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William Sampson MCCOMBE (1872 - 1942)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE (1901 - 1981) Dorothy Grace MCCOMBE (1905 - 1982) Willim Geoffrey MCCOMBE (1906 - 1957) Alan George MCCOMBE (1908 - 1974) Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE (1913 - 1915) Lois Allison MCCOMBE (1917 - 1964)	William Sampson MCCOMBE (1872 - 1942) + Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY (1880 - 1960)	John MCCOMBE (1843 - 1911)	William MCCOMBE (1810 - )
			Margaret DOROUGH DARRAUGH DARRAGH (1817 - )
		Elizabeth Grace Nash SUMMERELL (1856 - 1920)	Sampson (Samuel) SUMMERELL (1831 - 1892)	Samson (Samuel) SUMMERELL (1800 - )
			Ann Caplin NASH (1831 - 1925)	Staples NASH
				Elizabeth REID (1803 - 1888)

b. 1872 at Port Chalmers, New Zealand

m. 1900 Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY (1880 - 1960) at St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 1942 at Caulfield, Victoria, Australia aged 70

Near Relatives of William Sampson MCCOMBE (1872 - 1942)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William MCCOMBE	abt 1810
Grandmother	Margaret DOROUGH DARRAUGH DARRAGH	1817	Co. Tyrone
Grandfather	Sampson (Samuel) SUMMERELL	1831	St Leonards -on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England	1892	Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand	61
Grandmother	Ann Caplin NASH	abt 1831	Otford, Kent, England	1925	Glen Huntley, Victoria, Australia	94
Father in Law	Frank COWLEY	1849	Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire	1917	Edmonton Infirmary, London, England	68
Mother in Law	Catherine (Kate) Isobel PHILLIPS	1848	Paterson, New South Wales	1894	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	46
Father	John MCCOMBE	1843	Lettermuck, Co.Derry, Northern Ireland	1911	Caufield, Victoria, Australia	68
Mother	Elizabeth Grace Nash SUMMERELL	1856	St Leonards -on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England	1920	Victoria, Australia	64
Self	William Sampson MCCOMBE	1872	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	1942	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	70
Wife	Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY	1880	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1960	Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	80
Son	Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE	1901	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1981	Fremantle, WA, Australia	80
Daughter	Dorothy Grace MCCOMBE	1905	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1982	Victoria, Australia	77
Son	Willim Geoffrey MCCOMBE	1906	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1957	Victoria, Australia	51
Son	Alan George MCCOMBE	1908	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1974	Fremantle, WA, Australia	66
Son	Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE	1913	Victoria, Australia	1915	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	2
Daughter	Lois Allison MCCOMBE	1917	Victoria, Australia	1964	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	47
Sister	Elizabeth Nash MCCOMBE	1877	Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand
Brother	Thomas MCCOMBE	1878	Oamaru, New Zealand	1947	Victoria, Australia	69
Sister	Margaret Daraugh MCCOMBE	1879	Omaru, New Zealand	1953	Victoria, Australia	74
Sister	Annie Sumerall MCCOMBE	1882		1957	North Sydney, NSW, Australia	75
Brother	John (Jack) Carlyle MCCOMBE	1885	Oamaru, New Zealand	1943	Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia	58
Sister	Mary Isabel (May) MCCOMBE	1885	New Zealand	1937	Victoria, Australia	52
Brother	Sampson Summerell McCombe MCCOMBE	1886	Victoria, Australia	1943	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	57
Brother	Robert MCCOMBE	1888	Caufield, Victoria, Australia	1958	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	70
Sister	Grace Summmerell MCCOMBE	1891	Caufield, Victoria	1979		88
Daughter in Law	Hilda Mary KEOWN	1901	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	1950	Subiaco, Perth, WA, Australia	49
Son in Law	William Frank COMANS
Daughter in Law	Eileen Veronica FITZPATRICK	1907		1950	Victoria, Australia	43
Daughter in Law	Possibly Elizabeth UNKNOWN
Son in Law	George Lindsay IRELAND	1914	Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Isabella MCCOMBE
Uncle	William MCCOMBE	abt 1848	Milltown, Leckpatrick, Co. Tyrone, Ireland	1910	Strabane, Ireland	62
Aunt	Catherine (Katie) WRAY
Aunt	Eliza MCCOMBE	abt 1849		1911	Strabane, Ireland	62
Uncle	John Wray (William) POLLOCK	abt 1849	Tyrone, Ireland	1926	Londonderry, Northern Ireland	77
Aunt	Margaret MCCOMBE	1857	Milltown, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland	1917	B.C., Canada	60
Uncle	William MCMICHAEL	1865	Northern Ireland	1945	Victoria, BC, Canada	80
Uncle	Robert MCCOMBE	1857	Co. Tyrone	1921	Glen Cottage, Bridgend, Co. Donegal, Irelans	64
Aunt	Margaret KNOX	1868	Co. Tyrone, Ireland	1946	Glen Cottage, Bridgend, Co. Donegal, Irelans	78
Uncle	Sampson Staple SUMMERELL	1857	St Leonards -on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England	1939	Omaru, New Zealand	82
Aunt	Isabella CRUICKSHANKS			1938	Oamaru, New Zealand
Uncle	William SUMMERELL	1859	St Leonards -on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England	1952	Invercargill, New Zealand	93
