Thank you Marie very much for your interest. I would agree that the Nathias Duncomb who died in 1886 could be my Matthew. I am not too sure of the reationship between William, George and Matthais. Cannot find any of their births in NSW so will have to spend some money and get a marriage certificate for Ellen and Matthew or check the NSW immigration lists. cheers Margaret Kelly Sandstone Point Qld ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Donaldson" <mariedonaldson@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-nsw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW] Duncombe family from Nowra > HI, I'm not researching this family but had a little look on your behalf. > > I found William d aged 90 at Alstonville, reg Ballina in1936 # 51022. > Father was Matthew. Alstonville is right near Lismore, so perhaps this > is > the reason that Ellen was in this area - she had relatives there. Mathew > (Mathais seem to be family names. > > Found a death for Nathias (Mathias?) Duncomb died Kiama in 1887. Could be > your Mathew and would explain why there were no more children born to > Ellen > after 1886. Father was John D. > > There are several other Duncomb/e couples having babies in the 1870s and > 80s, all living around the Nowra, Shoalhaven area so may be brothers or > cousins of your chap. > HTH > Marie > > George and Margatet's daughter Mary E appears to have died the same year > she > was born 1880 reg at Shoalhaven > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message