, aged 0	Camberwell RD, Surrey	GRO death index
3 Apr 1881	John Thos. GUMBLETON living in 17 Amott Rd, Camberwell in 1881 census	Camberwell RD, Surrey	1881 census
14 Jan 1887	Birth of daughter Elizabeth (informant)	Runcorn, Cheshire	Birth certificate
1888	Registration of death of son Richard, age 0	Runcorn RD, Cheshire	GRO death index
1891	John Thomas Gumleton living in Runcorn	Runcorn, Cheshire	1891 Census
31 Mar 1901	John Gumbleton in Bedford St Cuthbert in 1901 census	Bedford St Cuthbert	1901 Census
1910	John T GUMBLETON death registered, age 71	Toxteth Park RD	GRO death index