James Bell Domville MD [Medicinae Doctor] (1778-1846) was a grandson of Edmund Dumville (c1701-1762) and his first wife Sarah (d 1736).
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James Bell Domville MD 1778-1846 |
father: Henry Domville (1725-1789) mother: Margaret Bell born: 1 September 1778 in Edinburgh died: 20 June 1846 in Paignton notes: Surgeon RN. Inspector-General of Hospitals Greenwich. See Service at the foot of this page. |
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wife: Sarah Rebecca Smith (1786-1825), married: (1) 3 April 1806 at St Margaret's Westminster father: William Smith (Auctioneer, d 1799) mother: Elizabeth Pickering (daughter of Edmund and Rebecca Pickering) died/buried: 23 December 1825 in Greenwich, buried in St Alphege Church, Greenwich children: Elizabeth Margaret Domville (1810-1882) Katherine Domville (died young) Dudley Smith Domville (1815-1835) James William Domville (1817-1883) Henry Jones Domville (1818-1888) David Edward Domville (1820-1866) William Thomas Domville (1822-1879) John Smith Domville (b 1823) Edmund Charles Domville (1825-1901) Sarah Charlotte Domville (died young), of Greenwich |
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wife: Mary Efford Kellock (1794-1859), married: (2) 13 May 1828 father: William Kellock (b 1796) mother: Mary Kellock née Berry (b 1768) great-grandfather: Alexander Kellock (d 1776) born: 1794 in Modbury, Devon siblings: John Alexander Kellock (b 1792 in Modbury, Devon) William Kellock (b 1796 in Modbury, Devon) Catherine Kellock (b 1798 in Modbury, Devon) Susan Kellock (b 1802 in Modbury, Devon) children: Edward Acheson Domville (1829-1880) Charles Kellock Domville (1831-1904) notes: Mary and her sister Catherine opened a school at 3 Bexley Place, Greenwich just before 1827, when the school is listed in Pigott's Directory. Among the pupils were the sons of her husband James (1778-1849) and his first wife Sarah (1786-1825). James was the Deputy Inspector of Hospitals in the Navy, at Greenwich Hospital. At some time between the Census of 1841 and the making of his will in 1845, James and Mary retired to Paignton in Devon. |
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| Children of James Bell Domville MD (1778-1849) and Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) | |
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Elizabeth Margaret Domville 1810-1882 |
father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) born: January 1810 died: 15 May 1882 in Sherborne children: William Bradford Elizabeth Bradford Richard Bradford (born 5 May 1847, married Laura Carter) Alfred Bradford Sarah Mary Bradford (married E.H. Coleridge) |
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husband: William Bradford (1804-1867) born: 1804 died: 1867 note: See pages 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Alwyne H.B. Coleridge's Family Trees for Bradfords, Coopers and Coleridges. |
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Katherine Domville |
father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) note: died very young |
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Dudley Smith Domville 1815-1835 |
father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) born: 7 December 1815 in Greenwich, London died: April 1835 of Yellow Fever in Port Royal, Jamaica occupation: Midshipman, Royal Navy note: did not marry |
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James William Domville 1817-1883 |
Lieutenant General James William Domville, also of Canada father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) born: 22 August 1817 in Greenwich, London died: 19 November 1883 in Canada, buried probably in St. Johns, New Brunswick notes: There was a small British settlement in British Honduras, which the British considered their colony since 1798, and where they established a military garrison. British Honduras grew into a more official colony during the early 1800s, becoming a Crown colony in 1862, administered from Jamaica. The commander of the military garrison during the years 1840-1880 (approximately), was Lt. General James W. Domville of the Royal Artillery, son of Dr James Bell Domville. There is an arriving passenger and crew list from New York dated 4 December 1844 listing James Domville, Mrs. Fanny Domville, and Charles James Domville age 2, in transit from St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) to England. Source: Jennifer MacGillivray On retirement, General Domville moved to Canada and is listed in the Census of 1881 with his wife Fanny, both age 60, in the town of Rothesay, Kings County, New Brunswick. |
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wife: Frances (Fanny) Brind Gow née Usher, married: 1844 in British Honduras father: Hon. William Usher (Archbishop) born: c1818 in England died: in Rothesay, New Brunswick, buried probably in St. Johns, New Brunswick area first husband: William Gow (died October 1838 of a brain fever) Source: Jennifer MacGillivray children (of first marriage): William George Gow (born August 1838, brought up by the Gow family, educated in Scotland and England) Source: Jennifer MacGillivray, who is a great-granddaughter of William George Gow James William Domville né Gow (1842-1921, adopted by James William Domville (1817-1883), and used the name James William Domville thereafter) |
