Combo Family Genealogy
Scope and Contents
Histories, 1994-2002, tracing the lineage of the Combo family, originally from County Cork, Ireland and later Houghton, Michigan. The collection includes a Combo family history book created for the 2002 family reunion, pedigree charts, notes, transcribed articles, obituaries, and other ephemera.
Dates
- 1994-2002
Language of Material
English
Conditions Governing Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
James Eugene Combo and Julia Shea married in County Cork, Ireland. They ventured to the United States and eventually settled in Houghton County in the late 1800s. They had six children. James Combo passed away in Houghton in 1882. At some point after her husband's death, Julia Combo moved to Butte, Montana. She died in Butte in 1915 at the age of 83. Her son James took her by train back to Michigan to be buried next to her husband. The couple is buried together in Forest Hills Cemetery in Houghton, Michigan.
Extent
0.18 cubic feet (1 manuscript box (1/2 letter size))
Abstract
Histories, 1994-2002, tracing the lineage of the Combo family, originally from County Cork, Ireland and later Houghton, Michigan.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
- Title
- Combo Family Genealogy
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lindsay Hiltunen
- Date
- 07/02/2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository