Morrow Ellsworth MCCOMBS

Birth:
13 Oct 1861
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
17 Apr 1915
Auburn, Placer, California
Burial:
19 Apr 1915
Auburn, Placer, California
Marriage:
17 Jun 1889
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   BIRTH-      LTR 66-DEATH CERT
                      LTR 289- ALLEGHENY CO., PA MARRIAGE RECORD (THIS DATE VARIES FROM ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE ON TH DEATH CERTIFICATE.  WE HAVE USED THIS DATE.)
                      LTR 294- ALLEGHENY CO, PA CENSUS OF 1900
MARRIAGE- LTR 289- ALLEGHENY CO., PA MARRIAGE RECORD-MARRIAGE DOCKET VOL 11,
                       NO. 16323 (GS#878,582)
DEATH-     LTR 66- CALIF DEATH CERT # 15-012118
                      LTR 154 ALSO SEE PLACER CO., CA BOOK OF DEATHS C, PG 10
TEMPLE-   LTR 199-FROM GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
                      LTR 308- PATRON NOTIFICATION OF CLEARANCE FOR SEALING TO WIFE
                      LTR 353- FAMILY HISTORY DEPT FOR SEALING TO SPOUSE
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OCCUPATION: Teamster- drove fire wagons
Eliza Lamb SMITH
Birth:
26 Jan 1862
Derby, England
Death:
10 Oct 1921
Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Burial:
13 Oct 1921
Auburn, Placer, California
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 175- DEATH CERT
           LTR 294- CENSUS RECORD OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA FOR 1900. ( I USED
                    THE BIRTH DATE OF THIS CENSUS RECORD SINCE IT CORRESPONDED
                    TO THE DEATH CERTIFICATE DATE AND OTHER CENSUS RECORDS.)
           LTR 289- MARRIAGE RECORD ( I DID NOT USE THE BIRTH DATE FROM THIS
                    RECORD EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE GIVEN BY THE PARTY AT
                    THE TIME.  HOWEVER, LIDA HAD A ONE YEAR OLD BOY, REPORTED A
                    DIFFERENT BIRTHPLACE THAN WAS TRUE AND MUST HAVE HAD REASONS TO
                    HIDE HER TRUE IDENTITY.-THE CHILD WAS APPARENTLY AN OUT OF
                    WEDLOCK CHILD.) --DATE IS 7 MAR 1863-- (Also used the name of Lida Smith)
                    *** SEE LTR 357 BELOW HOWEVER
           LTRS 287 AND 288- CENSUS RECORDS OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA FOR 1870 AND 1880.
           LTR 349- A PACKET OF INFORMATION FROM ELAINE WASHBURN, PROFESSINAL
                        GENEALOGIST
MARRIAGE- LTR 289- ALLEGHENY CO.,PA MARRIAGE RECORD MARRIGE LICENSE DOCKET
                        VOL 11 #16323  (GS# 878,582)
DEATH- LTR 175- CALIF DEATH CERT #21-039373
DEATH- LTR 319- OLD AUBURN ,CA CEMETERY RECORDS
TEMPLE-LTRS 307 AND 307A- PATRON NOTIFICATION CORRESPONDENCE
                    LTR 353- FAMILY HISTORY DEPT FOR SEALING TO SPOUSE       LTR 357- FAMILY HISTORY DEPT FOR ENDOWMENT/SEALING TO PARENTS
              NOTE***** TEMPLE USED DIFFERENT BIRTH DATE, WHICH I ACCEPT
Children
Marriage
1
Charles John MCCOMBS
Birth:
7 Dec 1888
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
28 Jun 1984
Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Notes:
                   BIRTH- FAMILY RECORDS OF LIDA LAVERNE MCCOMBS SMUIN, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES
             JOHN MCCOMBS
           LTR 294- 1900 CENSUS OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA
MARRIAGE-ISABELLE VIOLET ANDERSON-
            -MARIE AUWATER- LTR 124-RECORDS OF WASHOE CO., NEV.
             MARRIAGE VOL. 161 PG 148
TEMPLE-ENDOWMENT- B. LARRY ALLEN WAS PRESENT-J. ALBERT SMUIN ACTED AS
             PROXY
          -SEALED TO ISABELLE VIOLET ANDERSON-LTR 272-TEMPLE RECORD (OK)
          -SEALED TO PARENTS-LTR 272
2
Eleanor May or Mae MCCOMBS
Birth:
30 Aug 1890
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
29 Mar 1967
Anacortes, Skagit, Washington
John Shepherd DICKINSON 
Marr:
6 Apr 1912
Washington 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 30- ALLEGHENY CO., PENN BIRTH RECORD--VOL. 40, PG.211
                   (NAME IS NOT GIVEN-- REFERENCE TO DEATH CERT. BELOW)
           LTR 294- 1900 CENSUS OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA (I ASSUME THAT THIS IS
                    THE SAME PERSON IN LTR 30.)
MARRIAGE-
DEATH- LTR 160-WASH. DEATH CERT #46881,FILE #6512
TEMPLE- LTR 199- LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
3
John Ellsworth Aka Howard MCCOMBS
Birth:
9 Sep 1892
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
6 Aug 1934
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 33-ALLEGHENY CO., PA VOL 46 OF BIRTHS, PG 146
                 LTR 294- 1900 CENSUS OF ALLEGHENY CO, PA
MARRIAGE- LTR 655- Not married
DEATH-

