| Mary A. Coombs & George Hill/James W.
Brown/Richard Morris/William J.
Woolley
Much of
the research on these family lines was done by my late mother
Elizabeth Johnson with the support of
other
avid family researchers of Mary Ann
Coombs and her families from the 1980's through to 2001. The
following are people Elizabeth corresponded and
shared research with: Wend Van Lathum, Ian
Saunders, Hilda
Girl,
The Glen Innes & District Historical Society & Jean Morrison. A big thank you to all.
1. Mary Ann7 Coombs (Joseph6, David5,
John4, Thomas3, John2, John1) was
born 1846 in
Wiltshire,
England, and died April 24, 1927 in
District Hospital Inverell, New South
Wales.
She married (2) George Hill May 11, 1866 in Clairvaulx Station, Glen Innes,
New South Wales,
son of William Hill and
Mary Way. He was born Abt. 1832 in
Exeter, Devon,
England, and died
August 11, 1876 in
Wellingrove Mine, New South Wales.
She met (3) James
William Brown 1877.
He was born Abt. 1836 in England, and died December
19, 1890 in Toppers Mountain, Inverell, New South
Wales.
She married (4) Richard Morris May 14,
1892 in Inverel, New South Wales, son of Richard
Morris and Jane Lloyd. He was born 1833 in
Liverpool, England, and died August 17, 1910 in
Tingha,
New
South Wales.
She married (5) William
John Woolley November 29, 1911 in St Augustines CofE Inverell, New
South Wales, son of John
Woolley and Rosana Flood.
He was born 1847 in Windsor, New South
Wales, and died
October 01, 1915 in Inverell, New South
Wales.
Notes for Mary Ann
Coombs:
Witnesses to marriage Janet
Henderson & Mary Lute. Richard
Brown was from Toppers Mountain.
Witnesses to marriageto
Woolley, M.A. Quetcher& Duncan
McDonald. ToWilliam Woolley from Richmond1911.
Rev Rupert Fairbrother C of
E.
On George Hill's dc One of
the informannts was William Brown. Mary Ann had chilren to John William
brown.
Died in Inverell District Hospital 
Informant on dc Elizabeth
Quetcher, sister of Prince
St, Inverell.
Buried c of e inverell (as
Woolley) dc 8764
More About Mary Ann
Coombs:
Burial: Church of England
Inverell, New South Wales
Cause of Death: Carcinoma
of Axillary Glands
Death Ref.: No.
8764/1927
Immigration: April 24,
1853, Java
Notes for George
Hill:
George fell down a mining
shaft at Cubisi's Tin Mine. died from injuries.
Shepeard at "Clarevaux
Station" 1869, tin miner 1876.
Buried at Vegetable Creek
now Emmaville.
Occupation: Shepherd, Tin
Miner
More About George
Hill:
1851 Census: HO107/1886
Folio 340 Page 10
1851 Census-1: Ag
Labourer
1851 Census-2: Bewdon Lot,
Cheriton Bishop, Devon,
England
1861 Census: RG9 1436 Folio
30 Page 7
1861 Census-1:
Carter
1861 Census-2: Boarder - 3
Hampton Cottages, Plymoth, England
Baptism: 05 Jun 1831,
Crediton, Devon,
England
Burial: Vegetable Creek, New South Wales
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Cause of Death: Fell head
first down mine shaft age 41
Death Ref.: No.
76/10655
Occupation: 1869,
Shepherd
More About James William
Brown:
Cause of Death: Inflamation
of lungs, 9weeks. no doctor
Medical Information:
informant Walter Hill.
Occupation: 1921,
Labourer/Bushman/Miner
Notes for Richard
Morris:
Occupation: Tin Miner
More About Richard
Morris:
Cause of Death: Putrid
Bronchitis , four and half weeks.
Death Ref.: No.
11364/1910
Occupation: Tin
Miner
More About William John
Woolley:
Burial: October 02, 1915,
Church of England Cemetery, Inverell,
New South Wales
Cause of Death: natural
causes, heart failure
Cause of Death (Facts Pg):
Old Age
Child of Mary Ann Coombs
is:
2
i.
Eliza8 Coombs, born 1864 in Wellingrove, New South Wales; died
1865 in Wellingrove, New South Wales.
More About Eliza
Coombs:
Birth Ref.: No.
15939/1864
Death Ref.: No.
6244/1865
Children of Mary Coombs and
George Hill are:
+ 3
i. Jane (Emily) Swan8 Hill, born
January 22, 1867 in Heads Station, Inverelll, New South Wales; died July 26, 1921 in
25 Charles St, Woolloomoloo, Sydney, New South
Wales.
+ 4
ii. Margaret Elizabeth Hill, born July 31, 1868
in Swanbrook, Inverelle, New South Wales; died February 21, 1937 in
Maroochy Hospital, Queensland.
+ 5
iii. Ann Tabitha Hill, born September 06, 1869
in Karoola/Swanbrook, Inverell, New South Wales; died March 25, 1900
in Elsmore, New South Wales.
+ 6
iv. Walter William Henry Hill, born June 03,
1871 in King's Plain, Inverell, New South Wales; died January 02, 1944 in Inverell, New
South Wales.
+ 7
v. Louisa Hill, born October 21, 1872 in
Elsmore, New South
Wales; died January 18, 1928 in Elsmore, New South
Wales.
+ 8
vi. Henrietta Hill, born October 21, 1872 in
Newstead, Inverell,
New South
Wales.
