Walter Kelsall Duncombe (1878 - 1931)

Born 12 Dec 1878 in Long Cay, Crooked Island, Bahamas

Ancestors

Died 28 Nov 1931 at age 52 in Lagos, Nigeria, Africa

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Walter Duncombe is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Walter Kelsall Duncombe was born December 1878 in Long Cay, Crooked Island, Bahamas to the Reverend William Waddell Duncombe and Mary Augusta Armbrister Duncombe.

Like his brothers, he joined the Colonial Service and was resident justice in The Bight, Cat Island before 1903. He accepted a position in Nigeria, in 1905, as Supervisor of Customs, and by 1911, he was Provincial Collector of Customs in southern Nigeria. He was eventually promoted to Chief Controller, His Majesty's Customs, Lagos, Nigeria.

Walter K Duncombe married Dorothy Helen Smith, daughter of Robert George and Clarissa Anne Smith, 16 February 1911 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Charfield, Gloucestershire, England. The couple had a daughter, in 1913, they called Clarissa Mary Comfort Duncombe.

Walter Kelsall Duncombe, Freemason, died in Lagos, Nigeria 28 November 1931 at 52 years of age.

Sources

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL96-QG8 : 9 March 2018), W. W. Duncombe in entry for Walter Kelsall Duncombe, 12 Dec 1878; citing St. David, Long Cay, Crooked Island, Bahamas, reference 149.

The Morning Post, London, England, 10 February 1905.

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 for Walter K Duncombe, Roll T715, 1897-1957, 1907, 1001-2000 Roll 1046.

Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, 1911, Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Charfield, Gloucestershire, for Walter Kelsall Duncombe.

Clifton Society, Bristol, England, 23 February 1911.

1911 England Census for Walter Kelsall Duncombe, Wimbledon, Surrey. He and Dorothy were visiting/residing with Dorothy's brother-in-law.

England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 for Walter Kelsall Duncombe, United Grand Lodge of England, 1910-1921, 1916 Petitioner, Nigeria Lodge, Membership Registers: Country Q, 3689-4385.

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Walter Kelsall Duncombe Liverpool, England, 1927 May. Nigeria to England.

"Deaths". Cheltenham Chronicle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, 5 December 1931.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, 1932, for Walter Kelsall Duncombe.