Aunt	Emily Amelia LAINCHBURY	1876	Invercargill, New Zealand	1965	Invercargill, New Zealand	89
Uncle	Charles Alexander SUMMERELL	1869	New Zealand	1963	New Zealand	94
Aunt	Jessie SWANN
Cousin	Isabella (Bella) POLLOCK	1873	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	Maggie POLLOCK	1877	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	Minnie POLLOCK	1880	Tyrone
Cousin	Cassie POLLOCK	1885	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	John POLLOCK	1887	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	Mary POLLOCK	abt 1887
Cousin	Rebecca POLLOCK	1887	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	Bessie POLLOCK	1891	Tyrone
Cousin	Josephine POLLOCK	1891	Tyrone
Cousin	William MCMICHAEL	1896	Oamaru, New Zealand	1981	Victoria, BC, Canada	85
Cousin	John MCMICHAEL	1900	New Zealand
Cousin	Margaret DArragh MCCOMBE	1892	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	Julia Ellis MCCOMBE	1893	Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	William MCCOMBE	1895	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	Annie Elizabeth Knox MCCOMBE	1897	Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	Mary Evelyn MCCOMBE	1898	Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland
Cousin	John Knox MCCOMBE	1899	Tyrone	1933	Letterkenny	34
Cousin	Robert MCCOMBE	1903	Carrowreagh, Burt, Co. Donegal, Ireland	1983	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia	80
Cousin	Phyllis MCCOMBE	1907	Carrowreagh, Burt, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Cousin	Thomas MCCOMBE	1909	Tyrone, Ireland
Nephew	Kenelm Ernest McComb HIGGS	1900	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1976	Victoria, Australia	76
Niece	Theodora Mary Elizabeth MEYERS
Niece	Madge Myrtle MEYERS	1903	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	1971	Glen Huntly, Victoria, Australia	68
Nephew	John Robertson MEYERS	1909	Calcutta, India	1982	Parkville, Victoria, Australia	73
Niece	Vera Rose FOULSHAM	1904
Nephew	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27
Niece	Edna M POTTER	1912	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Grace I POTTER	1912	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Marjorie J POTTER	1914	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William C POTTER	1916	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Isoline M POTTER	1920	Hornsby, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Charles Cedric POTTER	1921	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1986	Salisbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	65
Niece	Jean Heath COTTEE	1907	Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Raymond COTTEE	1909	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	1986		77
Sister in Law	Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY	1872	Queensland, Australia	1948	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Jeannett Isoline COWLEY	1874	Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia	1953	Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia	79
Brother in Law	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY	1876	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	01 May 1955	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Sister in Law	Ethel May COWLEY	1878	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	1957	Balmain, NSW, Australia	79
Brother in Law	John Peace Mornington (Jack) COWLEY	1882	Albury, NSW, Australia	1913	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	31
Sister in Law	Olive Ivy COWLEY	1883	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1970	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Sister in Law	Marian Vera COWLEY	1885	Bethungra, New South Wales, Australia	1885	Bethungra, New South Wales, Australia	0
Brother in Law	Alfred Frank (Raymond) Cyril Oscar CAMPBELL COWLEY	1893	Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Sister in Law	Olive Margaretta (Mavie) CAMPBELL COWLEY	1894	London, England
Brother in Law	Clarence Cecil Campbell COWLEY	1896	Holborn, London, England
Brother in Law	Valentine Sidney Frank COWLEY	1897	Walworth, Surrey, England	1964	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	67
Sister in Law	Kathleen Emily Kate Winter COWLEY	1899	Southend On Sea, Essex, England
Sister in Law	Nora Ethel Amy Sedgwick (Lavender) COWLEY	1900	Southend On Sea, Essex, England
Brother in Law	Montague Campbell Levison Gower COWLEY	1904	Launceston, Cornwall, England
Sister in Law	Ivy Hazel Adeline Mornington COWLEY	1905	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	1992	Haringey, Greater London, England	87
Brother in Law	Olaf Carl Mornington COWLEY	1908	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	1981	St Albans	73
Brother in Law	Ernest George HIGGS			1965	Victoria, Australia
Brother in Law	Redmond Herbert COLLIER
Sister in Law	Rose Elizabeth (UNKNOWN)			1968
Brother in Law	Albert Theodore MEYERS			1954	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	George Elgar FOULSHAM
Brother in Law	Possibly James Joseph JACKSON
Sister in Law	Ellen Constance BROWN			1928	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Samuel Hunter GOWDIE	1888	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1965		77

