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John COOMBES

Male Abt 1846 - Bef 1909  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name John COOMBES 
    Birth Abt 1846  Buckfastleigh, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID D3552F9726B44320B63061A4DEE7A920A4C3 
    Death Bef 13 Apr 1909  Ashburton, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 13 Apr 1909  Ashburton, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1851 census: in Coombe, Buckfastleigh, Devon (all COOMBES, all born Buckfastleigh), James (head, 39, wool stapler employing 5 labourers), Mary (wife, 38), Sarah J (daughter, 8, scholar), Elizabeth (daughter, 6, scholar), John (son, 4, scholar) and Wm. F. (son, 1). Also Gilbert TAPLEY (lodger, 21, wool comber).

      1861 census: in Coombe, Buckfastleigh, Devon (all COOMBES, all born Buckfastleigh), James (head, 49, grocer & farmer of 20 acres), Mary (wife, 48), Elizabeth (daughter, 16), John (son, 14), Daniel (son, 14), William (son, 12, copper mine labourer) and Harriet (daughter, 4, scholar). Also Matthew KNIGHT (lodger, 44, copper mine carpenter).

      1871 census: at the Police Section House, HM Dockyard, Stoke Damerel, Devon, John COOMBES (24, unmarried, born Buckfastleigh, Devon) was one of several police constables in the Metropolitan Police Dockyard Division.

      1881 census (indexed as COOMBS): at 4 Abinger Terrace, St Paul Deptford, London (all COOMBES), John (head, 34, police sergeant, born Buckfastleigh, Devon), Mary (wife, 34, born Lydford, Devon), Frances M (daughter, 3, scholar, born Deptford, Kent) and Montague W (son, under 2 months, born Deptford, Kent). Also a boarder and a lodger.

      1891 census: at 28 Fifth Avenue, Chelsea, London (all COOMBES), John (head, 44, police inspector, born Buckfastleigh, Devon), Charlotte S (wife, 35, born Washbrook, Suffolk), Ethel M (daughter, 15, scholar, born Deptford, Kent), Frances M (daughter, 13, scholar, born Deptford, Kent), John (son, 12, scholar, born Deptford, Kent) and Montague W (son, 10, scholar, born Deptford, Kent). Also a kitchen maid, Lucy A COOMBES, 19, born Buckfastleigh, Devon).

      1901 census: at The Rose and Crown, Ashburton, Devon (all COOMBES), John (head, 54, licensed victualler, born Buckfastleigh, Devon), Charlotte S (wife, 45, born Washbrook, Suffolk) and John (son, 22, barman, born Deptford, Kent).

      Buried in 1909, aged 63 of Foademia Terrace, Ashburton, Devon.
    Person ID I8  Ipswich, Suffolk
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2020 

    Family 1 Mary COAKER,   b. Sep 1846, Lydford, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Sep 1874  Tavistock RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Ethel Mary COOMBES,   b. 2 Feb 1876, Deptford, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Frances Maria COOMBES,   b. 13 Apr 1877, Deptford, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. John COOMBES,   b. 19 Jul 1878, Deptford, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Barbara COOMBES,   b. 25 Jan 1880, Deptford, London Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Montague William COOMBES,   b. Jun 1881, Deptford, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2020 

    Family 2 Charlotte Sarah Minter,   b. 29 Aug 1855, Washbrook, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 28 Oct 1890  St Philip, Battersea, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • Married after banns. John Coombes, 43, bachelor, police inspector of Fifth Avenue, Queens Park, Chelsea, father James Coombes (deceased), wool stapler. Charlotte Sarah Minter, 35, spinster of 6 Garfield Road, father William Minter, "none". Both signed full names. Witnesses William Minter, Harriet Minter.
    Family ID F29  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2020 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] BMD index, aged 63, Q2 1909 Newton Abbott 5b/75. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S88] Devon Burials at findmypast.co.uk.

    3. [S3] BMD index, Q3 1874 Tavistock 5b/652a. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S3] BMD index (Reliability: 3).
      Q4 1890 Wandsworth 1d/1053

    5. [S24] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later.