Elizabeth Mary DISCOMBE [14256]

  General Notes:

Elizabeth arrived in Adelaide South Australia in 1854 with her parents when she was aged 7 years.

Her life seems a bit of a mystery. She seems to have had a child in 1866 under the name Discombe, in 1867 some people have a child with the name of Walter Patrick Kelly recorded as her child and then she has Amelia in 1870 whose father is said to be Charles Williams and another child named Charles Albert Wlliams born in 1873. To date I have found no evidence any marriages of Elizabeth Mary Discombe, but she is a possible partner of Alfred Thomas Dawes.

I have found the following births of
1. Lucy Discombe birth 17 Jan 1866 Mount Torrens mother Elizabeth Discomb page 206 vol 41 died 19 Jan 1866 Mount Torrens page 245 vol 22
2. William Patrick Kelly b. 2 Jun 1867 Adeliaide, father Patrick Kelly mother Elizabeth Discombe page 789 vol 33
3. Amelia Williams no birth rego found to date. Whilst Amelia's father is recorded on records as Williams, DNA matches on Ancestry.com in February 2024 with various Dawes descendants, indicate that her father was likely to be Alfred Thomas Dawes, though it is posible it may have been one of Alfred's brother's who was the biological father of this child.
Amelia would have been born when Alfred was 24 years of age if he is the biological father. His first child with Elizabeth Morgan was not born until 1873.

4. Charles Albert Williams born 17 Jun 1873 in Adelaide father listed as Charles Williams and Mother as Elizabeth Discombe page 714 vol 123.

Elizabeth had a relationship with Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] [MRIN: 5112], son of Charles DAWES [1280] and Elizabeth CHANDLER [1279]. (Alfred Thomas DAWES [1278] was born on 19 Aug 1846 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ²¹⁵⁸, christened on 25 Dec 1846 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia,²¹⁵⁹ died on 2 Nov 1936 in Garfield, Vic, Australia ^2160,2161 and was buried on 3 Nov 1936 in Bunyip, Vic, Australia ²¹⁶².)