Anna Odessa (Banks) Coombs (abt. 1866 - 1894)

Born about 1866 in Melvern Square, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of John Benjamin Coombs III — married 1 Jul 1885 (to about 1894) in Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 1894 at about age 28 in Virgina East Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Anna was born about 1866. She was the daughter of Obadiah Banks and Margaret Moody. When Annie Odessa Banks was born in 1866, her father, Obadiah Banks, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Riley, was 40.

In 1885, she married John Benjamin Coombs.^[1]

They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1881. She died in 1894, in Virginia East, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 28.

Children (4)

Charles Emerson Coombs Male 1886–1965

Frank Leonard Coombs Male 1888–1974

Margaret Odessa Coombs Female 1892–Deceased

Elsie Coombs Female 1894–1894

Sources

1. ↑ 1 Jul 1885 at Clementsport, by licence, by Rev. J.M. PARKER, Baptist at Clementsport, John B. COOMBS, aged 23, bachelor, farmer, of and born in Virginia [East], son of John and Frances COOMBS, farmer, AND, Odesie BANKS, aged 19, spinster, of Virginia, born in Melvern Square, daughter of Obediah and Margaret BANKS, farmer. (Annapolis County Marriage Register 1885, page 166, no. 47)

"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D7-D8K : 7 April 2022), Annie O Banks in household of Obediah Banks, Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

"Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6B-F35 : 2 March 2021), Anna O Banks in household of Obadiah Banks, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Obadiah Banks, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

"Canada, Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRF-27GJ : 9 March 2021), Annie Odessa Banks in entry for Charles Emerson Coombs, 14 May 1886; citing Birth, Virginia East, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number 990653, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

"Canada, Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8R8L-P23Z : 22 July 2021), Odesse Benks in entry for Margeret A Combs Spearman, 6 Jun 1892; citing Birth, Virginia East, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

J. Furber Marshall, A Banks Family of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, p. 187, Volume 7, Number 2, 1977.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 February 2019), memorial page for Odessa Banks Coombs (1866–1894), Find A Grave Memorial no. 196555879, citing Clementsvale Cemetery, Clementsvale, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Angie Mckay-Drew (contributor 48444970) .