CUMMINS, Richard Alexander

Name – CUMMINS, Richard Alexander
Born – 1888
Died – 3/04/1940
Location – Number 50 Anglican Section
Mother – Fanny Baker
Father – Alfred Cummins

Notes – Richard, also known as Alec, was born in 1888 to Fanny (nee Baker) and Alfred Cummins in Buttermere Wiltshire, England. His siblings were Edith, Leonard, Gladys, Alan, Stanley, Alfred and Arthur.

In 1901 Alec is on the census roll in Buttermere, England with his parents. In 1911 Richard is not at his parents but both his brothers are and they are working as shepards or farm hands.

Richard had arrived in Australia by at least 1915, as he married his wife Emily on New Years Day 1916 in Sydney. They had the following children – Richard, William, Lenard, William, Dotorthy, John, Lindsey, Fredrick and Fay.

Electoral Rolls show Alec in 1922 at Greenmount, Cambooya  working as a farmer on his own property. In 1937 at Baden Valley, Pittsworth with Emily working as a farmer and in 1940 at Tullagrie, Tara as a farmer.

He remained farming for his whole life. As you can see by the newspaper article attached, he had been suffering from bad health for some time.

Richard Alexander Cummins has no headstone on his grave.

Newspaper Article – Click Here

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