Hi, Does anyone have any information concerning this early Geelong family? Thanks Dean Melbourne First Generation 1. Ann HODDINOTT.1 Born in 1818 in Frome, Someerset. Ann died in Barrabool. Hills, Vict, Australia from Disease of the Spine. Duration of 10 years. on 29 Dec 1884; she was 66. Buried on 31 Dec 1884 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. Methodist Block 2. 253 No other persons in grave. Christened on 23 May 1818 in St John the Baptist, Frome. Religion: C of E. Ann and her husband Henry Coombs and two children, Thomas 1 and Emma 12, arrive in the Port of Geelong on May 14th 1849 as assisted immigrants onboard the Sir George Seymour. They had spent 126 days at sea leaving Plymouth on January 9 1849. Henry is listed as a labourer. A Thomas and Louisa Coombs are recorded as died at Sea. As we haveThomas mentioned twice they must be different people. On the balance of evidence Emma was probably not the child of Henry Coombs. Henry was younger than wife Ann and would have only been 13 or 14 when Emma was born. On both of Emmas Marriage Certificates she gives her fathers name as George Hoddinott. Unfortunatly, Emmas Death Certificate compounds the problem by listing Henry Coombs as the father. On mother Anns Death Certificate Emma is not listed as a child of Ann. Anns headstone in Highton Cemetery reads At Rest & In Fond Memory of our Dead Parents. On 18 Feb 1846 when Ann was 28, she first married Henry COOMBS2, son of Thomas COOMBES & Elizabeth JUKES (1779-1833), in St.Mary, Witham Friary, Somerset. 3rd. Banns. Born on 1 Sep 1822 in Upton Noble. Henry died in Ceres, Nr. Geelong, Australia on 1 Feb 1903; he was 80. Religion: Methodist. Others may be better able to answer this than I, but according to my notes, Henry COOMBS was a bachelor of Upton Noble, of full age, when he married Ann HODDINOTT, spinster of the parish of Witham Friary, on 18 Feb 1846, by banns; Henry signed his name in the register but Ann made her mark. Henry's father was Thomas COOMBS (b. 1784), Stone Mason, and his mother Mary JUKES (b. 1779). Henry was baptised on 1 Sep 1822 at Upton Noble, in the South East of Somerset. This village had a population of about 300 when Henry was born, most of them agricultural labourers. Ann was the third of nine children of George HODDINOTT (1792 -1933) and Mary CLARK (b. 1795). [See the Hoddinott tree on David's other website.] Ann was baptised on 23 May 1818 [?] at Tytherington. Henry and Ann migrated to Australia in 1849 as Government Assisted Emigrants. They sailed on the 'Sir George Seymour,' a vessel of 850 tons, which left Plymouth, Devon, on January 9. During the voyage, the youngest of their children, Thomas (born 1849) and Louisa (born 1850), died and were buried at sea on February 15 and 26 respectively. Ann subsequently gave birth to a baby boy on April 5, who was christened Thomas. The Coombs family arrived at Point Henry, Victoria, on May 14 1849. They remained in the Immigration Depot for eight days before leaving to find their own accommodation in Geelong, where they were still living when Mary and John were born in 1857 and 1858. In the 1899 Australian census, Henry is listed as a farmer of Ceres, near Geelong, Victoria. He died on 1 Feb 1903 and was buried 2 days later at Highton Cemetery, Barrabool Hills. According to the burial records he was a Methodist. Ann was buried at Highton Cemetery on 29 Dec 1884. Migration details from: Florence Chuk (1987) The Somerset Years: Government Assisted Emigrants from Somerset and Bristol who Arrived in Port Phillip Victoria, 1839-1854. Ballarat: