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At St. James Church, Port Hill, by Rev. H.B. Swabey, A.B., on the 19th inst., Mr. William Newcombe, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. Peter McDouglad, Canada [Rd], Lot 13. The Islander March 6 1868

In the 1881 census, in Lot 13:
William Newebrule 47, Elenor Ann Newebrule 33
Sarah J. Newebrule 12, William H. Newebrule 11, Mary Ann Newebrule 10 John Alex Newebrule 9, George S. Newebrule 7
Louisa Ann Newebrule 5, Peter Louis Newebrule 3
Elisa Bell Newebrule 1

In the 1891 census:
William Newermbe 57, Elmor A Newermbe 43, William H Newermbe 21, Mary A Newermbe 20, John A Newermbe 19
George S Newermbe 17, Lousia B Neweomb 15, Peater L Neweomb 13, Ida B Neweomb 11
Richard E Neweomb 8, Agnis Neweomb 6, Arthur R Neweomb 4, James Neweomb 2/12

In the 1901 census:
Wm Newcombe 65, Elennor Newcombe 51, John Newcombe 29, Swaluy Newcombe 26
Louis Newcombe 22, Ernest Newcombe 18, Elizo A Newcombe 16
Arthur R Newcombe 14, Charles B. Newcombe 9, Edna G Newcombe 7

Obituary from PEI Ancestry: She leaves to mourn four daughters and six sons, namely: Mrs. Annie Ellis, at home; Mrs. Major Milligan, Portage [Ida Belle] ; Mrs. W. J. Hutchinson, Lot 17; Gertrude at home; William, Wellesley Hills; John at home; Lewis, Wollaston, Mass.; Ernest and Arthur, Northam; and Charles, Tyne Valley.

Name Mrs. Eleanor Newcomb
Age 87
Residence Northam
Date of Death 11 June 1935
Entry Number 284
Source RG19/s2/ss6: Death registration books, 1935

 

There to Here, a history of Northam, by Roy Newcombe:

William Newcombe and family emigrated from Devonshire, England settled in Royalty where he worked in a furniture factory moving to Port Hill at a later date. It is believed that he claimed the property (free lease) on one of his trips to the Island, as he was a shipwright and made trips on a regular basis. The property was passed-on to son William Newcombe (1835) who married Eleanor MacDougall (1848), daughter of Peter and Eliza (Ellis) MacDougall of Tyne Valley, in 1868. They had 13 children:
-Sarah Josephine (1868) married Alex Ramsay of Northam, moved to the New Hampshire area and had five children: Earle, Minnie, Harold, Eleanor and Dorothy.
-William (1870) married Bertha (Roberta) Taylor of Freetown and lived in the Boston area. They had one son, Leslie.
-Mary Ann Penrose (1871) married William Ramsay (1871) of Northam.
-John (Jack) Alexander (1872) married Barbara Williams (1877)
-George Swabey (1874) did not marry, not named in 1935 obit.
-Louisa Ann (1876) married Archibald MacAusland of Tyne Valley and had five children: Ernest, Olive, Agnes, Major and Roberta. After Archibald's death, Louisa moved to the Boston area and re-married, this time to George Ellis.
-Peter Lewis (1878) married Rosella Williams, daughter of Robert and Lavina Williams of Poplar Grove, moved to the Boston area, and had four children: Eleanor, Kenneth, Marion and Edna.
-Ida Belle (1880) married Major Milligan (1878), (refer to Edgar Milligan)
-Richard Ernest (1882) married Ethel Gardiner (1892) moved to Birch Hill and had four children: Gardiner, Elton, William and Gwenythe.
-Eliza Agnes (1884) married William James Hutchinson (1860) of Lot 16 and had two
daughters: Lillian and Ruth.
-Arthur Roy (1887) married Marie Pauptit, (refer to Roy and Muriel Newcombe)
-Charles Bayfield (1892) married Emily Maynard (1895) of Northam moved to Tyne Valley and had three children: Muriel, Horace and Delores.
-Edna Gertrude (1894) did not marry.