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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Somerset Lookup Requests => Somerset => England => Somerset Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: cardiff on Monday 03 April 06 14:33 BST (UK)
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Hi anyone living near Downside/ Blackwell
Looking for a farm Coombe head Farm Downside Blackwell Somerset I know it has been visited in the last 30yrs.
Anyone got an idea how to find it and who now lives there.
cheers cardiff
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Coombe Head Farm
Brockley Combe Road
Backwell
BRISTOL
BS48 3DG
I drive past this farm several times a week - still very much a busy working farm.
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HI
Thank you so much
cheers cardiff
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Hi
I know its been six years but I was wondering if you are still looking for who lives at coombe head farm?
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hello
Thanks for your reply even thought its been many years its always good to get some feed back.
A cousin of my husband married someone who was born there, he and his ggrandmothers sister married this man and moved to the USA.
I am replying to you from memory.
If you have any info of the farm then yes it I would be interested to hear.... need to look up some old files though to match anything up, relating to what info you may have ???
cheers cardiff ;)
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Well I currently live on the farm, and I know it was brought by my great-grandparents but i'm not sure what year that was. I'm going to try and find out more information as we have an old relation (Joan Brean) In the village who will be able to tell me exactly who owned the house, and I can get back to you if you are interested in it.
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Hi
How interesting
will look at my info in next few days and get back to you , that may give you a start .
cheers cardiff :)
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Hi
I have tried to sort out whos who?
I have following Francis Lewis born 1820 baptised Coombe head farm Backwell somerset
parents names father- Fredrick lewis mother - Ann Hawkins
Francis lewis went on to marry Harriet stokes they had a child Frank Richard Lewis b 1860
Frank Lewis =m= Francis Ann Dove ( this lady is my husbands g g grandfathers sister)
they emigrated to The USA
A letter sent to their grandson JUne 12 1980
Reads Dear Richard have been spending daywith relatives at west town and coombe Head Farm had to sent you a card from here signed poss jen / jan Miner?
with a photo of I believe to be Coombe Head farm
I need to look at more info but does this make any sense?
cheers cardiff ???
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Hi
It does actually make quite a lot of sense.
We received a letter from Janet Miner in 1982 which she said that she visited the farm two years ago (matching the date of your letter) the relatives she spent the day with were my parents and in the letter she asks for some information on the farm. However since my mother passed away a year ago i'm not sure if we ever replied.
She also says in her letter that she is writing the genealogy of Frank Lewis and his wife but as we never replied I don't know if she ever completed it.
Frank Lewis's sister was my great-great-grandmother so that's how our families are connected. Frank Lewis emigrated to the USA but his sister Eliza Lewis stayed behind and married my great-great-grandfather Henry Merrick.
I hope this helps
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Hi
well thats good news .... I have alot of the info on the family that went to the USA, sadly the family that contacted me didi not reply to e-mails along time ago...
It depends if you want the information that I have? I could photo copy the info and post it to you? that would be easier than scanning info into computer and sending v e-mail.
Regarding contacting the family in Texas the lady who contacted me was moving so that first address will be no good! but there are others will have to go throught the documents,
Anyway whats your thoughts on that ???
cheers cardiff ;)
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Marshall1396 and cardiff,
Did this thread continue offline, or is this the extent of it? Eliza Lewis and Henry Merrick are also my great-great-grandparents, and I am interested in whatever information you may have obtained. I am descended from their son, John Lewis Merrick, brother of Frank and Walter, one of whom from Marshall1396 must be descended, since my understanding is that Eliza and Henry's other two children, Marie and Philip had no children.
Thank you for any information,
Jtmcvey
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Hi all,
Have been researching my family and can see Henry Merrick and Eliza Lewis had 4 Children: Marie Merrick, Francis Merrick, John Lewis Merrick, Walter T Merrick. Francis (Frank) Married Edith Reynolds. John Died in Connecticut in 1976. I Would be interested to see if any family members still remain at the farm. All the best
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My 4th great grandparents are Fredrick Lewis/Ann Hawkins, Frank Lewis was my 2nd great grandparent. I am looking for information about them. It seems I hit a wall around Fredrick Lewis/Ann Hawkins burial records being in Downside/Backwell.