Born in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Coombs
and Rhoda (Douglas) Coombs
Sister of
Judith Douglas (Coombs) Williams, Mary Olive Coombs, Huldah Maria Coombs, Benjamin Franklin Coombs, Rhoda Elizabeth Coombs, Harriet Abby Coombs, Elvira Jane Coombs, Mary Olive (Coombs) Cox, Martha Washington (Coombs) Williams and Albert Thomas Coombs
Wife of
William W Jones
— married
1 Jan 1860 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 44
in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2019
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Biography
Ellen Coombs was born at Brunswick, Maine in 1829, the daughter of Thomas Coombs and Rhoda Douglas.
Ella married widower William W Jones (1822-1904) on 1 Jan 1860, becoming the step-mother of his two sons Chester and Charles. They were the parents of three known children.
She is buried at the West Bowdoin Cemetery, West Bowdoin, Maine.
Sources
- "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WD-24C : 22 July 2021), Ellen Coombs, 1829
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-Q4F : 22 December 2020), Ellen Coombs in household of Thomas Coombs, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC7-PM9 : 18 February 2021), Ellen Jones in entry for William Jones, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D8-C54 : 29 May 2021), Ellen Jones in entry for William Jones, 1870.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLT-QMCT : 2 June 2022), Ella, ; Burial, West Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States of America, West Bowdoin Cemetery; citing record ID 102108027, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXM-73SR : 16 March 2018), Ella Coombs Jones, ; citing Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, Cemetery West Bowdoin, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 2,171,131.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellen:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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