This site is dedicated to the research of the family surname 'Dumbill', where generations of Dumbills' have had their presence traced in Crosby as far back as 1820.

The site also includes local history information focusing on the local history of Crosby and the surrounding areas of Sefton and North Liverpool.

• Billington.
• Bourne(s).
• Brian.
• Clayton.
• Cottam
• Dumbill.
• Dunwoody.
• Hale.
• Hindle.
• Keegan.
• McDonough.
• Singleton.
• Rothwell.

Any further information  on the above names would be much appreciated.

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Can anyone identify this oil painting by Edwin James Dumbill (1904)?       

JOHN DUMBILL
Believed married to Jane. Details require verification (anyone help?). They had one known son, Peter.
(GGGG Grandfather).

PETER DUMBILL  b) 18th March 1787
Married to Sarah Singleton, Peter was either a Stonemason or Labourer.
They had eight children, Sarah Ann, John, Elizabeth, Paul, Peter, William, and Peter.
(GGG Grandfather).

PAUL DUMBILL  b) 1824 Huyton, Liverpool.
Married Ellen Brian 3rd August 1857.
Listed in the 1881 census, Paul lived and worked as a coachman at James Burrows Stables, 50-54 Murat Street, Waterloo.
These stables formed part of 13 Beach Lawn which was the residence of Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company and owner of Titanic!
They had three children, Caroline, May and Edwin James.
(GG Grandfather).

EDWIN JAMES DUMBILL  b) 4th July 1858
Married to Eliza Mary Rothwell they lived in Demark Street, Waterloo prior to moving to Sweden Street at the turn of the century.
They had seven children, Alfred, Evelyn, Nellie, Elizabeth, Lillian, Edward and Caroline.
It appears Edwin James was a bit of an artist! - Aged 46 he painted the landscape pictured above.
(G Grandfather).