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Henry Jones Domville 1818-1888 |
Inspector-General Henry Jones Dumville CB [Companion of the Order of the Bath] MD JP [Justice of the Peace], Honorary Physician to the Queen born: 16 December 1818 in Greenwich died: 8 July 1888 in Paignton father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) notes: Served in the Syrian Campaign of 1840 and in the Revenge at St Jean d'Acre in the same year. Served on the voyage to Australia and New Zealand in 1841-43 of HMS Tortoise, a sailing ship built in Bombay in 1784 of 986 tons and 150 feet in length, in the charge of Commander James Wood. Source: Don Armitage, author of The Voyage of HMS Tortoise to Australia and NZ 1841-3 and other works. Served on HMS Tiger at the bombardment of Odessa of 1854. (See biography.) |
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wife: Felicia Anna Pickard (1819-1888), married: 1847 father: Captain J. Pickard RN |
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David Edward Domville 1820-1866 |
Rev. David Edward Domville, also of Penzance, St. Ives and Dartmouth father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) born: 29 July 1820 in Greenwich died: 13 April 1866 in Dartmouth occupation: Vicar of St. Ives, Chaplain RN and Naval Instructor |
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wife: Mary Jane Stubb, married: 18 July 1847 in St. Marks Kennington born: 7 December 1824 in Newfoundland died: 2 February 1878 in Dartmouth children: Edward James Domville (1848-1925) Mary Jane Domville (b 1850) Ewen Francis Domville (1851-1912) William Henry Domville (1854-1854) Agnes Elizabeth Domville (1855-1863) |
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William Thomas Domville 1822-1879 |
William Thomas Domville CB MD father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) born: 14 March 1822 in Greenwich, London died: 1879 in Haslar, Portsmouth notes: Surgeon RN. Served on HMS Resolute in the Arctic in 1853 during the search for Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin. Domville Point in Wellington Channel in the Arctic is named after him. Sources: 'Personal narrative of the discovery of the NW passage' by Alexander Armstrong, 1857, and 'Narrative of a boat expedition up the Wellington Channel' by R McCormick, 1854. Served on HMS Eurydice, Inspector–General of Hospitals and Fleets, Commanding Officer at Royal Hospital Haslar (appointed 13 November 1877). Sources: Don Armitage and Haslar Heritage Group, where there is a photograph of him (second row, second column). (See biography.) |
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John Smith Domville b 1823 |
father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) born: 25 December 1823 in Greenwich, London died: in Germany note: did not marry |
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Edmund Charles Domville 1825-1901 |
Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Charles Domville father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) born: 11 October 1825 in Greenwich, London died: 25 May 1901 in Paignton occupation: Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marines. Light Infantry. Staff Officer of Pensioners. |
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wife: Ellen Churchweed children: Annie Domville (b c1850) Ellen (Nellie) Domville (c1850-1921) Alice Domville (b c1850) |
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Sarah Charlotte Domville |
father: James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846) mother: Sarah Rebecca Domville née Smith (1786-1825) note: died very young |
| Child of James William Domville (1817-1883) and Frances (Fanny) Brind Gow née Usher (b c1818) | |
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James William Domville 1842-1921 |
Lieutenant Colonel and Senator James William Domville father: William Gow (died October 1838 of a brain fever) Source: Jennifer MacGillivray adoptive father: James William Domville (1817-1883) mother: Frances (Fanny) Brind Gow née Usher (b c1818) born: 29 November 1842 in British Honduras died: 30 July 1921 in St. Johns, New Brunswick notes: James Domville, the son of Frances (Gow) and adopted son of James Domville, was educated at Woolwich Military College, in Bonn, Germany, and in St Cyr, France. He rejoined his mother and adopted father in the Caribbean in 1858. In 1866 he arrived in St John, New Brunswick where he commenced business as a merchant, establishing direct trade between New Brunswick and the British West Indies, and other commercial ventures. In 1867 he married Isabella, daughter of William Henry Scovill of St John with whom he had seven children. Beginning in 1869, Lt Col Domville was, for most of the rest of his life, associated with the volunteer militia. In 1869 he organized the Eighth Princess Louise New Brunswick Hussars and commanded that unit for twenty years. In his military capacity, he accompanied (Sir) Wilfred Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, to England for the celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (1887), and was presented to Her Majesty. On the political scene, he was elected to the House of Commons in 1872 as the representative for Kings, New Brunswick, and held that seat until defeated in the election of 1882. On 20 April 1903 he was called to the Senate. See Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. |
