MORCOM/BE ONE NAME STUDY

Family Code: St GERMANSjohn St GERMANSdaniel

SOURCE:
BMD Registry Victoria, Australia (from Robin TUDDIN)

RESIDENCE:
Bideford,DEV

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: MEETHwilliam

SOURCE:
Free BMD Web Site

Family Code: E.NEWLYNchristopher

BIRTH:
ABT 13Feb1870 in NZ.

CHRISTENED:
18Feb1870 in NZ. Baptised day before he was buried - an indication he was very sick and not expected to live.Age at death: 5 days

BURIAL:
19Feb1870 in NZ.

Family Code: E.NEWLYNchristopher

CHRISTENED:
28Dec1831 in Probus CON. Confirmation needed that this is correct Thomas HUDDY

EMIGRATION:
06Feb1862 in "Zealandia" 23May1862

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1868-AFT 1877: Malster in Christchurch.

SOURCES:
Personal SWARBRICK Gary
Personal WARD Colin and Wendy

Family Code: E.NEWLYNchristopher

BIRTH:
29Oct1871 in NZ.

CHRISTENED:
03Dec1871 in Christchurch NZ. Thomas and Phillipa (nee MORCOMBE) of St Saviours District. Sponsors Samuel Henry RICHARDS and the parents

RESIDENCE:
1871 St Saviours District,Christchurch,NZ

SOURCE:
Personal SWARBRICK Gary

Family Code: PROBUSwilliam PROBUSthomas

SOURCE:
Personal MORCOM George David

Family Code: WENDRONjohn

GENERAL NOTE:
Frederick ran away from the Navy and deserted his wife and young family. Louisa lived for a while with her uncle Henry MORCOMBE. Their grand-daughter (aged c.85 in 2000) still lives in Stoke Damerel and worships at that church.

SOURCE:
Personal PAUL George

Family Code: GWENNAPjohn GWENNAPdiggory

BIRTH:
10Jun1937 in Royal Womens Hospital, Carlton, Melbourne VIC AUS.

DEATH:
26May1985 in Reservoir VIC AUS.

BURIAL:
31May1985 in Fawkner Cemetery VIC AUS.

SOURCE:
Personal DAVIS Linda

Family Code: OKEHAMPTONwilliam

BIRTH:
ABT 1883 in Mexbro YKS. Census 1911: 28, b. Mexbro, married seven years, two living children

DEATH:
01May1952 in Doncaster YKS. died at 15 St Helen's Road, Doncaster Age at death: 69

PROBATE:
£433 9S. Executor: husband James W MORCOMBE

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1911-AFT 1911: 93,Cemetery Road,Doncaster,YKS WRY
26,Somerset Road,Doncaster,YKS

SOURCES:
GRO Index Marriages
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911
Will Somerset House Index
GRO Index Deaths

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPjoseph1

BIRTH:
Q3 1861 in Blaydon DUR. Reg. Q3 1861 in Gateshead, Ref. No. 10a 539. Census 1901: age 39, wife, b. Blaydon; 1911: Mary Elizabeth CARR [MORCOM deleted], 49, b. Blaydon, married six yearsto William CARR, six living children, five deceased [unclear if all by Matthew MORCOM]

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1901-AFT 1901: Cornforth,DUR
BEF 1911-AFT 1911: 6,Cooperative Terraces,Coxhoe,Sedgefield,DUR

Residence Note:
There were two boarders in Mary's household in 1911: Arthur TURNER, 24, single, assistant teacher, b. Cawood, YKS and George McPherden, 23, single, assistant teacher, b. Longtown, Cumberland

SOURCES:
Free BMD Web Site
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911

Family Code: DUNSTERthomas

BIRTH:
Only evidence for Blanche being the wife of Roland Amery is that she is named as next of kin in his 1942 service record. She also appears with Roland in the 1930, 1936, 1937 and 1943 electoral rolls

DEATH:
01Aug1948 in QLD.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1930-AFT 1943: Riversdale,Hannaford nr The Gums,Tara,VIC AUS

SOURCES:
World War 2 Nominal Roll: Australia
Electoral Rolls - Australia 1903-1954 in Ancestry.com
Death Index Australia1787-1985 in Ancestry.com

Family Code: ILLOGANarthur St MARTINjoseph

BIRTH:
Q2 1884 in Pontypool or Folkstone?. Reg No 11a 145. CHECK - there are other possibilites but this is the nearest to Merthyr Tydfil where she was married. Census 1911: 30, daughter-in-law, b. Folkstone [?], married seven years, three living children

EMIGRATION:
Left Liverpool 30May1907 in "Tunisian" Arrived in Montreal, Quebec 07Jun1907Immigration Note: Millie MARCOMBE , 26, was accompanied by Thomas MARCOMBE, her husband and their daughter Musa Cecilia

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1911-AFT 1911: 36,Fell Street,Treharris,nr Merthyr Tydfil,GLA

SOURCES:
Free BMD Web Site
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911
Passenger Lists UK from FindMyPast
Canadian Passenger Lists 1865-1935
UK Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-9860

Family Code: GWENNAPjohn GWENNAPdiggory

SOURCE:
Death Index Victoria Digger Index 1921-1985

Family Code: MEETHwilliam ASHBURTONgeorge

SOURCE:
Book:"Linked Families: A Morcombe Saga" by Brian MORCOMBE

Family Code: MEETHwilliam SOUTH TAWTONrichard

BIRTH:
06Jul1826 in Chitterne St Mary or Draycott Cerne WIL. USA Federal Census 1860: age 33, b. in England. Census MN 1880: 54, wife, keeping house, b. in England. Death Record Winona Co has b.in ENG on 6 Jul 1826. William Henry MORCOMB wrote that his mother was born on 6 July 1826 in Wiltshire;1900 74, b. August 1825 in England, married 50 years, had 5 children of whom 4 still living, arrived USA 1850; 1910 MN: 83, head, b. England, married 59 years ago, 5 children of whom 4 living, immigrated 1846, naturalized, lives on own income, owns home.

