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Edward Comber Sr. 1820–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1820

Birth Location: Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland

Death Date: 31 JUL 1900

Death Location: Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Father: Thomas Comber

Mother: Bridget Comber

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Comber

Children(s): Mary Chadban, Hardy Rowley), Agnis Comber, Matilda Comber, Margaret Vallete, Edward Jr., James Comber, Sarah Leonard, Anna Buckley, Joseph Comber, John Comber, George Comber, William Comber, George Sr.

The story of Edward Comber Sr. began in 1820 in Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland. In 1845, Edward Comber Sr. immigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Edward Comber Sr. married Elizabeth Comber, and had children including Agnis Comber, Anna Theresa Buckley, Edward Comber Jr, George Westby Walker Comber Sr, George William Comber, Hardy Fitzsimmons Rowley, James Comber, John William Comber, Joseph W Comber, Margaret Louisa Vallete, Mary Jane Chadban, Matilda Comber, Sarah Amelia Leonard, William Henry Comber. Edward Comber Sr. passed away in 1900 in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of Edward Comber Sr. began in 1820 in Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland.
  • In 1845, Edward Comber Sr. immigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Edward Comber Sr. married Elizabeth Comber, and had children including Agnis Comber, Anna Theresa Buckley, Edward Comber Jr, George Westby Walker Comber Sr, George William Comber, Hardy Fitzsimmons Rowley, James Comber, John William Comber, Joseph W Comber, Margaret Louisa Vallete, Mary Jane Chadban, Matilda Comber, Sarah Amelia Leonard, William Henry Comber.
  • Edward Comber Sr. passed away in 1900 in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Comber
1790–1876
Birth Location: Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
TC
Bridget Comber
1790–
Birth Location: Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
BC

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Comber
1831–1880
Birth Location: Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, Australia
EC

Children(s)

Mary Chadban
1865–1930
Birth Location: Tongay, Cassilis, New South Wales, Australia
MC
Hardy Rowley)
1853–1927
Birth Location: Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
HR
Agnis Comber
1856–
Birth Location: Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
AC
Matilda Comber
1863–1866
Birth Location: Kelso, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
MC
Margaret Vallete
1872–1953
Birth Location: Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
MV
Edward Jr.
1852–1927
Birth Location: Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
EJ
James Comber
1855–1927
Birth Location: Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
JC
Sarah Leonard
1860–1941
Birth Location: Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
SL
Anna Buckley
1858–1927
Birth Location: Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
AB
Joseph Comber
1862–1867
Birth Location: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
JC
John Comber
1857–1941
Birth Location: Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
JC
George Comber
1867–1867
Birth Location: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
GC
William Comber
1868–1945
Birth Location: Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
WC
George Sr.
1862–1945
Birth Location: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
GS

Edward Sr.'s Ancestors

Self
Edward Sr.
1820–1900
Birth Place: Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
Parents
Thomas Comber
1790–1876
Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
Bridget Comber
1790–
Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
Grandparents
Thomas (R) Comber
1720–1802
Halifax, Virginia, USA
Frances Comber
1723–1815
Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edward Sr.'s Descendants

