Looking for information on Roderick Coombes and his wife Charlotte née Drew

Question

Parents to James Coombes and my paternal GGGmother Elizabeth Blanche Lawler née Coombes

Roderick and Charlotte married in Co Clare Ireland11th Feb 1838....

Elizabeth Blanche was born in Singleton NSW Aust Circa 1852, no birth cert available ....

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Do you think there really was another couple called Roger Coombes and Charlotte Drew active in Australia around the same time?  Or is it possible that Roger is a bit of a shortcut for Roderic?

Name: Thomas Coombes
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 31 Aug 1853
Christening Place: Wittingham, Northumberland, Australia
Father's Name: Roger Coombes
Mother's Name: Charlotte Drew

Other information in the record of Thomas Coombes
Name: Thomas Coombes
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 31 Aug 1853
Christening Place: Wittingham, Northumberland, Australia
Father's Name: Roger Coombes
Mother's Name: Charlotte Drew

Reference ID: item 1
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07605-2
System Origin: Australia-EASy
GS Film number: 993980
Image Number: 89
 

Citing this Record
"Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTD6-3FQ : 19 April 2018), Charlotte Drew in entry for Thomas Coombes, 31 Aug 1853; citing New South Wales, Australia; FHL microfilm 993,980.

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If so, here is some immigration info:

http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?series=NRS5316&item=4_4786&ship=Subraon

or behind a paywall:

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1204/IMAUS1787_081405-0458?pid=93036&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1204%26h%3D93036%26ssrc%3Dpt%26tid%3D163928258%26pid%3D222161843686%26usePUB%3Dtrue&ssrc=pt&treeid=163928258&personid=222161843686&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.124857866.1443062830.1579522600-401665357.1564509501

Answer 1

Here are Roderic and Charlotte mentioned as parents of James.  (Note alternate spelling of Coombes -- might be helpful for finding other records)

Name: James Coomes
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 24 Aug 1851
Christening Place: Ipswich, Stanley, New South Wales, Australia
Father's Name: Roderic Coomes
Mother's Name: Charlotte Drew

Other information in the record of James Coomes
Name: James Coomes
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 24 Aug 1851
Christening Place: Ipswich, Stanley, New South Wales, Australia
Father's Name: Roderic Coomes
Mother's Name: Charlotte Drew

Reference ID: Item1
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07597-6
System Origin: Australia-EASy
GS Film number: 993979
Image Number: 99
 

Citing this Record
"Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDL-CRQ : 19 April 2018), Charlotte Drew in entry for James Coomes, 24 Aug 1851; citing New South Wales, Australia; FHL microfilm 993,979.

Answer 2

Could this be Roderick?

Name: R Combs
Event Type: Emigration
Event Date: 1852
Event Place: Victoria, Australia
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Birth Year (Estimated): 1816
Departure Place: Melbourne
Destination Place: Adelaide
Affiliate Repository Type: Archive
Affiliate Identifier: VPRS 948

Affiliate Name: Public Record Office of Victoria
GS Film Number: 000284466
Digital Folder Number: 007782263
Image Number: 00932
 

Citing this Record
"Australia, Victoria, Outward Passenger Lists, 1852-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2GB-JBG7 : 17 March 2018), R Combs, born 1816, emigrated 1852; citing series VPRS 948, Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne; FHL microfilm 284,466.

Comments

Thank you Shirlea...my fellow was mostly around Singleton NSW.

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Sorry Shirlea...just getting used to this format. Thank you for your time in answering my query...I do have the information you posted...I have been chasing my Coombes for years.

For some reason they dock in Sydney but then travel to Dalby/ Toowoomba for a period of time. James christened there...he is one of the few of their children who make it to adulthood.

A great part of their lives are then spent in Whittingham, Singleton. They lose several children there and sadly Charlotte dies of consumption aged 42. I have found a possible remarriage for Roderick, who then possibly returns to Queensland.

Sometimes the name is Roderick, sometimes Rodger.

I will try and track down their marriage, but it will have to be parish records in Ireland prior to civil registration ...

Again...thank you for your time....

Regards ...Maxine Russell

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Hi Maxine

Roderick can also be Rodyer, Roger, Rodger and Roderic. I have it that James was  born in 1831 in Hinton, NSW.

Kind regards

Kerry Coombs

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Hi Kerry...thank you for your time. My Coombes came to Aust aboard Subraon in April 1848.... briefly in Queensland...James baptised there...then moved to Singleton. Charlotte died in 1858 and Roderick/ Roger remarries in 1861 ..at Singleton ( Patrick’s Plains) to Bridget O’Brien. I think they move to Toowoomba in Queensland by electoral rolls...I can’t find a death for either of them.

Regards...Maxine

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Hi Maxine
Thank you for your reply and the Coombes information, especially that of Roderick's emigration.

I have conflicting information re Roderick's birth date and James', his son, birth date.

Roderick, 1817 in Ireland, and James in Hinton NSW in 1831. That would mean that Roderick was 14 when James was born.

Another question:

I have James marrying Emma Barwick, daughter of George Barwick in 1860. My uncle had partially completed my father's family tree with these details.

I have just viewed something on Wikitree re James Coombes, son of Roderick and Charlotte,  marrying Margaret Sheehan. James being born in Ipswich, Qld in 1851and dying in 1930.

I'm confused!!!

Kind regards

Kerry

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Hi Kerry....not sure about your James..do you mean Hinton near Maitland?Was James mother Charlotte née Drew?

I have James as baptised Aug 1851 Drayton Qld. He is one of the few of Roderick and Charlottes to survive childhood...he died in the 1930’s in Tenterfield and I think he was married to Margaret Sheehan...

I’ll write to you shortly...would love to have more clarity here too!

Regards ...Maxine

PS...haven’t concentrated on Roderick and Charlottes children too much...still trying to get info on Roderick and Charlotte.

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Hi

Looking for an answer from Shirlea Smith.  My wife is a 6 gen descendant from charlotte Smith nee Coombes married to Robert Smith from Roma Queensland.  Are you related through this Robert Smith.

Thank you for the immigration image of the Cooms arrival.

Cheers NevP

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Hi Nev! Welcome to WikiTree!

I don't think so, but if we keep building our trees up and sideways, we might find a connection!  Is there a profile here for Charlotte?  My Smith folks were from the southern edge of Cambridgeshire: Litlington, Guilden Morden etc.  Several rellies went to Australia, but their names were Bird, Christmas, Sharp....you can see my Cambs-born grandfather here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-123457