OTHER- JOHN ELLSWORTH WAS KNOWN AS HOWARD DURING HIS MORTAL LIFE- AS         REPORTED BY HIS BROTHER, CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS AND HIS NIECE,   MRS. JOHN ALBERT SMUIN. NOTE ALSO THAT HE IS CALLED HOWARD IN THE 1900 CENSUS ON LTR 294.
4
Lawrence Wilbert MCCOMBS
Birth:
25 Sep 1895
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
31 Dec 1897
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS, LARUE'S
           GRANDFATHER AND BROTHER OF LAURENCE MCCOMBS
           LTR 306, DEATH DERTIFICATE
DEATH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS- AS ABOVE.
           THAT THE CHILD DID NOT SURVIVE TO AGE 8 IS SHWON ON LTR 294, THE
           1900 CENSUS RECORD OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA.
           LTR 306, DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM PITTSBURGH, PA
BIRTH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS, LARUE'S
           GRANDFATHER AND BROTHER OF LAURENCE MCCOMBS
           LTR 306, DEATH DERTIFICATE
DEATH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS- AS ABOVE.
           THAT THE CHILD DID NOT SURVIVE TO AGE 8 IS SHWON ON LTR 294, THE
           1900 CENSUS RECORD OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA.
           LTR 306, DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM PITTSBURGH, PA
BIRTH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS, LARUE'S
           GRANDFATHER AND BROTHER OF LAURENCE MCCOMBS
           LTR 306, DEATH DERTIFICATE
DEATH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS- AS ABOVE.
           THAT THE CHILD DID NOT SURVIVE TO AGE 8 IS SHWON ON LTR 294, THE
           1900 CENSUS RECORD OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA.
           LTR 306, DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM PITTSBURGH, PA
5
Irma Rebecca MCCOMBS
Birth:
21 Aug 1897
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
15 Oct 1923
Auburn, Placer, California
Bert Milburn HART 
Marr:
12 Jul 1920
San Francisco, San Francisco,  
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 32- ALLEGHENY CO., PA VOL 60 OF BIRTHS, PG 146.   NOTE THAT SPELLING ON THIS                             RECORD IS ERMA, ON DEATH CERT BELOW IT IS IRMA
                  LTR 294- 1900 CENSUS RECORD OF ALLEGHENY CO, PA NOTE THAT NAME IS SPELLED                            IRMA
                  LTR 298- NOTE THAT NAME IS AGAIN SPELLED IRMA
MARRIAGE- LTR 297, GIVES FULL FAMILY INFORMATION
DEATH- LTR 146-CALIF DEATH CERT #23-045091
                 - LTR 297- TO LAVERNE MCCOMBS SMUIN FROM ELLA WILCOX (USED THIS BURIAL                                     PLACE)
                  - LTR 298- FAMILY RECORD
                 
