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Orphan Number: 1157
Orphan: Adelaide COOMBES
Mother:COOMBES, Sarah
Father:,
Mother's ship:Arab
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:8yrs
Date admitted:5 May 1836
Date discharged:14 Jul 1845
Institution(s):Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: mother now free
Remarks: mother married John Clayton - surname on convict record is Coombs
References: SWD7, 28, CSO5/191/4635, CSO1/802/17152, CSO5/86/1885

This orphan has been claimed by: Anne Bartley

Adelaide Coombs was my paternal great grandmother's older sister. She arrived with her Mother Sarah Coombs and her younger sister Laura Jane on the convict ship Arab in 1836. In 1852, in Launceston she married John Hearley.

 


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