Samuel McCOMBE was born in 1841, Lettermuck, Co Derry, Ireland, son of John McCOMBE and Mary McGUINESS. In 1846 at Henty (nr Sandford) he married Sarah Elizabeth HUMPHRIES, born 1849 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, daughter of Charles HUMPHRIES & Caroline SAMPSON.

Samuel and Sarah McCOMBE died in 1929 and 1936 respectively and both are buried in the Casterton Cemetery.

Samuel McCOMBE and Sarah Elizabeth HUMPHRIES had the following known family:

1. Mary Elizabeth McCOMBE b. 1867, Casterton, Vic, d. 1952, m. 1889 to Willian Callan SCHADE
2. Samuel Charles McCOMBE b. 1868, Casterton, Vic, d. 1958, m. 1895 to Lucy / Louisa Hannah GREY
3. Venie McCOMBE b. 1870, Casterton, Vic, d. 1960, m. 1891 to George Henry Leys PENTLAND
4. Charles Henry McCOMBE b. 1872, Casterton, Vic, d. 1873, Sandford, Vic.
5. Charles McCOMBE b. 1874, Casterton, Vic, d. 1875, Sandford, Vic.
6. Caroline Eliza Fanny McCOMBE b. 1876, Casterton, Vic, d. 1918, m. 1910 to Samuel French ROLPH
7. John McCOMBE b. 1878, Casterton, Vic, d. ........., m. 1904 to Rachel CRAWFORD
8. Thomas McCOMBE b. 1880, Casterton, Vic, d. 1968, m. 1912 to Agnes Mary CAMERON
9. William Sampson McCOMBE b. 1883, Casterton, Vic, d. 1967, m. 1912 to Elsie Ann WALLS
10. Sarah Ethel McCOMBE b. 1885, Casterton, Vic, d. ......, m. 1908 to Norman Leslie Martin HOLT
11. Francis Victor Glenelg McCOMBE b. 1888, Casterton, Vic, d. 1968, m. 1910 to Olive Jessie Emily GREENHAM
12. Henry George McCOMBE b. 1890, Casterton, Vic, d. 1960, m. 1912 to Annie BARRIE

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