Subject: Charles Coombes (264) (1850 - 1904)[1],[1],[1]
Father: William Coombes (260) (b. circa Oct 1819, d. Jan 1886)
Mother: Elizabeth Butcher Dowling (206) (b. circa Nov 1820, d. 2 Apr 1895)

Events

Ages

Timeline

TypeDateDetailsAge
Birth__ ___ 1850East Harptree, Somerset. [1]0
Census30 Mar 1851East Harptree, Somerset; shown aged 1. [1]1
Census 18617 Apr 1861Hinton Blewett, Somerset; shown as scholar, aged 9. [2]11
Census 18712 Apr 1871Hinton Blewett, Somerset; shown as ag lab, aged 19. [3]21
Census 18813 Apr 1881Hinton Blewett, Somerset; shown as Ag. Lab., aged 25, unmarried. [4]31
Census 18915 Apr 1891Hinton Blewett, Somerset; shown aged 38 (no occupation shown). [5]41
Witness2 Apr 1895Death; Elizabeth Butcher Dowling (206); Hinton Blewett, Somerset; murdered by her son, Charles. [6]45
Criminalcirca 3 Apr 1895Prison, Shepton Mallet, Somerset; held here. [7]45
Criminal7 Jun 1895Assizes, Wells, Somerset; Charged that "Feloniously, wilfully & of his malice aforethought did kill and murder one Elizabeth Coombes at Hinton Blewett on 2nd April 1895."45
Census 190131 Mar 1901Broadmoor Mental Asylum, Crowthorne, Berkshire; shown by initials C.C., aged 50, general labourer, born in "Chiltern", Somerset, lunatic. [9],[10]51
Death15 Aug 1904Broadmoor Asylum, Crowthorne, Berkshire; shown aged 54, inmate of Broadmoor Asylum, formerly a labourer of Hinton Blewitt, who died of cronic Bright's disease. [11],[10]54
Misc16 Aug 1904Berkshire; inquest held. [10]54

Sources

1. S0113: Census 1851 William COOMBS, Census CD, 30 Mar 1851, ref: H.O. 107/1938, Page/Folio 14/75, East Harptree, household of William COOMBS; Repository: Beavington 1851 Census transcription, Gordon Beavington.

2. S0553: Census 1861 William COOMBES, Image of Enumerator's book, 7 Apr 1861, ref: RG9/1677 p.4, Hinton Blewett, household of William Coombes; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

3. S0554: Census 1871 William COOMBS, Image of Enumerator's book, 2 April 1871, ref: RG10/2467 f.89, Hinton Blewett, household of William Coombes; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

4. S0117: Census 1881 William COOMBS household, Census CD, 3 Apr 1881, ref: RG11, Piece 2425, Folio 74, Page 2, Seven Stars, Hinton Blewett, Somerset, household of William Coombes; Repository: 1881 British Census and National Index, Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS).

5. S0555: Census 1891 Elizabeth COOMBS, Image of Enumerator's book, 5 Apr 1891, ref: RG12/1924 p.2, Hinton Blewett, household of Elizabeth Butcher Dowling; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

6. S0557: Somerset Guardian & Radstock Observer 6 Apr 1895, 6 Apr 1895, titled "THE HINTON BLEWITT TRAGEDY."

7. S0580: Calendar of Prisoners at Wells (incl. Charles COOMBES), Q/SCA/183-220, 1895, ; Repository: Somerset Record Office, Brunel Way, Langford Mead, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF.

8. S0594: Western Daily Press, Bristol, Hinton Blewitt, Somerset, 8 June 1895, titled "The Hinton Blewitt Murder Case."

9. S0563: Census 1901 C.C. (Charles Coombes), Image of Enumerator page, 31 Mar 1901, ref: RG13/1164 page 16, Crowthorne, Berkshire, household of Broadmoor Asylum; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

10. S0564: Charles COOMBES death certificate; subject: Charles Coombes, Certified copy of death registration HC 840001 (12 Nov 2007), General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2JD.

11. S0595: Private communication.