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Robert Dunham b. 1798 Combe St. Nicholas - 23rd. March 1879 Combe St. Nicholas, Wed Mary Poole b. 1803 Ilminster - November 1884, Combe St. Nicholas, Robert and Mary Married abt 1827 at Combe St. Nicholas, Robert and Mary appear on the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 Census Returns, Mary also appears on the 1881 Census living with her Son in Law Charles Sealy and Family, Robert is listed on 1841,51 and 61 Census as a Farmer of 10 Acres 41 and 51, and 20 Acres in 1861, by 1871 Robert is aged 73 and a Butcher. A Mary Dinham, of Combe St. Nicholas was Jailed for 14 Days in July 1853, for Stealing Six Pounds of Potatoes, the property of R. Muckton, at Combe St. Nicholas, I don't know yet if this is the same Mary Dunham,
Children or Robert Dunham and Mary Poole
Robert Dunham b. 1827 Combe St. Nicholas - d. 9th. August 1868, Combe St. Nicholas
John Dinham b. 1831 Combe St. Nicholas - March 1903, Combe St. Nicholas
Sarah Dinham b. 1834 Combe St. Nicholas
Edward Dunham b. 1835 Combe St. Nicholas - Aft. 1911 Combe St. Nicholas
William Dinham B. 1837 Combe St. Nicholas - December 1850, Combe St. Nicholas
Ann Dinham b. 1 November 1838 Combe St. Nicholas
Mary Dinham b. 1842 Combe St. Nicholas - 1850 Combe St. Nicholas
John Dinham b. 1831 Combe St. Nicholas - d. March 1903 Combe St. Nicholas, Wed Mary Sealy, b. 1834 Combe St. Nicholas - d. December 1871, Combe St. Nicholas, John and Mary Married 4th. May 1857 at Combe St. Nicholas, John is listed on the 1841 and 1851 Census with his parents, John, Mary and children are listed together on the 1861 and 1871 Census, John appears as a Widow, with his Son Samuel in the 1881 Census, All Census are Combe St. Nicholas, John is listed as a Labourer on all. Mary was the Daughter of Templeman Bennett Sealy and Sister of Charles Sealy mentioned above
Children of John Dinham and Mary Sealy
William Dunham b. 25th. October 1857 Combe St. Nicholas - d. March 1938 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales
James Dunham b. 10th. October 1859 Combe St. Nicholas (See James below)
Charles Dinham b. 8th. April 1862 Combe St. Nicholas - d. June 1907 Bridport, Dorset
John Dunham b. 4th. September 1864 Combe St. Nicholas - d. 7th. December 1879 Combe St. Nicholas (Died when he fell through frozen ice on Chard Reservoir with is friend Charles Mitchem both Perished, Buried together at Combe St. Nicholas Parish Church)
Samuel Dinham b. 24th. May 1867 Combe St. Nicholas
Mary Ann Dinham b. 1st. November 1869 Combe St. Nicholas
1401 Private James Dunham 1/13th. Regiment Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) Photo about 1880
James Dunham was born 10th. October 1859, at Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, England, He is listed in the 1861 and 1871 Census for Combe St. Nicholas, James joined The 1/13th. Regiment Somerset Light Infantry, James was enlisted on 20 June 1877, at Pitminster by Captain H A Adair, he enlisted for 12 Years, 6 in the Colours and 6 in the Reserve, On the 26th. March 1978 James left Brecon for South Africa for operations in the Sekhukhune Campaign in North East Transval, James then served against the Zulu's at Zungwini, and provided cover for the Township of Utrecht, then to Hlobane, Khambula and Ulundi, James left South Africa, sailing on board H M S Euphrates, out of Durban, arriving back in Devonport, on 17th. September 1879, then onto Raglan Barracks, where he can be found on the 1881 Census, after 1881 he spent some time in Ireland, On the 22nd. December 1883 James Married his sweatheart Ellen Mitchem at the Parish Church in Combe St. Nicholas, Ellen Died in 1919, Aged 56, and is buried at Combe St. Nicholas Churchyard. James was discharged from the reserves on 20th. June 1889, James and Ellen both appear on the 1901 and 1911 Census, James moved to Dinder, near Wells in the 1930's to live with his Son Charles, towards the end of 1935 James became ill and was admitted to Wells Royal Infirmary and Died there on 30th. December 1935, he was buried at Dinder Parish Church on 3rd. January 1936.
Children of James and Ellen Dunham
John Dinham 17th. August 1884 - August 1894, Combe St. Nicholas
William Dunham 21st. March 1886 - before 1911, Combe St. Nicholas
Charles Dinham 19th. February 1890, Combe St. Nicholas - March 1971 Dinder, Wells
Arthur Frederick Dinham 12th. October 1892, Combe St. Nicholas - September 1969, Droxford, Hampshire
Alfred Dinham 19th. June 1897, Combe St. Nicholas - 2nd. May 1918, Loos, France (WWI)
William Dinham b. 25th. October 1857 Combe St. Nicholas - d. March 1938 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales, Wed Mary Dymond b. 1863 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales - d. March 1912 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales, William and Mary Married 25th. February 1886 at Neath Registry Office, Glamorgan, South Wales, William appears on the 1861 and 1871 Census with his parents, William is missing in 1881 Census, this could be because at the time of his marriage in 1886 he is listed as a Mariner, William and Mary both appear on the 1891 and 1901 Census for Port Talbot, William is a Gangman in 1891 and a Docks Laborer in 1901, Mary was the Daughter of Henry Dymond of Devonshire.
Children of William Dinham and Mary Dymond
Edward Dinham b. 26th. December 1886, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales - d. September Qtr. 1887 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales
Mary Emily Dinham b. September Qtr. 1888 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales - d. 1888 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales
Minnie Sealy Dinham b. December Qtr. 1889 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales - March Qtr. 1922, Newport, Monmouthshire
William John Dinham b. December Qtr. 1891 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales - 21st. June 1983 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales
Mary May Dinham b. August 1894 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales
Archibald Dinham b. 7th. July 1897 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales - 6th. October 1973 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales
Archibald Dinham and Annie Warren Photo Taken about 1969
Archibald Dinham b. 7th. July 1897 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales - 6th. October 1973 Baglan, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales Wed Annie Warren b. September Qtr. 1898 Warrington, Lancashire, England - d. 12th. November 1979, Baglan, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, South Wales Archie appears on the Census of 1901 with his parents, Annie appears on the 1901 Census with her parnets, Archie spent the whole of his working life as a Laborer and Coal Tippler at Port Talbot Docks, Archie and Annie celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1971, at Pien Antolin's, Ros - A - Mar Restaurant, Port Talbot
Children of Archibald Dinham and Annie Warren
Hilda Betty Dinham b.1922 - d. 1989
Frederick John Dinham b. 1925 - d. 2002
Ronald Kenneth Dinham b.1926 - d. 1997
Dorothy Dinham b.1928
Graham Dinham b.1934
Jeffrey Dinham b. 1937
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