French Connection

 

My cousin Colin is contemplating the purchase of a property in France and found he was corresponding with Antoinette Coombes. Below is a copy of the letter he received from her husband.

I thought our name was derived from Cwm welsh for a small valley.

Also I wonder if there is any connection with the wine and the name on the Eiffel Tower and place names

see Interesting Sightings

Dear Mr. Antrobus,

Very strange that your mother's family were Coombes. My father's family comes from Silverton, nr. Exeter where the name was very common, also at Bradnich nr. Exeter. I have some research which shows that ?? De Cumbe comes from Brittany after William the Conqueror  and settled as farmers around Exeter having sailed up the Exe river and  the name derived from that over the centuries.
If your family came from above perhaps we are related!! Perhaps we have French blood in us as well!!
If You family history ties in with any of the above I would be most interested to know.

Sincerely

Peter Coombes

 

 

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