Pannard Hill Publications, and from Australian colleagues. They had the following children: 2 i. Thomas (1848-1928) 3 ii. Sarah Ann (1852-1863) 4 iii. George (1854-1934) 5 iv. Mary (1857-) 6 v. John (1858-) 7 vi. Elizabeth Lizzie (1861-) 8 vii. Henry (1862-1942) She second did not marry George HODDINOTT, son of Benjamin HODDINOTT (1773-1851) & Elizabeth WEST (1778-). Born in 1810 in Frome , Somerset. They had one child: 9 i. Emma (1836-1882) Second Generation 2. Thomas COOMBS. Born in 1848. Thomas died in 1928; he was 80. Buried on 23 Oct 1928 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. MET X**X. Occupation: Bootmaker, 336 LaTrobe Terrace. In 1874 when Thomas was 26, he married Emma Ann Wilson. Born in 1855. Emma Ann died in 1930; she was 75. Buried on 11 Jul 1930 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. Methodist Block X**X. They had the following children: 10 i. Caroline Ada (1872-1960) 11 ii. Fletcher Henry (1877-1878) 12 iii. Mary Isabel (1888-1898) 3. Sarah Ann COOMBS. Born in 1852 in Barrabool. Hills, Vict, Australia. Sarah Ann died in 1863; she was 11. Buried on 28 Mar 1863 in HIghton Cemetery Geelong. MET X**X. 4. George COOMBS. Born in 1854 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. George died in Ballarat, victoria, Australia on 17 Sep 1934; he was 80. On 1 Jan 1878 when George was 24, he married Elizabeth ROWE, daughter of Henry ROWE & Mary Jane Johns, in Ballarat, victoria, Australia. They had the following children: 13 i. George Henry 14 ii. Margaret Ann 15 iii. Elizabeth (1881-1977) 16 iv. Mary Jane 17 v. Albert Earnest 18 vi. Francis Louisa 19 vii. Robina 20 viii. Stanley Leopold 21 ix. Myrtle Ivy 22 x. Harry Leopold (1896-1938) 5. Mary COOMBS. Born in 1857 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. 6. John COOMBS. Born in 1858 in Barrabool Hills. 7. Elizabeth Lizzie COOMBS. Born in 1861 in Ceres. In 1889 when Elizabeth Lizzie was 28, she married Arthur Grigg, in Victoria. Born in 1860 in Ceres, Victoria. They had the following children: 23 i. Arthur Percival (1900-1977) 24 ii. Margaret Ann (1894-) 8. Henry COOMBS. Born in 1862 in Barrabool Hills. Henry died in 1942; he was 80. Buried on 9 Jul 1942 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. Methodist 2 * 254. Retired of Belmont. Henry married Mary Elizabeth. Born in 1859. Mary Elizabeth died in 1943; she was 84. Buried on 19 Nov 1943 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. Methodist Block 2 * 254. 9. Emma Hoddinott. Born in 1836 in Frome,Somerset, England. Emma died in 17 Railway Place, South Melbourne from kidney Disease on 13 Feb 1882; she was 46. Buried on 14 Feb 1882 in Melbourne General Cemetery. C of E EE 944. There are about 12 or 13 George HODDINOTTS of child bearing age, if we include Ann's own father George, born 1792. A likely contender, given the Hoddinott tendency to marry cousins, is Ann's cousin George Hoddinott, who was baptised on 12 November 1820 at Witham Friary.   He was the son ofAnn's father's brother, John Hoddinott, who married Maria BUTLER and had Bollow Farm for many years.   Cousin George went on to marry Elizabeth PHILLIPS of Malmesbury, Witshire, and to have a large family.  No evidence of a link though. On 29 Dec 1857 when Emma was 21, she first married Charles Appleby Horsey, son of George Horsey (1807-1877) & Mary Appleby (1810-1847), in Christ Church Moorabool Street Geelong. Born in 1828 in Kingsdon,Somerset,England. Charles Appleby died in Melbourne, Victoria on 7 Nov 1871; he was 43. Buried on 9 Nov 1871 in Melbourne General Cemetery. C of E EE 944. Christened on 30 Oct 1828 in Kingsdon,Somerset,England. Immigrated in Sep 1856 to Melbourne. Ship: Queen of the Seas. Occupation: Carpenter. Charles was still living with his parents at the time of the 1851 census. Arrived on Queen of the Seas 9 Sep 1856 Aged 27 in Port of Melbourne from New York. Feb 1862 residing in Skene Street Geelong according to cemetery records for deceased daughter. December 1866 cemetery records state residing in South Melborne. They had the following children: 25 i. Mary Ann (1859-1931) 26 ii. Ada Emma (Died as Infant) (1861-1862) 27 iii. Emma Ada (1862-) 28 iv. Celia Louisa (Died as Infant) (1866-1866) 29 v. Alice Eta (1868-) On 31 Jan 1874 when Emma was 38, she second married George Wright, in St James Church, Melbourne. Born in 1824 in Scotland. They had one child: 30 i. Georgina (1874-1949) Third Generation 10. Caroline Ada COOMBS. Born in 1872. Caroline Ada died in 1960; she was 88. Buried on 11 Jul 1960 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. Methodist Block 2. 251. 11. Fletcher Henry COOMBS. Born in 1877. Fletcher Henry died in 1878; he was 1. Buried on 25 Mar 1878 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. 12. Mary Isabel COOMBS. Born in 1888. Mary Isabel died in 1898; she was 10. Buried on 2 Apr 1898 in Highton Cemetery Geelong. MET 2*251. Living at Clark ST. Chilwell 13. George Henry COOMBS. 14. Margaret Ann COOMBS. 15. Elizabeth COOMBS. Born in 1881. Elizabeth died in 1977; she was 96. Elizabeth married John Albert RICE. They had one child: i. Mavis Violet (1908-1983) 16. Mary Jane COOMBS. 17. Albert Earnest COOMBS. 18. Francis Louisa COOMBS. 19. Robina COOMBS. 20. Stanley Leopold COOMBS. 21. Myrtle Ivy COOMBS. 22. Harry Leopold COOMBS. Born in 1896 in Ballarat, victoria, Australia. Harry Leopold died in Ballarat, victoria, Australia on 28 Nov 1938; he was 42. Harry Leopold married Elsie May Goudey, daughter of Robert John Goudey & Margaret Moore. They had the following children: i. Phyllis May ii. Elizabeth Margaret iii. Elsie Lorraine (1931-) iv. George Richard v. Robert Henry 23. Arthur Percival Grigg. Born in 1900 in Mt. Moriac, Victoria, Australia. Arthur Percival died in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. in 1977; he was 77. Arthur Percival married Myra Annie Mann. Born in 1898 in Ceres, Victoria. They had one child: i. Doris Evelyn (~1926-1978) 24. Margaret Ann Grigg. Born in 1894 in Mt. Moriac, Victoria, Australia. 25. Mary Ann Horsey. Born on 9 Jun 1859 in Geelong. Mary Ann died in Richmond in 1931; she was 71. Buried on 25 Sep 1931 in Burwood Cemetery. 27L. Religion: C of E. Lived at 29 Khartoum Street On 4 Feb 1879 when Mary Ann was 19, she married William Chitty, son of Charles Chitty (1809-1884) & Phoebi Maria SAWYER (1821-1876), in Holy Trinity Church, Sandridge. Witnesses: Emma Ada Horsey & George Wright. Born on 30 Dec 1857 in Church Street, Richmond. William died on 28 Apr 1918; he was 60. Buried on 29 Apr 1918 in Burwood Cemetery. 27L. Christened on 31 Jan 1858 in St Stephens Church Richmond. Occupation: Wool Classer. Religion: C of E. Lived at 29 Khartoum Street Will & Probate 7591/P2 582 157/618 28 P3 822 157/618 Probate settled 19/6/1918 They had the following children: i. Charles Appleby Horsey (1880-1943) ii. William Edward (1881-1950) iii. Mary Emma ( Sis )3 (1883-) iv. Emily Phoebe Maria (1885-1967) v. Henry Sawyer (1887-1955) vi. Struan Betrand (1890-1917) vii. Roy Leslie (1892-1959) viii. Francis Alice ( Fran ) (1896-1967) ix. Alice Rose (1899-1917) x. Edna Elena Doris (1902-1979) Mary & William lived all their lives in Richmond & were loved by all. 26. Ada Emma Horsey. Born in 1861 in Geelong. Ada Emma died in Geelong in Feb 1862; she was 1. Buried on 28 Feb 1862 in Geelong Western Public Cemetery. Residence. Skene Street Headstone forAda Emma & Celia is in very bad condition ( 2003 ) having brocken from base and toppled over facing the ground. Inscription now very difficult to read. Ada Emma daughter of Charles & Emma who departed the - - - Sweet little one - - - and the - - - And till thy Parent - - - is all that can now be easily read. 27. Emma Ada Horsey. Born in 1862 in Geelong. Living at 171Railway Place N. Sandridge in 1882 when her mother dies. Emma signs authorisation for her fathers grave to be opened so mother can be interned with her first husband. Emma is the informant on her mothers Death Certificate. In 1884 when Emma Ada was 22, she married George Marsham. They had one child: i. Emma Ada (1885-) 28. Celia Louisa Horsey. Born in 1866. Celia Louisa died in Dec 1866. Buried on 15 Dec 1866 in Geelong Western Public Cemetery. Residence. South Melbourne. Died aged 9 months. 29. Alice Eta Horsey. Born in 1868. In 1889 when Alice Eta was 21, she first married Henrich Gruber. Born in Hanover. Alice Eta second married David Hugh Criffith. They had the following children: i. Elizabeth (1893-1900) ii. David Thomas (1899-) iii. Florence Lillian (1900-1900) iv. Gorden (1900-1900) v. Mercy Florence (1903-1907) 30. Georgina Wright. Born in 1874 in West Melbourne. Reg.24527. Georgina died in Kew in 1949; she was 75. In 1896 when Georgina was 22, she married Henry Randal Claringbold, son of Daniel William Claringbold & Murrell Chtte. Born in 1871. Henry Randal died in Kew in 1934; he was 63. They had the following children: i. Henry George (1896-1971) ii. Alice Victoria (1901-1964) Sources 1. Jeanette Hellmstrom, Australia. An HODDINOTT & Henry COOMBS emigrated "Sir George Seymore" 1849 to Victoria, Australia. 2. Banns. Banns read at Witham Friary 11,18 & 25 Jan. 1841. 3. Mary known as auntie Sis. Index ? Mary Elizabeth spouse of 8 Chitty Alice Rose child of 25 Charles Appleby Horsey child of 25 Edna Elena Doris child of 25 Emily Phoebe Maria child of 25 Francis Alice ( Fran ) child of 25 Henry Sawyer child of 25 Mary Emma ( Sis ) child of 25 Roy Leslie child of 25 Struan Betrand child of 25 William spouse of 25 William Edward child of 25 Claringbold Alice Victoria child of 30 Henry George child of 30 Henry Randal spouse of 30 COOMBS Albert Earnest 17 Caroline Ada 10 Elizabeth 15 Elizabeth Lizzie 7 Elizabeth Margaret child of 22 Elsie Lorraine child of 22 Fletcher Henry 11 Francis Louisa 18 George 4 George Henry 13 George Richard child of 22 Harry Leopold 22 Henry spouse of 1 Henry 8 John 6 Margaret Ann 14 Mary 5 Mary Isabel 12 Mary Jane 16 Myrtle Ivy 21 Phyllis May child of 22 Robert Henry child of 22 Robina 19 Sarah Ann 3 Stanley Leopold 20 Thomas 2 Criffith David Hugh spouse of 29 David Thomas child of 29 Elizabeth child of 29 Florence Lillian child of 29 Gorden child of 29 Mercy Florence child of 29 Goudey Elsie May spouse of 22 Grigg Arthur spouse of 7 Arthur Percival 23 Doris Evelyn child of 23 Margaret Ann 24 Gruber Henrich spouse of 29 HODDINOTT Ann 1 Emma 9 George spouse of 1 Horsey Ada Emma 26 Alice Eta 29 Celia Louisa 28 Charles Appleby spouse of 9 Emma Ada 27 Mary Ann 25 Mann Myra Annie spouse of 23 Marsham Emma Ada child of 27 George spouse of 27 RICE John Albert spouse of 15 Mavis Violet child of 15 ROWE Elizabeth spouse of 4 Wilson Emma Ann spouse of 2 Wright George spouse of 9 Georgina 30