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Coombes.. Maybe from Scotland

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 8 Sep 2008 03:36

This looks like the birth of the Ellen Coombes in that marriage, possibly:


Name: Ellen Coombes
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Pontypridd
County: Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 621


Once you have the marriage certificate and know her father's name and age at marriage, you might have to use guesswork to find the right birth.

However, with her age and father's name, it should be possible to identify her in the 1901 census.

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 8 Sep 2008 03:34

Oops! Ancestry wasn't up to date. Here's the entry at FreeBMD:


Marriages Sep 1917
Coombes Ellen Kennedy Pontypridd 11a 1004
Kennedy George Coombes Pontypridd 11a 1004


This is easily findable, free of charge, at

http://www.freebmd.org.uk

That is the information you need to order the marriage certificate, from here:

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 8 Sep 2008 03:32

You've left us with some great big holes, Shane.

When did they marry? Where??


There is one Ellen Coombes-Kennedy marriage in the GRO as so far transcribed by FreeBMD:


Name: Ellen Coombes
Year of Registration: 1917
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's Surname: Kennedy
District: Pontypridd
County: Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 1004


Would this be it?

If you think it might, we could check the image for the Kennedy half to verify the given name.


The marriage certificate would ordinarily give her father's name. You need that to track back in time.

If she married in Scotland, or somewhere else, the marriage won't be in the GRO index, of course.

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Shane

Shane Report 8 Sep 2008 03:28

Scotish family maybe macintar

Shane

Shane Report 8 Sep 2008 03:24

Dear Members

My Great great Grandad married a lady called Ellen Coombes so our family bible says.

Ellens Coombe 1900 - 1955.

So the family story goes Ellen Coombes came from a rich family in Scotland (Mackintoshs (Spelling) have been mentioned). She married George Kennedy who was out of her class as he was their gardener. She was banished from the family. I am trying to see whether I can track her parents and see whether this story is true, I know this will make my nan happy after losing her mother recently at the age of 89.

Shane

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