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Hi all, could anyody please help me to find Margaret Stewart Mather born 1883 in Liverpool married a George Coombs 1902 also in Liverpool possibly left for Boston America, many thanks Carol

passenger transcript details
Name: Margt COOMBS
Date of departure: 24 August 1929
Port of departure: Liverpool
Passenger destination port: Boston, USA
Passenger destination: Boston, USA

Date of Birth: 1882 (calculated from age)
Age: 47
Marital status: Married
Sex: Female
Occupation: Wife
Passenger recorded on: Page 12 of 37





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The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -

Geore COOMBS Page 12 of 37 View transcript



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Ship:
Official Number:
Master's name:
Steamship Line:
Where bound:
Square feet:
Registered tonnage:
Passengers on voyage:
SCYTHIA
143730
R B Irving
Cunard
New York, USA
15472
11926
834



Regards Vera

Thank you very much

Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943

Name: Margaret S Coombs
Arrival Date: 25 Nov 1909
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Gender: Female
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Saxonia
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: Geo Coombs
Last Residence: England
Birthplace: Liverpool, England


address of relative in UK - Joseph Mather, 33 Aspen Grove, Lodge Lane, Liverpool

Thanks Choccy thats definately her

think this is her as well - EDIT - probably George not a crew member, possibly brought baby home to see family?


Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943

Name: Margaret Coombs
Arrival Date: 14 Sep 1911
Age: 27years 8months
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Gender: Female
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Devonian
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: George Coombs
Last Residence: United States of America
Birthplace: Liverpool, England


travelling with daughter Elsie A Coombs aged 11 months

UK address - 29 Aspen Grove, Liverpool




1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Margaret Coombs
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1885
Birthplace: England
Home in 1920: Medford Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1909
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George Coombs
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
George Coombs 38 (Gold beater)
Margaret Coombs 35
Elsie M Coombs 9 (born Massachusetts)

Thanks Choccy not sure if her hubby was crew or not, on marriage cert dated 28-09-1902 he was a gold beater

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Margaret Coombs
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: England
Race: White
Home in 1930: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Marital Status: Married
Immigration Year: 1909
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: George Coombs
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Household Members: Name Age
George Coombs 48
Margaret Coombs 46
Elsie M Coombs 19
Mary L Sawyer 63

Thank you once again choccy does it say what relation if any Mary Sawyer is please

63 yr old Mary L Sawyer on the 1930 census was a Boarder, born in Maine

As they arrived in 1909, here are the two missing censuses for 1910 and 1940

1910 United States Federal Census
about Margaret Coombs
Name: Margaret Coombs
Age in 1910: 26
Birth Year: 1884
Birthplace: England
Home in 1910: Medford Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1909
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George Coombs
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
George Coombs 28 Occ Leafer ? in Gold
Margaret Coombs 26



1940 United States Federal Census
about Margaret Coombs
Name: Margaret Coombs
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: England
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
View Map
Street: Everett Street
House Number: 50
Inferred Residence in 1935: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Citizenship: Naturalized
Sheet Number: 12A
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
George Coombs 57 Gold Worker in Gold Leaf Factory
Margaret Coombs 55

Anne

Thanks Anne, so it looks like he did the same job most of his life

on the 1930 census Mary L Sawyer is a Boarder (born in Maine)

Thanks Choccy the only reason i asked was that Margaret Stewart Mather (Coombs) mother was Margaret Templeton & her Mother was also Margaret & she was married to aJohn Sawyer must be coinsidense

Magnify 4 clicks, then save image
http://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po602unit#page/n538/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu714unit#page/n689/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/massachusettscensus00reel924#page/n664/mode/1up

You can search for the 1940 image at Ancestry - it's a freebie

check out:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_STATES

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1909
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
COOMBS George MATHER Margaret S Toxteth Park, St. Silas Liverpool 2128TP/4/349

Not 1902!!!