The "Compton" Tree  

John Samuel Compton was born in September 1840 in Gloucester and sometime between then and 1892 migrated to China.  It seems possible that he had two sons by a first marriage (in China?) as two Compton births were listed in the Consular Births Indexes.

1 John Samuel Compton 1840-1917 [b: Gloucester, d. Shanghai]
.. +Eliza?
......... 2 ?? James Compton [b: pre-1886, Wenchow]
......... 2 ?? John Compton [b: pre-1886, Wenchow]
*2nd Wife of John Samuel Compton:
.. +Ellen Jane Mesny 1872-1937  [b: Hankow, m: 1892, d: Shanghai]
......... 2 Elizabeth Gladys Compton 1893-1975
............. +William Patrick Hetherington 1877?-1918  [m: 1913]
.................... 3 William Patrick Hetherington 1914?-
.................... 3 Betty/Elizabeth Hetherington 1916-1918
.................... 3 John Charles Edward Hetherington 1918-1985
........................ +Doris Isobel
......... 2 Violet May Compton 1895-1972
............. +Vincent Moore?
......... 2 Charles Edward Compton 1896-1994? [died in NSW, Australia?]
............. +  ??Mouel Louise .....??     -1988
......... 2 Lilian Dorothy Compton 1898-
............. +T. B. Price?
......... 2 Nellie Winifred Compton 1900-1978
............. +Charles William Ellerton 1896-1977  [m: 1921]
.................... 3 Robert Compton Ellerton 1922-
.................... 3 Charles John Ellerton 1923-
.................... 3 Joyce Beatrice Ellerton 1924-
.................... 3 Elsie Ellerton 1928-1929
.................... 3 Albert Edward Ellerton 1932-
......... 2 Evelyn Ella Compton 1902-1910
......... 2 William Samuel Compton 1904-
............. +Bertha Larsen 1911-1968
......... 2 Harold Mesny Compton 1906-
......... 2 Cyril Raymond Compton 1908?-
......... 2 Joseph Mitchell Compton 1914-

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