Waterloo Region Generations
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Mary Elizabeth Coombe

Female 1794 - 1892  (97 years)


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  • Name Mary Elizabeth Coombe 
    Born 24 Dec 1794  , England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Elizabeth Kinsman 
    Name Mary Elizabeth Kinsman 
    Residence 1861  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Methodist 
    Residence 1871  Methodist Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Lady 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-68453 
    Died 18 Jan 1892  [1, 7
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Person ID I68453  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family 1 Nicholas Grenfell Kinsman,   b. 28 Oct 1799, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1878, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jane Grenfell Kinsman,   b. 24 Nov 1816, Saint Austell, , Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1908, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. John P. Kinsman,   b. 1819, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Nicholas Grenfell Kinsman,   b. 25 Jan 1819, St. Day, Gwennap, , Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1915, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     4. Mary Elizabeth Kinsman,   b. 1826, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1857, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     5. Mary G. Kinsman,   b. 1831, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     6. Caroline Kinsman,   b. 1833, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Richard H. Kinsman,   b. 1834, , Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1893, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F17923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nicholas Kinsman,   b. CALC 28 Oct 1794,   d. 28 Aug 1873  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Richard Kinsman,   d. 15 Sep 1893
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F275734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 'The death of this lady in her 98th year, which occurred last week, removed one of the very oldest, most respected residents of our town, and brings back the very early days of our town. Mr. and Mrs. Kinsman came to Galt in the Fall of 1847 or early in 1848, and her husband, being a mason by trade, after a short time erected a small stone house on the side of the road which then ran along Mill Creek between where Beverly Street now is and the railroad track. There was no road then where the road now runs under the CPR track, but the road then used came out of the creek through the land now owned by Mr. Thorn. Alison. The home stood there alone for many years, perhaps stands there yet, but the late Mr. Shade laying out Beverly Street, and the railway being built and changing the course of the old road, side tracked it, and left the only way of reaching it from Beverly Street.'

      'Mrs. Kinsman was married in 1815, her husband dying in 1874, if we mistake not. Their family was very large, consisting of seventeen children, of whom only Mrs. Jane Wilkins, widow of the late William Wilkins, Mr. Nicholas Kinsman, stone road, and Mr. Richard Kinsman still survive, but there survive her as descendants, twenty-nine grandchildren, sixty-three great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren. The deceased lady was a woman of very equable disposition, a humble and devoted Christian adherent of the Methodist Church, having been connected with that denomination almost from the first days of its struggle for existence. She was blessed in retaining her faculties, to the last and passed away most peacefully.'1a


      The Galt Reporter 19 Jan 1892

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link .
      in memory of/ Nicholas Kinsman/ who died/ Aug.28,1873/ aged/ 78 yrs 10 ms/ also his beloved wife/ Mary Coombe/ who died/ Jan 18,1892/ aged/ 97 yrs 2 ms 25 dys/ Scott, Galt

    2. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 1 Page 73.

    3. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 pg 29.

    4. [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 22.

    5. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 2 Page 21.

    6. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 74.

    7. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link .
      [S] In/ memory of/ Nicholas KINSMAN/ who died/ Aug. 28, 1873/ aged/ 78 yrs. 10 mos./ also his beloved wife/ Mary COOMBE/ who died/ Jan 18, 1892/ aged/ 97 yrs. 2 mos. 25 dys./ Scott, Galt

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Dec 1794 - , England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1871 - Methodist Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Lady - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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