The Luscombe Family

Bertha Luscombe

Birth: 1856, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Occupation: Wool Sorter (1871)

Death: 1923, in Kingsbridge district, Devon, England, aged 67

Census:
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1856 Newton Abbot vol 5b p121); exact place from 1861 census
Parents: 1861 census
Occupation: 1871 census
Death: England Death Index (1Q1923 Kingsbridge vol 5b p247)

Bessie (Luscombe) Parnell

Birth: 1851/2, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Married: William Parnell in 1874, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England

William had died by the 1881 census, when Bessie is recorded as a widow.

Occupation: Domestic Servant (1871); Housekeeper (1881)

Census:
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Ashburton, Devon
1881: Forder Green, Broadhempston, Devon. Bessie is in the household of George Smerdon, the widower of her sister Ellen, and George and Ellen's four children - Bessie's niece and nephews.

Sources:

Birth: 1861 census
Parents: 1861 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1874 Newton A. vol 5b p315)
Occupation: 1871, 1881 census

Ellen Jane (Luscombe) Smerdon

Birth: 1853, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Married: George Smerdon in 1874, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England

George was born in 1847/8, in Woodland, Devon, the son of Richard Smerdon, a thatcher, and Mary Anne Bishop. He was an agricultural labourer. George died in 1890, in Newton Abbot district, aged 43.
Census:
1851: Merrifield Cottage, Woodland, Devon
1861: Waye, Woodland, Devon
1871: Woodland, Devon
1881: Forder Green, Broadhempston, Devon

Children:

Kitty Smerdon (1874 - ? )
William Henry Smerdon (1875 - ? )
George Smerdon (1878 - ? )
John Smerdon (1879/80 - ? )

Occupation: Domestic Servant (1871)

Death: 1881, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England, aged 27

Census:
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Torquay, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1853 Newton Abbot vol 5b p107); exact place from 1861 census
Parents: 1861 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1874 Newton A. vol 5b p196); George birth, parents from 1851 census; George occupation from 1871, 1881 census; George death from England Death Index (4Q1890 Newton A. vol 5b p93).
Children: 1881 census
Occupation: 1871 census
Death: England Death Index (1Q1881 Newton A. vol 5b p92)

Fanny Louisa Foaden Luscombe

Birth: 1848, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Death: 1849, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1848 Newton Abbot vol 10 p145)
Parents: Deduced from her middle name "Foaden", and that her parents next daughter was also named Fanny Louisa.
Death: England Death Index (1Q1849 Newton Abbot vol 10 p96)

Fanny Louisa Luscombe

Birth: 1850, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Occupation: Domestic Servant (1871)

Census:
1851: West Street, Ashburton, Devon
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1850 Newton Abbot vol 10 p141); place from 1851 census
Parents: 1851 census
Occupation: 1871 census
FamilySearch Family Tree: Fanny Louisa Luscombe

Harriet Luscombe

Birth: 1855, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Children:

Ernest Luscombe (1880 - ? )

Occupation: Wool Sorter (1871); "Attends to Family" (1881)

Notes:
Trewman's Exeter Flying Post
Monday 11 February 1889, Issue 6785 - Gale Document No. Y3200741625

BURNT TO DEATH AT ASHBURTON - At the Cottage Hospital, Ashburton, on Saturday, an Inquest was held by Mr Fraser, of Totnes, Deputy Coroner for the district, touching the death of ELLEN CLARKE, aged 26, mill operative, who was received into the Hospital on the 27th ult., suffering from burns, caused by the ignition of a bottle of benzoline oil, which she was using for lighting her fire. Evidence having been given by Elizabeth Williams, Harriet Luscombe, and Jane Ham, neighbours of the deceased, who went to her assistance, Dr Gervis stated that death was caused by the effects of the burns and the shock to the system. She died on Thursday night, eleven days after the occurrence. The Coroner commented strongly on the dangerous practice of lighting fires with oil, and a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned.

Census:
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Ashburton, Devon
1881: West Street, Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1855 Newton A. vol 5b p119); exact place from 1861 census
Parents: 1861 census
Children: 1881 census
Occupation: 1871, 1881 census

Henry Luscombe

Birth: 1862, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Occupation: General Labourer (1881)

Census:
1871: Ashburton, Devon
1881: West Street, Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1862 Newton A. vol 5b p129); exact place from 1871 census
Parents: 1871 census place Harry at his aunt Emma Foaden
Occupation: 1881 census

John Edward Luscombe

Birth: 1859, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Census:
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1859 Newton A. vol 5b p123); exact place from 1861 census
Parents: 1861 census

Thomas Luscombe

Birth: 1860, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Occupation: Mason (1881)

Census:
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Ashburton, Devon
1881: West Street, Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1860 Newton A vol 5b p124) OR England Birth Index (4Q1860 Newton A vol 5b p148); exact place from 1861 census
Parents: 1861 census
Occupation: 1881 census

William Luscombe

Birth: 8 September 1822, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Baptism: 1 December 1822, in Great-Meeting Independent, Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: John Luscombe

Mother: Mary (Moulder) Luscombe

Married: Eliza Foaden in 1847, in Exeter district, Devon, England

Children:

Fanny Louisa Foaden Luscombe (1848 -1849)
Fanny Louisa Luscombe (1850 - ? )
Bessie Luscombe (1851/2 - ? )
Ellen Jane Luscombe (1853 - 1881)
Harriet Luscombe (1855 - ? )
Bertha Luscombe (1856 - 1923)
John Edward Luscombe (1859 - ? )
Thomas Luscombe (1860 - ? )
Henry Luscombe (1862 - ? )
William Luscombe (1865 - ? )

Occupation: Mason

Death: 1881, in Newton Abbot district, Devon, England, aged 57

Census:
1841: North Street, Ashburton, Devon
1851: West Street, Ashburton, Devon
1861: Spring Gardens, Ashburton, Devon
1871: Ashburton, Devon
1881: West Street, Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Births and Christenings batch C06328-1; place from 1851 census
Baptism: England Births and Christenings batch C06328-1; England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes RG4_0951
Parents: England Births and Christenings batch C06328-1; England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes RG4_0951; 1841 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1847 Exeter vol 10 p150)
Occupation: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 census
Death: England Death Index (3Q1881 Newton A. vol 5b p80)
FamilySearch Family Tree: William Luscombe

William Luscombe

Birth: 1865, in Ashburton, Devon, England

Father: William Luscombe

Mother: Eliza (Foaden) Luscombe

Occupation: General Labourer (1881)

Census:
1871: Ashburton, Devon
1881: West Street, Ashburton, Devon

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1865 Newton A vol 5b p123); exact place from 1871 census
Parents: 1871 census
Occupation: 1881 census

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