CHRISTENED:
30Jul1826 in Chitterne St Mary WIL. Dau. of Henry and Elizabeth

DEATH:
29Jul1911 in Pleasant Hill, Winona Co MN USA. The obituary said"The MORCOMB homestead is well known throughout the county ... Despite the advanced age of the deceased, she was up to only a recent date remarkably active ... She was highly respected by all the community because of her congenial manner"

BURIAL:
AFT 29Jul1911 in Busch Cemetery, Ridgeway MN USA. Death Cert. 1911-MN-015184. Service at Methodist Church, Ridgeway. The Winona Co. Death Record describes Harriett as a "retired housewife" and attributes her death to "gatro enterites (acute) of 7 days duration". Date of birth on tombstone 6 July 1825[?]

EMIGRATIONS:
Arrived in Canada ABT 1847Immigration Note: According to her son William Henry MORCOMB, Harriet arrived in Canada, aged 21, making her home with relatives at St Thomas.
Immigration Note: Harriet was probably still with her sisters Selina & Mary and brother in law Mark WALLACE, whose children James and Selina Harriett WALLACE have been located in Ontario

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1860-AFT 1860: Fort Winnebago, nr. Portage,Columbia Co.WI USA
BEF 1880-1911: Pleasant Hill,Winona Co.MN USA <

Residence Notes:
In 1910 Harriet employed a servant Emma E SMITH, 41, b. New York, married with a four year old son Thomas
When she died she was living with her son William H MORCOMB

GENERAL NOTE:
William Henry MORCOMB wrote that Harriet's father was killed in an accident when she was thirteen years old. She lived with a sister Mary for some time.

SOURCES:
Document by W H MORCOMB
1860 USA Federal Census
1880 USA Federal Census
1900 USA Federal Census
1910 USA Federal Census
Census USA 1880 - LDS Index
Death Records Winona Co., WI USA
Death Certificate:Minnesota Historical Society Index

Family Code: MEETHwilliam SOUTH TAWTONrichard

BIRTH:
NB Harriett's Death Record in Winona Co. gives her father as "Jno. HULL"

CHRISTENED:
23Aug1800 in Christian Malford nr. Chittenham WIL. Son of James and Elizabeth. More evidence needed that this is same Henry HULL [Note: Henry's eldest child, Mary, did name her first born "James"]

DEATH:
Q1 1841 in Warminster WIL. Ref. 8 323. According to Harriet's son, William H, her father died in an accident when his daughter Harriet was 13 i.e. c.1839

BURIAL:
28Jan1841 in Chitterne St Mary WIL.

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1822-1841: Publican in Chitterne St Mary.Occupation Note: The pub still exists next door to the churchyard where Henry and Elizabeth are buried.

Family Code: St MERRYNjohn1

SOURCE:
BMD Records Victoria AUS Great War Index 1914-1920

Family Code: MEETHwilliam SOUTH TAWTONrichard

GENERAL NOTE:
This is further evidence that we have the correct Harriet as her son William Henry MORCOMB wrote that Harriet lived with her sister Mary after her father's death when she was 13. Henry actually died in 1841 when Harriet was 14. Moreover James and Harriet named their second son James Wallis [or Wallace] after Mary's husband, and Mary and Mark named one of their children Selina Harriet.

Family Code: MEETHwilliam SOUTH TAWTONrichard

BIRTH:
06Dec1827 in Chitterne St Mary WIL.

CHRISTENED:
04Jun1828 in Chitterne St Mary WIL. Dau. of Henry & Elizabeth

GENERAL NOTE:
The family in Canada have a photograph of two elderly ladies named Harriet HULL and Selina, so this is additional evidence that we have the correct Harriet.

Family Code: MEETHwilliam INWARDLEIGHgeorge

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: NSW AUS
BEF 1903-AFT 1903: 3,Cary Street,Waverley, Waverley Junction, Wentworth,NSW AUS

SOURCE:
BMD Records NSW Registry Indices

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPjoseph1

BIRTH:
1914

DEATH:
01Mar2000 Died of lung cancer

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

SOURCE:
Personal SYMONS John

BIRTH:
24May1879 in Parkside, Adelaide SA AUS. Ref.No. b219 p328

SOURCE:
Births-Index of Registrations South Australia 1842-1906

DEATH:
20Sep1914 in SA AUS. This may be Philip William John HUNKIN who died 20 Sep 1914 at Prospect in Adelaide

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1879-AFT 1879: Parkside,Adelaide SA AUS

SOURCES:
Births-Index of Registrations South Australia 1842-1906
Death Index:South Australia Registrations 1842-1915

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas

DEATH:
1930

OCCUPATION:
Storekeeper

SOURCE:
Cemetery Record-Death Dates:Stawell VIC AUS 1870-1982

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas

BIRTH:
ABT 1891 in Stawell VIC AUS.

DEATH:
06Mar1974 in Ballarat VIC AUS. Reg.No.1974/6185 Age at death: 83

BURIAL:
08Mar1974 in Stawell Cemetery VIC AUS. Grave No. 6864 [Remarks: 7ft no.2,full]

RESIDENCE:
23,Napier St.,Stawell,VIC AUS

GENERAL NOTE:
Dorothy was a C. of E. member

SOURCES:
Death Index Victoria Digger Index 1921-1985
Cemetery Record-Death Dates:Stawell VIC AUS 1870-1982
Cemetery Record-Burial Dates:Stawell VIC AUS