Crombie/ Cromby

[P. Harrison]

I have been trying to find the family of a Mary Ann Wind, born Gateshead 1889. She married someone whose surname was Crombie/ Cromby. That’s all the info. I have. Thank you.

[BC Wench]

This looks like the family.

Birth: Sep Qtr 1889 Chester Le Street 10a 523 (FreeBMD)
WIND Mary Ann

Birth (from Find My Past web site)
First name(s) Mary Ann
Last name Wind
Birth registration year 1889
Registration quarter 3
Mother's maiden name Sanderson
District Chester Le Street
County Durham
Country England
Volume 10A
Page 523
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from Great Britain, England

The Marriage of Mary Ann Wind's parents:

Marriage: Dec Qtr 1869 Chester Le Street Reg. Dist. 10a 602
George Wind & Margaret Sanderson

1891 Census: Eighton Banks, Lamesley, Chester Le Street, Durham
George Wind, Head.Mar, 45, Coal Miner, (B: 1846)
Margaret Wind, Wife.Mar, 43, (B:1848)
Elizabeth Wind, Dau.S, 19, (B: 1872)
George W Wind, Son.S, 14, Coal Miner, (B:1877)
Isabella Wind, Dau, 9 (B:1882)
Stephen Wind, Son, 5 (B:1886)
Mary A Wind, Dau, 1 (B:1890)
(All Born Lamesley, Durham)

Marriage: Sep 1910 Gateshead Reg. Dist. 10a 1615 (FreeBMD)
Mary A Wind & Emmanuel Combey

1911 Census: 53 Wrekenton High St., Wrekenton Gateshead, Durham
George Wind, Head.Mar, 65, Coal Miner
Margaret Wind, Wife, 63
(9 Children, 6 Living, 3 Died)
John Stephen Wind, Son.S, 25, Coal Miner
Maryann Wind, Dau.Married, 21, (1 Child 1 Living 0 Died)
(SURNAME SHOULD READ COMBEY)
Charlotte Smith, Grand Daughter.S, 18
Stephen Combey, Grandson, 3 months (Born Wreckenton (should be spelled Wrekenton), Co. Durham)
(I can't find a birth record for this child under the surname Combey or Wind)
All others born Eighteen Banks, Co. Durham

1911 Census: High Street, Easington Lane, Hetton Le Hole, Durham
Emmanuel Combey, Bro-in-Law.Married, 30, Assisting in the business, Leamside, Durham (B: 1881) (Doesn't give how many years married)
Robert Peebles, Head.Mar, 38, Confectioner ice cream vendor, Sherburn Hill Durham (B:1873)
Alice Jane Peebles, Wife.Mar, 40, Leamside Durham (B: 1871) (SISTER OF EMMANUEL COMBEY)
(Married: 14 years, 0 Children)

Marriage: Sep Qtr 1896 Chester Le Street Reg. Dist. 10a 749
Robert Peebles & Alice Jane Combey

[BC Wench]

Here are Mary Ann and Emmanuel in 1921

1921 Census: 173 High Street, Wrekenton, Gateshead, Durham
Emmanuel Combey, Head.Mar, 41, Assistant Green Keeper Ravensworth Golf Club Ltd., West Rainton, Durham (B: 1880)
Mary Ann Combey, Wife.Mar, 31, Domestic Duties, Durham (B: 1889)
Alice Isabel Combey, Dau, 8, Durham (B: 1913(
George Leonard Combey, Son, 1, Gateshead (B:1919)
Margaret Wind, Mother-in-Law.Wid, 76, Durham (B: 1845)
Charlotte Smith, Niece.Single, 28, Domestic Duties, Durham (B:1893)

Just found Stephen, his first name is George
COMBEY, GEORGE STEPHEN - MMN: WIND
GRO Reference: 1911 M Quarter in GATESHEAD Volume 10A Page 1002

[P. Harrison]

Thank you so much, much appreciated, amazing.

[Northern Lass]

Moved to gen. discussion.

[P. Harrison]

Thanks to this site we’ve discovered the surname Comby, in and around the Gateshead area, in the North East. Is this name familiar to anyone?

[BC Wench]

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