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Husband: William COOMBE
Birth:                1             1783 Okehampton, DEV
Christening:          1      18 May 1783 Sampford Courtenay, DEV {1}
Marriage:             1      24 Oct 1810 Grace METTER {1}
                                         Bratton Clovelly, DEV
Occupation:           1      12 Jul 1813 Farmer
Occupation:           1      26 Nov 1815 Yeoman {2}
Occupation:           1      29 Aug 1820 Labourer
Occupation:           1       4 May 1823 Labourer {3}
Occupation:           1       4 Jan 1829 Mason
Occupation:           2      17 Apr 1838 Stonemason
Occupation:           1      21 Aug 1842 Mason
Occupation:           2      30 Mar 1851 Agricultural Labourer {4}
Census:               2      30 Mar 1851 Church Hill, Okehampton, DEV
Death:                1       1 May 1856 Shobhill, Okehampton, DEV {5}
                                         pneumonia
Burial:               1       5 May 1856 Okehampton, DEV {6}


Father: Simon COOMBE
Mother: Mary HUXTABLE


Wife: Grace METTER
Birth:                1             1789 Bratton Clovelly, DEV
Marriage:             1      24 Oct 1810 William COOMBE {1}
                                         Bratton Clovelly, DEV
Census:               2      30 Mar 1851 Church Hill, Okehampton, DEV
Burial:               1      29 Apr 1856 Okehampton, DEV {6}


Father: William METTER
Mother: Mary WILLS

Children


F  Mary Ann COOMBE
Birth:                1             1811 Okehampton, DEV {7}
Christening:          2       4 Dec 1811 Okehampton, DEV {8}
Census:               3      30 Mar 1851 School House, Farringdon St. Thomas, DEV {7}
Occupation:           3      30 Mar 1851 School House, Farringdon St. Thomas, DEV {7}
                                         Schoolmistress


M  William COOMBE
Christening:          2      12 Jul 1813 Okehampton, DEV
Occupation:           1      17 Apr 1838 Wheelwright {9}
Marriage:             3      17 Apr 1838 Maria FEY {10}
                                         Crediton, DEV
Census:               1      30 Mar 1851 Shobhill, Okehampton, DEV {7}
                                         Wheelwright
Occupation:           1      11 May 1858 Carpenter
Occupation:           2       4 Jun 1858 Shobhill, Okehampton, DEV
                                         Wheelwright
Occupation:           1       3 Apr 1881 Builder {11}
Census:               1       3 Apr 1881 East Street, Okehampton, DEV {11}


M  Simon COOMBE
Christening:          2      26 Nov 1815 Okehampton, DEV
Marriage:             1       5 May 1845 Ann FEY {12}
                                         Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sticklepath, DEV
Census:               2      30 Mar 1851 Parade, Okehampton, DEV {13}
                                         Mason
Occupation:           2      30 Mar 1851 Mason
Death:                1      17 Jun 1870 Gas House, Okehampton, DEV {14}
                                         Cerebral Abscess


F  Betsy COOMBE
Christening:          2      29 Aug 1820 Okehampton, DEV {15}
Marriage:             1      21 Aug 1842 Thomas HODGE {6}
Census:               2      30 Mar 1851 Shobhill, Okehampton, DEV
Census:               0       7 Apr 1861 Shobhill, Okehampton, DEV {6}
Occupation:           1       7 Apr 1861 Laundress {6}
Census:               1       2 Apr 1871 Shobhill, Okehampton, DEV {6}
Census:               1       3 Apr 1881 Pothanger, Okehampton, DEV {6}
Occupation:           1       3 Apr 1881 Pothanger, Okehampton, DEV {6}
                                         Farmer's Wife
Death:                0      30 Jun 1891  {6}


M  James COOMBE
Birth:                1             1823 Sticklepath, DEV
Christening:          2       4 May 1823 Okehampton, DEV
Census:               2      30 Mar 1851 Fore Street, Okehampton, DEV
Occupation:           0      30 Mar 1851 Okehampton, DEV
                                         Hairdresser


F  Jane COOMBE
Christening:          2       4 Jan 1829 Okehampton, DEV
* Small numbers before event dates represent "surety": 0=least certain to 3=most certain.
* Small numbers in brackets { } after names and events refer to source citations below.

CITATIONS
* Numbers in brackets { } indicate the number reference in Bibliography.
  1. COOMBE, Alan C. {1}
  2. Document: Baptism Entry: Simon COOMBE #136
  3. Document: Baptism Entry: James COOMBE #584
  4. Document: 1851 UK Census: Church Hill, Okehampton
  5. Death Certificate: W {2}
  6. Letter to John Slee {3}
  7. 1851 UK Census {4}
  8. Document: Baptism Entry: Mary Ann COOMBE
  9. Marriage Certificate {5}
  10. Document: Marriage Certificate: William COOMBE/Maria Fey
  11. 1881 UK Census Retur {6} PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2224 Folio 25 Page 6, 27/3/2000.
  12. Marriage Certificate {7}
  13. 1851 UK Census {4} PRO Reference:HO/107/1885 Folio:372 Page:11.
  14. Death Certificate: S {8}
  15. COOMBE, Alan C. {1} MF6, 30/3/2000.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
* Numbers in brackets { } indicate the number reference in Repository List.
  1. COOMBE, Alan C.
  2. Death Certificate: William COOMBE. {1}
  3. EVANS, Lyn. Letter to John Slee. {1}
  4. 1851 UK Census. {2}
  5. Marriage Certificate: William COOMBE/Maria FEY. {1}
  6. 1881 UK Census Return.
  7. Marriage Certificate: Simon COOMBE/Ann FEY. (5/2/1845). {1}
  8. Death Certificate: Simon COOMBE. {1}
REPOSITORIES
  1. SLEE, John Graham, nb Epiphany, Devizes Marina Village, Horton Avenue, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2RH , UK, +44 (0)1380 730664, john@nbEpiphany.co.uk, www.nbEpiphany.co.uk. Database Owner.
  2. Public Record Office, Family Records Centre, 1 Myddelton Street, LONDON, EC1R 1UW, 020 8392 5300.


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