Jessie May Goodhew (née Coombs) 1891 - 1977

A cook and the daughter of Edward Coombs (an agricultural laborer) and Harriett Culmer,

Jessie Coombs, the second cousin twice-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Hernhill, Kent, England on Feb 13, 18911,2 and married Reginald Goodhew (an aircraft fitter with whom she had 4 children: Charles Thomas, Rose May, Marie Louise and Reginald Norman, along with 1 surviving child) at Parish Church in Hernhill on Aug 4, 19143.

Throughout her life, Jessie lived in several places: on Waterham Road in Hernhill on Apr 5, 18917; at Red Lion Inn in Hernhill on Mar 31, 19016; in St Mary Cray, Kent, England on Apr 2, 1911; on 137 Dearne Road, Bolton-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England on Nov 13, 19164 and in 19195; and on 18 Pine Road, Rochester, Kent on Sep 29, 19391.

She died on Apr 3, 1977 in Hernhill2.

Parents

1. Edward was born on Dec 27, 1852
2. Harriett was born on Dec 23, 1857

Children

1. Charles Thomas was born on Jun 19, 1915
2. Rose May was born on May 5, 1917
3. Reginald Norman was born on Sep 29, 1923

Citations

1. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the wife of the head of the household)
2. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
3. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
4. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - War Office: Soldiers" Documents, First World War "Burnt Documents" (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited
5. Electoral Roll
6. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 10 and the daughter of the head of the household)
7. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 0 and the daughter of the head of the household)

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