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Ella May <I>Brown</I> Combs

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Ella May Brown Combs

Birth
Keyport, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
Death
30 Jan 1947 (aged 67)
Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Jacob Brown and Sarah Cooper (later wife of Ellicett Southard*), wife of George Frederick Combs, whom she married on January 29, 1897 in Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey, and mother of Rachel May (married Nathaniel Brewster Hawkins), Sarah Theresa (married Albert Henry Herod), Ella E. (married Edward Francis Benjamin), George Frederick, Georgia (married Jack Meyer), Gertrude St. Clair (married William H. Butler), Martha, Margaret V. (married Raymond Boerjes) and Doris Mae Combs (married Theodore Schroeder). Sister of John and Thomas Brown, and Ellicet P. Southard.

In 1900, Ella M. Combs, aged 21, born in New Jersey, was living in Brookhaven, NY, with her husband, George F. Combs, aged 25, and children, Rachel M. Combs, aged 2, and Sadie B. Combs, aged 9 months. Her husband was shown to be a stationary engineer.

In 1920, Ella M. Combs, aged 39, born in New Jersey, was living on Jennings Avenue, Patchogue, NY, with her husband, George F. Combs, aged 43, and children, Saddie Combs, aged 20, Ella Combs, aged 18, Gertrude Combs, aged 8, Margaret Combs, aged 3, and Georgie Combs, aged 10 months, and widowed mother, Sarah Southard, aged 73. Her husband was shown to be an engineer for the Watts Co.

In 1940, Ella Combs, aged 60, born in New Jersey, was living at 59 Jennings Avenue, Patchogue, Brookhaven, NY, with her husband, George Combs, aged 65, a custodian at a grammar school, and children, Georgia Combs, aged 21, a secretary at a law office, Doris Combs, aged 19, a secretary at a greenhouse, Rae Hawkins, aged 42, a title searcher for a guaranty and trust company, and her husband, Bruce N. Hawkins, aged 46, a conductor for the railroad.

Obituary - Mrs. Ella E. Combs, 67, died last Thursday night at her home, 59 Jennings Avenue, Patchogue, 24 hours after she had observed her golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Combs was born 67 years ago in Keyport, N.J. Besides her husband, George Combs, she leaves six daughters, Mrs. N. Bruce Hawkins, Mrs. Albert Herod, Mrs. Edward Benjamin, Mrs. Raymond Boerjes, Mrs. Jack Meyer, and Mrs. Theodore Schroeder, all of Patchogue.

Estate - George Combs of Patchogue inherits the estate of his wife, Ella M. Brown Combs, who died January 30, under the provisions of her will. The petition states that her estate consists of joint bank accounts aggregating $4, 095.45. The husband is executor.

(*Note: Her mother remarried on March 30, 1891 in Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey)

(1900, 1920, 1940 US Federal Census; The Suffolk County news., February 07, 1947; Ella E Combs in the New York, Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number: 5685; The Patchogue advance., February 20, 1947, Page 5; Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey), 01 Feb 1947, Saturday, Page 2)
Daughter of Jacob Brown and Sarah Cooper (later wife of Ellicett Southard*), wife of George Frederick Combs, whom she married on January 29, 1897 in Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey, and mother of Rachel May (married Nathaniel Brewster Hawkins), Sarah Theresa (married Albert Henry Herod), Ella E. (married Edward Francis Benjamin), George Frederick, Georgia (married Jack Meyer), Gertrude St. Clair (married William H. Butler), Martha, Margaret V. (married Raymond Boerjes) and Doris Mae Combs (married Theodore Schroeder). Sister of John and Thomas Brown, and Ellicet P. Southard.

In 1900, Ella M. Combs, aged 21, born in New Jersey, was living in Brookhaven, NY, with her husband, George F. Combs, aged 25, and children, Rachel M. Combs, aged 2, and Sadie B. Combs, aged 9 months. Her husband was shown to be a stationary engineer.

In 1920, Ella M. Combs, aged 39, born in New Jersey, was living on Jennings Avenue, Patchogue, NY, with her husband, George F. Combs, aged 43, and children, Saddie Combs, aged 20, Ella Combs, aged 18, Gertrude Combs, aged 8, Margaret Combs, aged 3, and Georgie Combs, aged 10 months, and widowed mother, Sarah Southard, aged 73. Her husband was shown to be an engineer for the Watts Co.

In 1940, Ella Combs, aged 60, born in New Jersey, was living at 59 Jennings Avenue, Patchogue, Brookhaven, NY, with her husband, George Combs, aged 65, a custodian at a grammar school, and children, Georgia Combs, aged 21, a secretary at a law office, Doris Combs, aged 19, a secretary at a greenhouse, Rae Hawkins, aged 42, a title searcher for a guaranty and trust company, and her husband, Bruce N. Hawkins, aged 46, a conductor for the railroad.

Obituary - Mrs. Ella E. Combs, 67, died last Thursday night at her home, 59 Jennings Avenue, Patchogue, 24 hours after she had observed her golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Combs was born 67 years ago in Keyport, N.J. Besides her husband, George Combs, she leaves six daughters, Mrs. N. Bruce Hawkins, Mrs. Albert Herod, Mrs. Edward Benjamin, Mrs. Raymond Boerjes, Mrs. Jack Meyer, and Mrs. Theodore Schroeder, all of Patchogue.

Estate - George Combs of Patchogue inherits the estate of his wife, Ella M. Brown Combs, who died January 30, under the provisions of her will. The petition states that her estate consists of joint bank accounts aggregating $4, 095.45. The husband is executor.

(*Note: Her mother remarried on March 30, 1891 in Keyport, Monmouth, New Jersey)

(1900, 1920, 1940 US Federal Census; The Suffolk County news., February 07, 1947; Ella E Combs in the New York, Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number: 5685; The Patchogue advance., February 20, 1947, Page 5; Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey), 01 Feb 1947, Saturday, Page 2)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204340728/ella_may-combs: accessed ), memorial page for Ella May Brown Combs (19 May 1879–30 Jan 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 204340728, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342).