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George Cheek Combes

George Cheek Combes[1, 2]

Male 1808 - 1857  (~ 48 years)

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  • Name George Cheek Combes 
    Born Nov 1808  [3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Writer or Auditor 
    Died 16 Mar 1857  [4, 5
    Buried 17 Mar 1857 
    Person ID I668  Family
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2007 

    Family 1 Catherine Lill,   b. 10 Jan 1822, Cannanore, Madras, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1846  (Age 24 years) 
    Married 18 May 1836  St Thomas Mount, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. George Cheek Combes,   b. 21 Nov 1838, Madras, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Charles Stephen Combes,   b. 09 Jun 1840,   d. Abt 1843  (Age 2 years)
     3. John Gilbert Combes,   b. 21 Sep 1844, Blacktown, Madras, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1903, Nallore, Pondicherry, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Catherine Combes,   b. Nov 1846, Madras, India Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2007 
    Family ID F226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Annie Rose Lewis 
    Married 16 Apr 1851  Vepery, Madras, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2021 
    Family ID F401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] BMD - British Library.
      His daughter Catherine's and son John Gilbert's births, and his second marriage. His names are very hard to decipher in John's entry - it looks like Genfe Chak. In Catherine's it is definitely George. In his second marriage it is George Cheek. His occupation is given as Clerk in the auditor General's Office, residing in Madras, in daughter Catherine's entry, in John's he was just a clerk, and in his second marraige it was Auditor.

      At granddaughter Catherine's marriage there is a witness Geo G H Combes which could be him, so third name begins with H perhaps. However it could be her uncle.

    2. [S42] Other Researchers - Jack Hudson, via Kerry Edwards.
      The second name looks like Cofry or Creak. Occupation Government Officer.

    3. [S7] BMD - British Library, Burial.
      He was 48 yrs 5 months at death in Mar 1857.

    4. [S48] FIBIS.
      N2/38/82 Burial of George Clark Combes.

    5. [S7] BMD - British Library, Burial, N2/38/82.
      Middle name looks like Chuk. He was 48 yrs 5 months old, a Senior Auditor in the Military Auditor General's Office.

    6. [S7] BMD - British Library, Marriage, N2/17/122.
      His second name is definitely Cheek, a Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of Artillary. They were married by license of the Right Honorable the Governor of Fort St George.

    7. [S7] BMD - British Library, Marriage, N2 vol 30 p232.
      He is George Cheek Combes, Widower, Auditor in the Military Auditors General Office