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Coombes/combe/combes

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Christine

Christine Report 3 Apr 2015 09:13

Trying to find out about a combe male born late 1700..Think born in Cornwall came to Oxfordshire when the tin mines closed down or it may have been his father.Had a son called Alfred born 1847 and a daughter Sarah 1846.
Any info gratefully recieved thank you

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 3 Apr 2015 09:31

Hi Christine and welcome to the Boards.

You will probably do better by reposting this on either the Genealogy chat or find ancestors boards and then deleting this one.

Good luck

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 3 Apr 2015 10:43

Is this the correct family in the 1851 census? :-

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Stanton Harcourt, Witney Union, Oxfordshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

Jane Combs Head Widow Female 60 1791 Pauper Formerly Nurse South Leigh, Oxon, England
William Combs Son Unmarried Male 30 1821 Ag Lab South Leigh, Oxon, England
Mary Ann Combs Daughter Unmarried Female 28 1823 Ag Lab Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England
Thomas Combs Son Unmarried Male 26 1825 Ag Lab Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England
Sarah Combs Grand Daughter - Female 5 1846 Scholar Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Alfred Combs Grand Son - Male 4 1847 - Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 3 Apr 2015 10:46

Same family in 1841:-

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Stanton Harcourt, Witney, Oxfordshire, England

First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place

Jane Coombs Female 50 1791 Oxfordshire, England
William Coombs Male 20 1821 Oxfordshire, England
Mary Coombs Female 15 1826 Oxfordshire, England
Chas Coombs Male 10 1831 Oxfordshire, England
Thos Coombs Male 15 1826 Oxfordshire, England

Kath. x

Christine

Christine Report 16 Apr 2015 22:02

Kathleen Bell
Kath
Thankyou so much,had info from 1851 Census but not 1841 census.... interesting..

Chrissy x

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 17 Apr 2015 05:40

Possible BMD index refs for Sarah and Alfred, as Stanton Harcourt comes under Witney reg district:

Births Sep 1845 Coombs Sarah Witney 16 112

Births Mar 1847
COOMBS Alfred Witney 16 140
Coombs Alfred Witney 16 14_

Researching:
Eayres (Northants/London) Walker (Surrey) Loveday (Northants) Moore (Tipperary)

Christine

Christine Report 25 Apr 2015 12:19

Thankyou so much for info..now would like to find out about Jane's parents
Thomas 1768 /Sarah Coney 1765 ..her maiden name...
Then Janes Husband's parents John's parents... John1760c & Elizebeth Cooms 1760c
again any info gratefully received have records of their marriages which is how I gained this info ,but have the bug can not stop now...
many thanks in advance
chrissy

ElizabethK

ElizabethK Report 25 Apr 2015 15:02

also a thread on Genealogy Chat