Mary Augusta (Armbrister) Duncombe (abt. 1847 - 1916)

Born about 1847 in Bahama Islands

Died 25 Apr 1916 at about age 69 in Nassau, Bahamas

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Mary (Armbrister) Duncombe is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Mary Augusta Armbrister was born about 1847 in the Bahama Islands - perhaps to Henry Hawkins Armbrister and Helen Sarah Hepburn Armbrister.

She married Reverend William Waddell Duncombe, Anglican clergyman, in the Bahamas sometime about 1865. The couple had children - among them Roger Kelsall, Henry William Feversham, Francis Glanville, Walter Kelsall, Helen/Ellen, and Frederick Arthur Cyril Duncombe.

Reverend William Waddell Duncombe served as rector of St. David's Anglican Church, Long Cay, Crooked Island, Bahamas for 35 years (1866-1902). The Duncombes retired in Nassau.

Mary Augusta Armbrister Duncombe died in Nassau, Bahamas in 1916.

Note: I wonder if Mary Augusta Armbrister was the daughter of Henry Hawkins Armbrister and Helen Sarah Hepburn Armbrister. Her children were given the names "Henry" and "Helen".

Sources

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLMY-VV1 : 9 March 2018), Mary Agusta Armbrister Duncombe in entry for Harry Wil. Feversham Duncombe, 13 Oct 1870; citing St. David, Long Cay, Bahamas, reference 2; FHL microfilm 222,941. Establishes that a marriage occurred and that a son was born to the Duncombes.

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9F-H95 : 9 March 2018), Mary A. Armbrister Duncombe in entry for Frederick A. C. Duncombe, 14 Apr 1880; citing St. David Long Cay Crooked Island, Bahamas, reference 59; FHL microfilm 222,945.

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, 1909, for Mary Augusta Duncombe, Roll T715, 1897-1957, 1001-2000, Roll 1359. Mary Augusta was traveling with daughter, Ellen and son, Frederick.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-X44L : 9 August 2017), Mary Augusta Duncombe, 1916.