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Mary Ann Osborne
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TitleMary Ann Osborne
Alternative NameMary Ann CoombeSummaryA woman of Selwyn who signed the 1893 Suffrage petitionDescription1892 Suffrage Petition - 448/254
1893 Suffrage Petition - page 185
1893 Electoral Roll - no 554
First NameMaryMiddle NameAnnLast NameOsborneDate of Birth1838Place of BirthSt Austell, Cornwall, EnglandDate of Death26 August 1907Place of DeathAnnat, Selwyn, Canterbury, New ZealandAge at Death69 yearsParents or Next of KinThomas Osborne
Nancy Allen
William Henry CoombeOther Biographical InformationMary Ann Osborne was born around 1838 in St Austell, Cornwall, daughter of Thomas Osborne and Nancy nee Allen. The 1861 census shows her with her family, her father was a tin miner, whilst Mary, her sister and mother were working in a China Clay Works. This may have been the Wheal Martyn Clay Mine, now a heritage Park. Later that year, aged 24, she married William Henry Coombe (Coumbe) on August 1st at the small settlement of Treverbyn, St Austell. At the time of the marriage she was living on Ashes Park Road, Treverbyn. In 1871 the family were still in Treverbyn where William was a clay miner, with six children. At some time after that the family came to New Zealand and by 1887 William was buying land in Annat where he farmed. Mary was aged 56 when she signed the 1892 Suffrage Petition page 448/254 and then the 1893 Suffrage Petition on page 185 on the same page as her daughter, E. Jane Broomfield. She was enrolled to vote in the 1893 election as number 554. Sadly, she died August 26 1907 in Springfield, aged 69, after a long illness and was buried in Kowai Pass Cemetery. Her epitaph calls her a loving mother, true and kind. William and their youngest daughter Henrietta remained at Annat until 1908 when they moved to the West Coast after Henrietta married Thomas Hayden. William died in Greymouth in 1919.
England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 FHL Film Number: 1596277 Reference ID:item 30 p 7
Findagrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185474072/mary-coumbe
Death Notice - Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14462, 28 August 1907, Page 12
Alternative NameMary Ann CoombeSummaryA woman of Selwyn who signed the 1893 Suffrage petitionDescription1892 Suffrage Petition - 448/2541893 Suffrage Petition - page 185
1893 Electoral Roll - no 554
First NameMaryMiddle NameAnnLast NameOsborneDate of Birth1838Place of BirthSt Austell, Cornwall, EnglandDate of Death26 August 1907Place of DeathAnnat, Selwyn, Canterbury, New ZealandAge at Death69 yearsParents or Next of KinThomas OsborneNancy Allen
William Henry Coombe
Other Biographical InformationMary Ann Osborne was born around 1838 in St Austell, Cornwall, daughter of Thomas Osborne and Nancy nee Allen. The 1861 census shows her with her family, her father was a tin miner, whilst Mary, her sister and mother were working in a China Clay Works. This may have been the Wheal Martyn Clay Mine, now a heritage Park. Later that year, aged 24, she married William Henry Coombe (Coumbe) on August 1st at the small settlement of Treverbyn, St Austell. At the time of the marriage she was living on Ashes Park Road, Treverbyn. In 1871 the family were still in Treverbyn where William was a clay miner, with six children. At some time after that the family came to New Zealand and by 1887 William was buying land in Annat where he farmed. Mary was aged 56 when she signed the 1892 Suffrage Petition page 448/254 and then the 1893 Suffrage Petition on page 185 on the same page as her daughter, E. Jane Broomfield. She was enrolled to vote in the 1893 election as number 554. Sadly, she died August 26 1907 in Springfield, aged 69, after a long illness and was buried in Kowai Pass Cemetery. Her epitaph calls her a loving mother, true and kind. William and their youngest daughter Henrietta remained at Annat until 1908 when they moved to the West Coast after Henrietta married Thomas Hayden. William died in Greymouth in 1919. England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 FHL Film Number: 1596277 Reference ID:item 30 p 7
Findagrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185474072/mary-coumbe
Death Notice - Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14462, 28 August 1907, Page 12
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Subject (Keywords)Suffrage AnnatPlaceAnnat
PlaceAnnatMilitary Service
Memorial or CemeteryKowai Pass Cemetery, Springfield
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Mary Ann Osborne. Selwyn Stories, accessed 15/06/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/5630