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Migrants - Velocity - 1855 - Henry Coumbe and Family

In Adelaide, South Australia on 23 Jun 1855 on the Velocity in 1855 arrived: Henry Coumbe (agricultural labourer, age 50, from North Hill), his wife Jane Coumbe (44), Mary Coumbe (servant, 19), Elizabeth Forster Coumbe (servant,16), John Coumbe (9) and William Coumbe (6).

Henry Coumbe (1804, Lezant - 1876, SA), agricultural labourer, had married Jane Forster (1811,Trebartha-1894, SA) in North Hill on 30 Mar 1833. Henry and Jane's children, all born in North Hill, were Harry Coumbe (1833-77), Mary Coumbe (1835-?), Elizabeth Forster Coumbe (1838-?), John Coumbe (1845-1925) and William Coumbe (1848-1913). At the 1841 and 1851 censuses, Henry was at Bowhayland near Bowda in North Hill parish, about a mile from Jane's birthplace of Trebartha.

Henry's father was a blacksmith in Lezant, Cornwall - a good background for the grandson, John. Henry's son, John Coumbe was "of the well-known firm of John Coumbe & Sons, engineers, Kilkenny" from 1884. Prior to this he was at Georgetown from 1871, where he was an agricultural implement maker and is said to have "held many important local positions". He was at Georgetown at the same time The Coombe Brothers were in nearby Port Pirie. It is certain that they knew each other - they advertised their businesses simultaneously in the same newspaper.

Below is a descendancy chart for this family. The following abbreviations are used: ? = uncertain, NI = no issue, ... indicates known descendants, Adel = Adelaide, NCM = New Cornwall Mine. All locations are in South Australia, unless otherwise noted.

Henry Coumbe, bap. 23 Jul 1804 Lezant, CON, d. 9 Aug 1876 Byethorn
+Jane Forster, bap. 12 Mar 1811 Trebartha CON, m. 30 Mar 1833 North Hill, CON, d. 27 Feb 1894 Bowden
├── Harry Coumbe, bap. 19 May 1833 Northill CON, d. 13 Mar 1887 East Moonta
│   +Bridget Fitzgerald, b. circa 1842, m. 8 Nov 1861 Adel, d. ?
│   ├── Harry Coumbe, b. 29 Mar 1866 NCM Kadina, d. 3 Feb 1867 NCM
│   ├── Mary Jane Coumbe, b. 12 Nov 1867 NCM ... (with Edwin John Oaten, m. 1895)
│   ├── Florence Coumbe, b. 16 Jun 1870 Kadina ... (with Joseph Henry Pearce)
│   └── William Henry Coumbe, b. 14 Dec 1871 Kadina, d. 11 Dec 1953 Adel
│   +Elizabeth Anna Pengilly, b. circa 1846, m. 18 Sep 1878 E.Moonta
│   ├── Elizabeth Ellen Coumbe, b. 13 Oct 1879 Moonta Mines, d. 25 Mar 1880 E.Moonta
│   ├── Frederick John Coumbe, b. 15 Dec 1880 Moonta Mines
│   ├── Elizabeth Alma Coumbe, b. 26 Mar 1883 E.Moonta
│   ├── James Coumbe, b. 18 Apr 1884 E.Moonta, d. 18 Apr 1884 E.Moonta
│   └── Clara Coumbe, b. 6 Aug 1885 E.Moonta, d. 20 Mar 1886 E.Moonta
├── Mary Coumbe, bap. 21 Jun 1835 Northill CON
│   +Samuel Carsley Lang, m. 24 Feb 1858 SA
│   ├── John Lang, b. 30 Mar 1868 Mt Barker Springs near Nairne
│   ├── Martha Lang, b. 30 Aug 1869 Mt Barker Springs
│   ├── Emma Lang, b. 11 May 1871 Mt Barker Springs
│   └── James Lang, b. 5 Sep 1874 Mt Barker Springs
├── Elizabeth Forster Coumbe, bap. 4 Nov 1838 Northill CON
├── John Coumbe, b. 1843-1845 Northill CON, d. 11 Jun 1925 Kilkenny
│   +Eliza Jane Beard, b. circa 1843, m. 28 Nov 1864 Adel, d. 18 Feb 1919 Kilkenny
│   ├── Elizabeth Jane Coumbe, b. 31 Aug 1865 Mt Barker
│   ├── Maria Eliza Coumbe, b. 20 Jun 1869 Mt Barker ... (with Arthur John Boyes)
│   ├── Ellen Coumbe, b. 15 Sep 1871 George Town ... (with Edwin John Oaten, m. 1899)
│   ├── John Albert Coumbe, b. 21 Sep 1873 Georgetown, d. 26 Nov 1874 George Town
│   ├── John Henry Coumbe, b. 8 May 1875 Georgetown, d. 30 Oct 1875 George Town
│   ├── Francis Henry Havelock Coumbe, b. 27 Sep 1877 George Town, d. 1 Dec 1948 Kilkenny ...
│   ├── John William Forster Coumbe, b. 13 Nov 1879 George Town, d. 22 May 1953 Adel ...
│   ├── Hurtle Harrold Emanuel Coumbe, b. 31 May 1882 Clare District, d. 8 Jan 1922 Kilkenny
│   ├── Elsie Phoebe Violet May Coumbe, b. 4 May 1884 Georgetown ... (with William Sharp)
│   └── Lillian Olive Victoria Maud Coumbe, b. 25 Jul 1886 Pt Adel, d. 29 Apr 1892 Kilkenny
└── William Coumbe, bap. 24 Sep 1848 Bowhayland CON, d. 10 Jul 1913 Adel
    +Ann Tucker, m. 17 Feb 1869 Adel
    ├── Betsy Gould Coumbe, b. 29 Jun 1869 Nairne ... (with William Finch)
    ├── Elizabeth Foster Coumbe, b. 29 Aug 1870 Nairne ... (with Hector Fraser)
    ├── Adelaide Coumbe, b. 27 Feb 1872 Nairne ... (with Franz Heinrich Wagner, m. 1904)
    │   └── Kathleen Alberta Coumbe, b. 20 Mar 1895, Prospect
    └── Alberta Mary Coumbe, b. 29 Jul 1873 Georgetown North, d. 5 Oct 1946 North Adel

Henry’s Paternal Ancestry

Henry Coumbe, b. 23 Jul 1804, Lezant, son of:
Henry Coumbe, born 4 Jun, b. 23 Jul 1804, Lezant, son of:
   William Coumbe (blacksmith) and Elizabeth Pring, m. 10 Aug 1789, Lezant
                       (marriage recorded as “Coombe” and both “of this parish”)
   William Coombe, b. 20 Oct 1767 (baptised as “Coomb”) , son of:
      John Coombe and Grace Smale / Small, m. 28 Jul 1764, Lezant, (both “of this parish”).

This ancestry is reasonably likely, but would benefit from more research. Are there any researchers in this Coumbe family who are looking into this ancestry?

Researchers

David Coombe.

Updated: 15 Jan 2012