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Orphan Number: 1158
Orphan: Laura COOMBES
Mother:COOMBES, Sarah
Father:,
Mother's ship:Arab
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:2yrs
Date admitted:7 Sep 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, CSO5/86/1885, CSO5/191/4635


This orphan has been claimed by: Anne Bartley

Laura Coombes is my Great Grandmother, she married William Laidley Mitchell around 1855. She lived most of her married life in Morisons a small country town in western Victoria. I have a death cert. but cannot locate a marriageĀ  cert she is also in the Queens Orphanage Childrens register SWD28/1 p 9


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