Jane Comb (o/w Coombe)

Jane Comb (o/w Coombe) 

Born: 1853, York 

Father: Robert Comb (b. 1824)

Mother: Mary Ann Comb (b. 1819)

Brothers: Tom Comb (b. 1844), Robert Comb (b. 1852), William Comb (b. 1856), James Comb (b. 1858)

Sisters: Elizabeth C Comb (b. 1848), Ann Comb (b. 1850), Catherine Comb (b. 1862)

Marriage:        29 August 1885, York

Husband:         William Farrow Read

                        b. 1847 

                        Bank Manager   

                        d. 1897

Issue – 

#1 Ethel Annie Read (b. 8 November 1887) [LDTC 1908]

#2 Mabel Read (b. 1888)

#3 William Farrow Read (b. 1891)

In 1861 – 

She is at Abbott Street, St Maurice, York. Her father is listed as ‘Currier’. Her brother, Tom, is listed as ‘Joiner Apprentice’. Jane, her mother and siblings (Elizabeth, Ann, Robert, William and James) are unlisted.

In 1871 – 

She is at Guildhall Street, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Shopman Leather Seller’. Her brothers, Tom and William, are listed as ‘Boot Top Manufacturer’. Her sisters, Elizabeth and Ann, are listed as ‘Machinist’. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Leather Seller’. Jane, her mother and her sister, Catherine, are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at 18 Stirling Street, Caistor. Thomas H Booth (b. 1804) is listed as ‘Ex Pilot’. His wife, Ellen Booth (b. 1821), is unlisted. There is a servant, Alice Trought (b. 1859). Jane and Julia Hanley (b. 1853) [LDTC 1874] are listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Victoria Street, Grimsby. Her husband is listed as ‘Bank Manager’. Jane, her children (Ethel, Mabel and William) and her sister, Elizabeth, are unlisted. There are three servants: a housemaid, a Nursemaid and a Cook. 

In 04/98 – 

Address is Bargate, Grimsby. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 2 Bargate, Grimsby. Jane is listed as widow and ‘Living on Own Means’. 

d.         28 May 1906, Grimsby