+ 9
vii. Frank Augustas
Hill, born September 06, 1874 in Vegetable
Creek, New South Wales;
died
January 22, 1940 in Stannifer, Inverell, New South
Wales.
+ 10
viii. Phoebe Dunbar Hill, born September 23, 1875
in Vegetable Creek, New South Wales; died May 06, 1911 in
Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales.
Children of Mary Coombs and
James Brown are:
+ 11
i. Herbert
James8 Brown, born October 28, 1877 in Kings Plains, Glen Innes, New
South Wales.
ii. Alice Brown
(Source: Judy Pischke), born 1879 in Inverell, New South Wales; died 17
Aug 1885 in Inverell, New South Wales.
More About Alice
Brown:
Death Ref.: No.
11237/1885
iii. James
William Brown, born 04 Jun 1882 in Wattle Farm, Inverell, New South Wales;
died
1885 in Inverell, New South Wales.
More About James William
Brown:
Birth Ref.: No.
19898/1882
Death Ref.: No.
11250/1885
iv. Arthur B
Brown (Source: Judy Pischke), born 07 Jul 1885 in Inverell, New South
Wales; died 18 Jan 1909 in Inverell, New South
Wales.
More About Arthur B
Brown:
Birth Ref.: No. 24024/1885
"Anthem B"
Death Ref.: No.
1822/1909
14
v. James William Brown,
born 1888 in Inverell,
New South Wales.
He
married Catherine Agnes O'Brien 21 Sep 1921 in St Andrews Manse, Inverell Presb, New South
Wales;
born 1892 in Elsmore (Inverell), New South
Wales; died 1967 in Parramatta,
Sydney, New South Wales.
More About James William
Brown:
Birth Ref.: No.
26220/1888
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - Elsmore, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1:
1936. Labourer - Elsmore, New South
Wales
Occupation:
Carpenter
More About Catherine Agnes
O'Brien:
Birth Ref.: No.
17656/1892
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home Duties - Elsmore, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936. Home Duties - Elsmore, New
South Wales
Death Ref.: No.
14107/1967
More About James Brown and
Catherine O'Brien:
Marriage: 21 Sep 1921, St
Andrews Manse, Inverell
Presb, New South
Wales
Marriage Witness: E M Clark
& Ivan A Clark
.
Generation No. 2
11.
Herbert James William2 Brown (James William1) was born 28
October 1877 in Kings
Plains, Glen Innes, New
South Wales, and died 16 December 1962 in Inverell, New South Wales.
He married Emily
Gray 19 April 1911 in St Andrew's Manse, Inverell, New South
Wales, daughter
of Thomas Gray and Emily
McCrohon. She was born 26 December
1889 in Elsmore, New South
Wales, and died 04 July 1948 in Inverell, New
South Wales.
More About Herbert James
William Brown:
Birth Ref.: No.
22383/1877
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - Elsmore, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1:
1936. Labourer - Elsmore, New South Wales
Burial: Elsmore Cemetery, New South Wales (Source: Jacqueline F
Collins & Mavis Ting 2007.)
Death Ref.: No.
36300/1962
More About Emily
Gray:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Elsmore, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1:
1936. Home Duties - Elsmore, New South
Wales
Burial: Elsmore Cemetery, New South Wales
Cause of Death (Facts Pg):
Stroke (Source: Jacqueline F Collins & Mavis Ting
2007.)
Death Ref.: No.
22860/1948
More About Herbert Brown
and Emily Gray:
Marriage: 19 April 1911, St
Andrew's Manse, Inverell,
New South
Wales
Marriage Reference: No.
5763/1911
Children of Herbert Brown
and Emily Gray are:
i. Francis
Carlyle3 Brown, born 21 August 1911 in Elsmore (Inverell), New South Wales.
He married Madge Bennett 1941 in Inverell,
New South Wales; born 1919; died April
2006
in Inverell, New South Wales.
More About Francis Carlyle
Brown:
Birth Ref.: No.
28984/1911
Electoral Roll: 1936, Home
Duties - Elsmore, New South Wales
Military service: 54 AUST
A/A REGT (AIF)
Military service-1:
27.05.1942 - 15.12.1945
Military service-2: WW2 -
Gunner N294188 Aust. Army
Notes for Madge
Bennett:
Funeral Notice in the
Inverell Times 4th April 2006
late of Inverell, formerly
of Elsmore
Probate Notice in the
Inverell Times 2nd June 2006
late of
Inverell
More About Francis Brown and
Madge Bennett:
Marriage: 1941, Inverell, New
South Wales
Marriage Reference: No.
4370/1941
ii. Oswald Arthur
Brown, born 1912 in Inverell, New South Wales; died 1914 in Inverell,
New South Wales.
More About Oswald Arthur
Brown:
Birth Ref.: No.
43886/1912
Death Ref.: No.
8881/1914
vii. Alan Herbert
Brown (Source: Jacqueline F Collins & Mavis Ting 2007.), born 31
October
1926 in Elsmore, New South Wales; died 07 December 1977 in Inverell District
Hospital, New South Wales.
More About Alan Herbert
Brown:
Burial: Elsmore Cemetery, New South Wales (Source: Jacqueline F
Collins & Mavis Ting 2007.)
viii. Raymond
Keith Brown, born 16 December 1930 in Inverell, New South Wales; died 10
November
1931 in Inverell, New South Wales.
More About Raymond Keith
Brown:
Burial: Elsmore Cemetery, New South Wales
Death Ref.: No. 20685/1931
(Source: Jacqueline F Collins & Mavis Ting
2007.)
Other children presumed living
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