Events in William Sampson MCCOMBE (1872 - 1942)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1872		William Sampson MCCOMBE was born	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	see notes
1900	28	Married Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY (aged 20)	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 1	52, 60
1901	29	Birth of son Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1905	33	Birth of daughter Dorothy Grace MCCOMBE	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1906	34	Birth of son Willim Geoffrey MCCOMBE	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1908	36	Birth of son Alan George MCCOMBE	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
1911	39	Death of father John MCCOMBE (aged 68)	Caufield, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	60
1913	41	Birth of son Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE	Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1915	43	Death of son Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE (aged 2)	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1917	45	Birth of daughter Lois Allison MCCOMBE	Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52
1920	48	Death of mother Elizabeth Grace Nash SUMMERELL (aged 64)	Victoria, Australia	Note 10
1942	70	William Sampson MCCOMBE died	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	Note 11
1942	70	Burial	Brighton General Cemetery, Caufield South, Victoria, Australia	Note 12	90

Note 1: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Grace E M Cowley Spouse Name: William S Mccombe Marriage Date: 1900 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: St Leonards, New South Wales Registration Year: 1900 Registration Number: 2114 The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 28 April 1900 McCOMBE — COWLEY. —On 12th March, 1900, at St. John's Church, North Sydney, by the Rev. R. Living- stone, William S, McCombe, of Melbourne, to Grace Evelyn Mayor, fourth daughter of the late Frank Cowley, of Bethungra Park, lllabo (N.S.W.).

Note 2: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Noel John Cowley McCombe Birth Date Abt 1901 Birth Place Caulfield, Victoria Registration Year 1901 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father William Sampson McCombe Mother Grace Evelyn Mayo Cowley Registration Number 9910 Household Members NameAge NameNoel John Cowley McCombe NameGrace Evelyn Mayo Cowley NameWilliam Sampson McCombe

Note 3: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Dorothy Grace Mccombe Birth Date: Abt 1905 Birth Place: Caulfield, Victoria Registration Year: 1905 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Samson Mccombe Mother: Grace Evelyn Mayo Cowley Registration Number: 1935 Dorothy Grace Mccombe

Note 4: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name William Geoffrey Mccombe Birth Date Abt 1906 Birth Place Caulfield, Victoria Registration Year 1906 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father William Samson Mccombe Mother Grace Evelyn Mayo Cowley Registration Number 1944 Household Members NameAge NameWilliam Geoffrey Mccombe NameGrace Evelyn Mayo Cowley NameWilliam Samson Mccombe