1.
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Edward (Comber) Sr. (ABT 1820–31 JUL 1900) m. Elizabeth Comber (7 MAR 1831–19 MAY 1880)
  1. 1. Mary (Jane) Chadban 1865–1930 m. Henry (Martin) Chadban 1861–1946
    1. 1. Robert (William) Chadban 1889–1967 m. Alice (Agnes) Chadban 1889–1953
      1. 1. Colin (Robert) Chadban 1921–1988 m. Jean (Beryl Mary) Chadban 1920–2009
      2. 2. Kenneth (Allen) Chadban 1923–2000 m. Elaine (Alice) Piggott 1925–
      3. 3. Marjorie (Maud) Farley 1910–1989 m. Alec (Ray Farley) (Joe) 1911–1989
        1. 1. Maxwell (William Farley) (Max) 1945–2013
      4. 4. Leslie (William) Chadban 1912–1995 m. Nora Chadban 1911–
        1. 1. Ronald (Leslie) Chadban 1933–1998
      5. 5. Henry (Martin Chadban) Jnr 1917–1994 m. Beulah (May) Avery 1920–2008
        1. 1. Garry (James) Chadban 1942–1993
      6. 6. Claude (Wallace) Chadban 1925–1986
      7. 7. Stanley (Robert) Chadban 1908–1911
      8. 8. Eric (Herbert John) Chadban 1915–1986 m. Margaret Chadban 1915–2004
      9. 9. Valerie (Merle) Chadban 1920–1920
    2. 2. Christina (Pearl) Shepherd 1892–1973 m. Frederick (James) Shepherd 1889–1936
      1. 1. Dulcie (Doris) Shepherd 1920–2003 m. William (Frank) Liles 1917–2006
      2. 2. Olga (Edith) Shepherd 1915–1980
      3. 3. Elsie Shepherd 1921–2005
      4. 4. Poola Shepherd 1915–1976
      5. 5. Norma (Jean) Shepherd 1925–2010
      6. 6. Allan (Clive) Shepherd 1915–1979
      7. 7. Errol Shepherd –1985
    3. 3. Dorothy (Violet) Burrell 1898–1972 m. Thomas (Thompson) Burrell 1896–1953
      1. 1. Thelma (Irene) Burrell 1918–1989
    4. 4. Emma (May) O'keefe 1882–1939 m. Henry (William) O'Keefe 1871–1928
      1. 1. Percival (R) O'Keefe 1911–
      2. 2. Ethel Monoghan 1901–
      3. 3. David (W H) O'Keefe 1902–
      4. 4. Edward (R) O'Keefe 1905–
      5. 5. Frank (S) O'Keefe 1907–
      6. 6. Dawson (H) O'Keefe 1909–1909
      7. 7. Harry O'Keefe 1895–1934
    5. 5. Mary (Jane) Middlebrook 1883–1983 m. George (William) Middlebrook 1876–1961
      1. 1. Allan (Inglis) Middlebrook 1916–1987 m. Beryl (Irene) Middlebrook 1925–2006
        1. 1. (Child) (Barbara Ann) Middlebrook 1949–1950
      2. 2. Donald (Elmo) Middlebrook 1909–1992 m. Florence (Pearl) MIDDLEBROOK 1914–1986
      3. 3. Thelma (Daphne Lorna) Christiansen 1907–1974
        1. 1. Leonard (George) Christiansen 1936–2019
      4. 4. Audrey (Audelle) Postlethwaite 1911–2009 m. Colin (John) Postlethwaite 1914–1982
      5. 5. Mervyn Middlebrook 1913–1997 m. Lillian (Ida) Middlebrook 1909–1988
        1. 1. Dawn (Glory) Middlebrook 1938–2002
      6. 6. Olga (Merle) Bellamy 1919–
      7. 7. Gabrielle Glassop 1921–
      8. 8. Erith (Celestine) Saint 1926–1961
      9. 9. Harry (Herbert Ivan) Middlebrook –1915
    6. 6. Charlotte ((Lottie)) Quigley 1885–1974 m. Arthur (James) Quigley 1884–1947
      1. 1. Henry (James) Quigley 1916–1995 m. Edna (Jessie) Quigley 1916–1996
      2. 2. Rita Quigley –1911
    7. 7. Gladys (Joy) Whitburn 1894–1972 m. William (Augustus) Whitburn 1891–1981
    8. 8. Adeline (Alice) Harris 1897–1959 m. Thomas (Richard) Harris 1882–1966
      1. 1. Florence (Lillian) Moss 1917–1981
      2. 2. Olive (May) Smith 1923–2000
      3. 3. Ernest (Clive Harris (Dude -) Dudley) 1926–1999
      4. 4. Keith (Richard) Harris 1924–2017
      5. 5. Betty Cowden 1922–2008
    9. 9. Eileen (Elizabeth) Hyland 1900–1982 m. Walter (John) Hyland 1895–1974
    10. 10. Thelma Chadban 1909–1916
    11. 11. Henry (Chadban) (Harry) 1887–1915
    12. 12. Herbert Chadban 1890–1917
    13. 13. Roy (Wallace) Chadban 1906–1986 m. Sarah (Ellen Bromfield) Chadban 1913–2003 m. Rita (M) Chadban 1907–1931
    14. 14. Frederick (Cecil) Chadban 1904–1925
    15. 15. Irene (Chadban) (Rene) 1902–1908
  2. 2. Hardy ((Fitzsimmons,) Rowley) 1853–1927 m. Robert Hardy 1833–1907
    1. 1. Isabella (Sarah) Hardy 1885–1971 m. Harry (Frank Turnbull) Miller 1881–1950
      1. 1. Elsie (Enid) Miller 1914–2002 m. Mark Tilley 1913–2004
      2. 2. Denison (Hunter) Miller 1923–2004 m. June (Olive) Fairless 1924–2016
  3. 3. Agnis Comber 1856–
  4. 4. Matilda Comber 1863–1866
  5. 5. Margaret (Louisa) Vallete 1872–1953 m. Phillip Vallet 1875–
  6. 6. Edward (Comber) Jr. 1852–1927 m. Margaret (Janet) Johnstone 1848–1927
    1. 1. Nina Comber 1880–1960
    2. 2. Fitzherbert (Joseph Mackey) Comber 1878–1946
  7. 7. James Comber 1855–1927
  8. 8. Sarah (Amelia) Leonard 1860–1941 m. Thomas Leonard 1841–1899
    1. 1. Sarah (Jane) Leonard 1877–1957 m. Hilton (Warren) Farlow 1876–1939
      1. 1. Doris (Amelia) Farlow 1914–1984 m. Leonard (B) Chisholm 1910–1986
    2. 2. Archibald (Edward John Leonard) (Archie) 1883–1902
    3. 3. Enoch (Lawson) Leonard 1890–1920 m. May Wilmot 1891–1924
      1. 1. Thelma (E) Leonard 1919–
    4. 4. George (William) Leonard 1881–1969
    5. 5. Thomas (Wood) Leonard 1876–1957
    6. 6. Andrew (Henry) Leonard 1895–1974
    7. 7. Walter (James) Leonard 1885–1961
    8. 8. Frances (Anne) Hickey 1879–1958
  9. 9. Anna (Theresa) Buckley 1858–1927 m. James (Walter) Buckley 1841–1926
    1. 1. Herbert (Samuel (Bert)) Buckley 1889–1962
    2. 2. Mary (Ellen) BAYLY 1887–1965
    3. 3. Leslie (E) Buckley 1898–1969
    4. 4. James (William) Buckley 1875–1940
  10. 10. Joseph (W) Comber 1862–1867
  11. 11. John (William) Comber 1857–1941
  12. 12. George (William) Comber 1867–1867
  13. 13. William (Henry) Comber 1868–1945
  14. 14. George (Westby Walker Comber) Sr. 1862–1945

