I live in Adelaide in Australia and am seeking information on my Irish relatives James McComb/e (surname has been spelt as McComb and McCombe) born around 1815 in Co Armagh who married Maria Hudson (born around 1814 in Co Armagh) and who had (from my research so far) 3 children starting with Mary Jane born 28 April 1837 in Tandragee, Joseph born 24 October 1839 in Tandragee and John born 21 March 1843 also in Tandragee - Maria McComb/e died on 3 August 1870 in either Tandragee or Banbridge and it would appear that James died in March 1894 in Banbridge - at least 2 of James and Maria's children (Joseph and Mary Jane) came to live here in Adelaide in South Australia (Joseph in 1865 and Mary Jane possibly a few years earlier) where each married and started their own families. What I am really interested in learning more about (if possible) is whether James and Maria and their children travelled between Ireland and Scotland/England between 1839 when Joseph was born and late 1864 when Joseph came by ship from the UK to Australia arriving early in 1865. I am particularly interested in finding out more about Joseph because he married a Scottish lady named Annie Campbell here in Australia in 1869 but all my genealogy research cannot establish when Annie came to Australia and any of her heritage from the UK and/or Ireland - the story goes she was a titled lady who lived in a castle somewhere slightly north west of Glasgow (possibly around Inveraray where a Clan Campbell castle is located) and eloped with Joseph McComb/e and they came to Australia (possibly not together) as her parents would not support her marrying someone like Joseph who was apparently a footman or stablehand for the family (she was apparently disowned by her parents after coming to Australia). This eloping information was told to me by my now 89 year old mother who learnt it from her mother who was a daughter of Joseph and Annie McComb/e - apparently they even had a grainy black and white photo of the castle where Annie lived which was lost over time. I have a family tree on the Ancestry website and can give my name if anyone reading this might be a distant relative or knows more about the McComb/e family of Tandragee.

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