Hi All
Wondered if someone could re look at Samuel Luscombe for me just so I can get some clarity that I have the correct person to build my family tree.
The Samuel Luscombe Im interested in had the following children: Beatrice Jane Luscombe 1885, Sydney Walter Luscombe 1883, Samuel Henry Luscombe 1888 and Sarah Ann Luscombe 1880. This much I know to be true. The children were born Stoke Gabriel and registered under Totnes. Samuel was also born the same area. On the 1891 census, his age is listed as 39 so is estimated to have been born 1852/1. Samuel was either a farmer or agricultural labourer. Subsequent relatives were also in the same field of work.
This is where it gets tricky. I looked on the GRO and there are two Samuel Luscombe's. One was born 26th September 1851 • union workhouse, Totnes, Devon, England mmn not written on record.
The other has a mother called Susan Perkins who married Richard Luscombe. Susan was born around 1828 but dates change for Richard and there are a number of Richard Luscombe's so this is proving hard to work out. However, a Richard Luscombe believed to have been born around 1821/22 married a Susan Perkins though his age changes over a number of census's from 1821/22-1828
I would like to know if Richard and Susan are Samuel's parents, or whether he's more likely to be the birth registration whose mmn is not listed if at all possible and clarification of the year in which Richard was born. I use one ancestry site but was wondering if more information about his family may be available on other sites people use etc
Samuel married an Emma Seally/Silley/silly = Again its difficult to track Emma's ancestral line as the spelling of her surname changes repeatedly eg Her father is believed to be Robert Seeleye/Seally/Silly/silley 1829 etc who married Ann Ellis, 1831. Robert's father William is down as Silly. I found all birth registrations for Emma's siblings {eliza ann seally, mary jane ellis seally, Ann Elizabeth Seally, Robert Henry Seally, William Robert Ellis Seally, John Henry Seally, Hannah Elizabeth Seally} but cannot find one for Emma - this could be due to the spelling issue. Robert Seally, Emma and family came from Dittisham, Devon.
Any help around Samuel would be so appreciated as Im trying to do a family chart for someone related to me as a present. Also any additional help with Emma's birth registration and her family particularly with regards what the surname spelling actually is would be also gratefully received.
Thanks All