Edward Sr.'s Timeline

10 Records

1820
ABT 1820
Birth of Edward Comber Sr. in Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
1820
ABT 1820
Edward Comber Sr. was baptized in Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland
1845
30 AUG 1845
Age 25
Edward Comber Sr. immigrated in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1853
20 MAY 1853
Age 33
Edward Comber Sr. was employed in Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
1860
20 JUN 1860
Age 40
Edward Comber Sr. was employed in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia
1867
22 MAY 1867
Age 47
Edward Comber Sr. was employed in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
1868
16 JUL 1868
Age 48
Edward Comber Sr. was employed
None
1900
31 JUL 1900
Age 80
Death of Edward Comber Sr. in Armidale Hospital, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Armidale Hospital, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
1900
30 JUL 1900
Age 80
Edward Comber Sr. was employed in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
1900
31 JUL 1900
Age 80
Burial of Edward Comber Sr. in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1820
    Event Place: Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 JUL 1900
    Event Place: Armidale Hospital, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, New South Wales Death Index, 1787-1986, NSW BDM: 8088/1900, @N2435@

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: ABT 1820
    Event Place: Ballynakill, County Galway, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Immigration
    Event Date: 30 AUG 1845
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Ancestry Search

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 20 MAY 1853
    Event Place: Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 20 JUN 1860
    Event Place: Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 22 MAY 1867
    Event Place: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 16 JUL 1868

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 30 JUL 1900
    Event Place: Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 31 JUL 1900
    Event Place: Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Fact
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