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Australia / (Herbert) Russell Midlane COOMBE alias Russell MIDLANE
« on: Wednesday 25 March 20 07:20 GMT (UK) »
This man is not my direct ancestor but I find his life interesting, and would like to know about the change in his family circumstances in later life.
He was registered and baptised in Wilton, Wiltshire, as "Midlane Russell COOMBE" in 1840 to John Henry COOMBE and Frances Agnes nee MIDLANE. I have plenty of information about his parents. As his father was a clergyman the family moved about a bit - in 1841 at Mere using first name of Russell; 1851 they are in Heworth Yorkshire, and his name is listed as "Russell Midlane COOMBE."
In 1855 he was appointed Master's Assistant in the Royal Navy (named as Russell M COOMBE)
The next sighting I can see is a marriage in Kooringa, South Australia in November 1863 to Bridget Bower, using the name "Herbert Russell Midlane COOMBE" He and Bridget had children who used the surname COOMBE and three of whom were still alive at the death of Bridget in Wentworth NSW, December 1917, according to the obit which makes no mention of a husband.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74807613
His youngest child with Brdget is born abt 1868
By about 1886 he begins a family with Margaret MOORE who, by 1897, is using the name Mrs Midlane. He marries Margaret as "Russell MIDLANE" in Jan 1917 and he gives his status as widower although Bridget doesn't die till December 1919.
I think I have all the details re his children of both families and his wives, so no need to search for them.
What I'd like to know is:
How did he get to South Australia? He had only been taken on by the RN seven years before.
Did the two families and wives know of each other?
The marriage to Margaret was about 30 years after the birth of their first child. Wondering why as it seems he didn't wait for his first wife to die. (Pure nosiness here!)
There was an earlier thread about this man where it's clear that Herbert Russell Midlane Coombe is the same man as Russell Midlane.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=799129.27
Sorry, a bit long-winded but might fill in some spare time in these days of pestilence.
Judith
He was registered and baptised in Wilton, Wiltshire, as "Midlane Russell COOMBE" in 1840 to John Henry COOMBE and Frances Agnes nee MIDLANE. I have plenty of information about his parents. As his father was a clergyman the family moved about a bit - in 1841 at Mere using first name of Russell; 1851 they are in Heworth Yorkshire, and his name is listed as "Russell Midlane COOMBE."
In 1855 he was appointed Master's Assistant in the Royal Navy (named as Russell M COOMBE)
The next sighting I can see is a marriage in Kooringa, South Australia in November 1863 to Bridget Bower, using the name "Herbert Russell Midlane COOMBE" He and Bridget had children who used the surname COOMBE and three of whom were still alive at the death of Bridget in Wentworth NSW, December 1917, according to the obit which makes no mention of a husband.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74807613
His youngest child with Brdget is born abt 1868
By about 1886 he begins a family with Margaret MOORE who, by 1897, is using the name Mrs Midlane. He marries Margaret as "Russell MIDLANE" in Jan 1917 and he gives his status as widower although Bridget doesn't die till December 1919.
I think I have all the details re his children of both families and his wives, so no need to search for them.
What I'd like to know is:
How did he get to South Australia? He had only been taken on by the RN seven years before.
Did the two families and wives know of each other?
The marriage to Margaret was about 30 years after the birth of their first child. Wondering why as it seems he didn't wait for his first wife to die. (Pure nosiness here!)
There was an earlier thread about this man where it's clear that Herbert Russell Midlane Coombe is the same man as Russell Midlane.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=799129.27
Sorry, a bit long-winded but might fill in some spare time in these days of pestilence.
Judith