Note 5: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Allan George Mccombe Birth Date Abt 1908 Birth Place Caulfield, Victoria Registration Year 1908 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father William Sampson Mccombe Mother Grace Evelyn Mayo Cowley Registration Number 18085 Household Members NameAge NameAllan George Mccombe NameGrace Evelyn Mayo Cowley NameWilliam Sampson Mccombe

Note 6: The Argus (Melbourne) 18nApril 1911 McCOMBE.—On the 17th April, at "Strabane," Glenhuntly-road, Caulfield, John, the beloved husband of Elizabeth McCombe, aged 66 years. Vic bdm MCCOMBE Jno Mother: Margt DOROUGH Father: Mccombe Wm Place of death: Cauld Age- 66 Year- 1911 Reg No. 4386/1911

Note 7: Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917 Name: Keith Carlyle McCombe Birth Registration Date: 1913 Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Sampson McCombe Mother Maiden Name: Cowley Reference Number: 2149

Note 8: Fathers funeral notice - deceased by 1942 Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Keith Carlyle Alf Mccomb [Keith Carlyle Alf McCombe] Birth Year: abt 1913 Age: 2 Death Place: Caull, Victoria Father's name: Mccomb Wm Sampson Mother's name: Grace Evely ??jo Cowley Registration Year: 1915 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 12745

Note 9: Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917 Name: Lois Allison McCombe Birth Registration Date: 1917 Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Wm Sampson McCombe Mother Maiden Name: Cowley Reference Number: 10636

Note 10: Burial info Death Cert: 15th April 1920 - Flemington Elizabeth Grace McCombe - female - 74 years and 7 months Parents Sampson Summerell (carpenter) & Ann Caplin Summerell (formerly Nash) Born St. Leonards, England - 34 years in Victoria & 21 years in New Zealand Married - Port Chalmers, Otago, NZ, age 17 to John McCombe Children: William - 47 years John - dec Elizabeth Nash - 43 years Thomas - 41 years Margaret Darough - 40 years Annie Summerell - 39 years Mary Isabel - 36 years John Carlyle - 35 years Sampson Summerell - 33 years Robert - 31 years Grace Summerell - 28 years

Note 11: The Argus (Melbourne) 30 April 1942 McCOMBE.-On April 29, at his residence No 588 Glenhuntly road, Caulfield, William Sampson, the dearly beloved husband of Grace Evelyn and loved father of Noel (West Australia) Dorothy (Mrs F Comans) Geofrey, Allan, Lois (Mrs G L Ireland) and Keith (deceased). (Sydney and West Aus- tralian papers please copy. ) (Remains at W. G. Apps & Sons' chapel, High street, St Kilda. )

Note 12: William Sampson McCombe BIRTH unknown DEATH 29 Apr 1942 BURIAL Brighton General Cemetery Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia

Personal Notes:

WHO'S WHO IN AUSTRALIA McCOMBE William Sampson General Contractor, Specialising in Road Construction and Building, 588 Glenhuntly Road, Caufield, Victoria. Established 1900. Director of Hardware Co, of Australia Pty Ltd. Born Port Chalmers, New Zealand, November 22, 1872. Son of John McCombe, of New Zealand and Elizabeth McCombe (nee Summerell), of England. Educated State School of New South Wales. Arrived in Sydney 1884. In partnership with his brother Thomas, founded a tyre business in Sydney under the firm name of McCombe and Co, came to Melbourne after selling his interest in this business 1900, and commenced as a contractor under his own name. Married Grace Cowley, daughter of Frank Cowley, of Bethungra Parl, Illabo, Victoria, February 12 1900. Three sons and two daughters. Club: Royal Automobile of Victoria. Recreations: Motoring and tennis. Politics: Nationalist. Creed: Presbyterian. Home address: "Pine View", Glenhuntly Road, Caufield, Victoria

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Grace E M Cowley Spouse Name: William S Mccombe Marriage Date: 1900 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: St Leonards, New South Wales Registration Year: 1900 Registration Number: 2114

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 28 April 1900 McCOMBE — COWLEY. —On 12th March, 1900, at St. John's Church, North Sydney, by the Rev. R. Living- stone, William S, McCombe, of Melbourne, to Grace Evelyn Mayor, fourth daughter of the late Frank Cowley, of Bethungra Park, lllabo (N.S.W.).

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

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