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Home Ø Migrants Ø Ephraim Coombe Extended Family
Migrants - Ephraim Coombe Extended Family
This extended family consists of one of South Australia’s earliest settlers. Ephraim Coombe and family, as well as his niece Ann and nephew Ephraim who migrated later to SA.
Ephraim Coombe (blacksmith, 34), wife (28) and son (8) migrated to South Australia on the Lloyds, arriving 1 Dec 1838. On the same ship was another Coumbe but no relative, James Coumbe Bowden.
Ephraim was the first Coombe on the South Australia municipal electoral roll; in 1840-42, he is in Melbourne street, qualifying by freehold. In 1845 he signed a petition against convict transportation to South Australia. Ephraim farmed the banks of the Torrens River and a newspaper item of 10 Jan 1849 reports the damage caused to his property by a bush fire “in barley, fencing, grass-feed, and clothes, more than £40 in value”.
DIED. COOMBE.—On the 25th of April, at Gilbert Town, Mr. Ephraim Coombe, in the 77th year of his age. An old colonist of 34 years’ standing. South Australian Advertiser, 26 April 1871.
This death notice suggests this Ephraim Coombe was the same one as on Lloyds in 1838, but that his age on migration was really 44, not 34 as cited above.
Ephraim’s niece, Ann, migrated some years later in 1849 on the Pakenham to Adelaide. She married Samuel Pope on 13 Apr 1851 at St George’s Church Gawler. Samuel farmed at Gawler then moved to the Barossa.
Ephraim’s nephew, Ephraim, migrated later still in 1855 on the Ebba Brahe to Sydney in January and then onwards to Adelaide in October on the Eugene, perhaps after initially trying his hand on the NSW goldfields.
Ephraim Henry Coombe, MP (1858-1917), was the son of this younger Ephraim.
“Mr. Ephraim Coombe, on old colonist, died at his residence, Willaston, on Thursday. He was a native of Barnstaple, Devon, and came to South Australia in 1855. He at once settled in the Gawler district, and for the last 33 years was storekeeper and postmaster at Willaston. He had reached the age of 80 years. Two sons survive— Mr. Coombe, M.P., Chairman of Committees in the House of Assembly; and Mr. T. Coombe. Chairman of the Mudla Wirra South District Council.” The Register (Adelaide), 11 September 1908.
The extended family is listed below. The following abbreviations are used: ? = uncertain, NI = no issue, ... indicates known descendants, DEV = Devon, SA = South Australia.
John
Coombe │ ├── John Coombe, b.c. 1816-21 │ ├── Ann Coombe, b. 1824 Swimbridge DEV, d. ? │ │ + Samuel Pope, m. 1851 Gawler SA, d. 1892 SA ... │ ├── Thomas Coombe, b. 1826 Swimbridge DEV │
└── Ephraim Coombe, b. 1828 Swimbridge DEV, migr.
1855 SA, d. 1908 Willaston SA │ + Elizabeth Tall, m. 1866 Adelaide SA, d. 1901 Willaston SA, no issue? ├──
Ephraim Coombe, b. 1794 Landkey DEV, migr. 1838 SA, d. 1871 Adelaide SA │
└── migrant son, b.c. 1830 – do you know who this is? └── Elizabeth Coombe, b. 1798 Landkey DEV
To add, contribute, comment, contact: David Coombe
Updated: 29 Feb 2012 |
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