TEMPLE-  LTR 199- LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
6
Mary Harriett MCCOMBS
Birth:
1 Apr 1899
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
9 May 1899
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS, BROTHER OF
           MARY.
          -LTR 305, DEATH CERTIFICATE, STATE OF PA
DEATH- LTR 305
BIRTH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS, BROTHER OF
           MARY.
          -LTR 305, DEATH CERTIFICATE, STATE OF PA
DEATH- LTR 305
BIRTH- FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS, BROTHER OF
           MARY.
          -LTR 305, DEATH CERTIFICATE, STATE OF PA
DEATH- LTR 305
7
Thomas or Wesley MCCOMBS
Birth:
3 May 1900
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death:
Abt 1905
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 294- 1900 CENSUS OF ALLEGHENY CO., PA.  NOTE: IN GIVING US INFORMATION ABOUT HIS FAMILY, CHARLES JOHN MCCOMBS,  BROTHER OF THOMAS, NEVER MENTIONED THIS CHILD.  GRANDPA MCCOMBS DID MENTION A WESLEY MCCOMBS HOWEVER,                  WESLEY AND THOMAS COULD BE THE SAME PERSON.   WE HAVE ASSUMED THIS (THOMAS OR WESLEY).....
           LTR 329- BIRTH RECORD OF THOMAS OR WESLEY SENT BY, ELAINE WASHBURN, PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST. NOTE FURTHER, THAT THIS CHILD WAS NOT NAMED AT THE TIME OF BIRTH, ADDING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF WHETHER HE WAS THOMAS OR WESLEY.
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Birth:
Death:
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Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 298- LETTER TO LIDA LAVERNE MCCOMBS SMUIN FROM ELLA WILCOX, HER STEP DAUGHTER
MARRIAGE- LTR 298
DEATH- LTR 298
BURIAL- LTR 319
TEMPLE-
9
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Birth:
Death:
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Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH- LTR 31-ALLEGHENY CO, PA VOL 79 OF BIRTHS, PG 107
DEATH-  All indications are that George Clever died as a boy on 5 June 1911 in Seattle, WA (tape recording below confirmed that)
This information is recorded in a tape recording by his brother, Charles John McCombs
LTR- This answers the death question.  Copy of the Auburn, California cemetery records
LTR 655- States that he was hit with a piece of lumber while playing in a lumber yard
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Morrow Ellsworth McCombs - Eliza Lamb Smith

Morrow Ellsworth McCombs was born at Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 13 Oct 1861. His parents were William I. McCombs and Mrs. Mary Morrow.

He married Eliza Lamb Smith 17 Jun 1889 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania . Eliza Lamb Smith was born at Derby, England 26 Jan 1862 daughter of L. Enoch Smith and Harriet Gamlin .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Charles John McCombs born 7 Dec 1888.
Eleanor May or Mae McCombs born 30 Aug 1890.
John Ellsworth Aka Howard McCombs born 9 Sep 1892.
Lawrence Wilbert McCombs born 25 Sep 1895.
Irma Rebecca McCombs born 21 Aug 1897.
Mary Harriett McCombs born 1 Apr 1899.
Thomas or Wesley McCombs born 3 May 1900.
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Morrow Ellsworth McCombs died 17 Apr 1915 at Auburn, Placer, California .

Eliza Lamb Smith died 10 Oct 1921 at Sacramento, Sacramento, California .