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wife: Isabella Scovill, married: 1867 in St. Johns, New Brunswick father: William Henry Scovill mother: Margaret L Scovill née Wetmore Lee born: 23 July 1846 in St. Johns, New Brunswick died: 1938 in St. Johns, New Brunswick children: Fannie Domville (b 22 January 1868 in St. Johns, New Brunswick) James William Domville (b 1870 in Rothesay, New Brunswick, d 1954 in Montreal, Quebec) Henry Domville (b c1871) Mary Lucretia Domville (b 22 May 1873 in Rothesay, New Brunswick) Belle Domville (also known as Isabel, b 20 September 1875 in Rothesay, New Brunswick) Bessie Domville (also known as Elizabeth A, b 6 February 1881 in Rothesay, New Brunswick, m WC Earle) Edward Domville (b 25 April 1889 in Rothesay, New Brunswick, d 4 August 1956 in St. Johns, New Brunswick, m John H Davidson) |
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| Children of David Edward Domville (1820-1847) and Mary Jane Domville née Stubb (1824-1878) | |
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Edward James Domville 1848-1925 |
father: David Edward Domville (1820-1847) mother: Mary Jane Domville née Stubb (1824-1878) born: 14 September 1848 died: 30 October 1925 |
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wife: Lucy Danby, married: 14 June 1877 in Francis Exeter born: 16 April 1852 died: 21 August 1936 children: David William Edward Domville (1880-1908) Stella Rose Blanche Domville (1881-1967) |
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Mary Jane Domville b 1850 |
Sister Muriel father: David Edward Domville (1820-1847) mother: Mary Jane Domville née Stubb (1824-1878) born: 19 May 1850 |
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Ewen Francis Domville 1851-1912 |
father: David Edward Domville (1820-1847) mother: Mary Jane Domville née Stubb (1824-1878) born: 24 July 1851 in St Ives died: 15 November 1912 in Paignton, buried at Collaton St Mary occupation: Commander RN |
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wife: Bertha Maude Beatrice Baker née Walker, married: 9 August 1900 in St Peter's Bedford father: T Osborne Walker note: widow of Geoffery Lowbridge Baker (Surgeon RN) |
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William Henry Domville 1854-1854 |
father: David Edward Domville (1820-1847) mother: Mary Jane Domville née Stubb (1824-1878) born: 6 June 1854 died: 5 September 1854 in St Ives |
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Agnes Elizabeth Domville 1855-1863 |
father: David Edward Domville (1820-1847) mother: Mary Jane Domville née Stubb (1824-1878) born: 12 September 1855 in St Ives died: 5 November 1863 |
| Children of Edmund Charles Domville (1825-1901) and Ellen Domville née Churchweed | |
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Annie Domville b c1850 |
father: Edmund Charles Domville (1825-1901) mother: Ellen Domville née Churchweed born: c1850 children: Sidney William Helen Alice Agnes McKenna (married 15 August 1898 Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs (b 1 May 1877, Novelist), d 7 October 1939, son Anthony Gibbs) |
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| husband: Reverend WJ McKenna, married: (2) | |
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Ellen (Nellie) Domville c1850-1921 |
father: Edmund Charles Domville (1825-1901) mother: Ellen Domville née Churchweed born: c1850 died: 1921 children: Blanche Llewellyn (1876-1969, m Walter Carew, Vicar of Burleigh) Helen Llewellyn (b 1877, m R Scott) Evan Llewellyn (1879-1970, m Aileen Monaut, children Thora Llewellyn (b 1907) and Llewellyn Wynne Lloyd Llewellyn (b 1910)) George St John Llewellyn (1887-1966, m Marjory Norman) |
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husband: Walter Llewellyn died: 1906 |
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Alice Domville b c1850 |
father: Edmund Charles Domville (1825-1901) mother: Ellen Domville née Churchweed born: c1850 note: did not marry |
| One of the children of James William Domville (1842-1921) and Isabella Domville née Scovill (d 1938) | |
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James William Domville 1870-1954 |
father: James William Domville (1842-1921) mother: Isabella Domville née Scovill (d 1938) born: 1870 in Rothesay, New Brunswick died: 1954 in Montreal, Quebec notes: James Domville was a very successful industrialist in Montreal. In 1915 he bought property in St Therese, where he built his house and where the Academie Ste-Therese stands today. This area was later incorporated into the resort town of Rosemere. He and his wife lived in this house until early 1940 when they moved to an apartment on Sherbrooke street, Montreal. Unfortunately the Rosemere house was destroyed by fire in 1957. James Domville was a very militant Liberal and a friend of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who visited him at Rosemere a number of times. |
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wife: Adele de Beaujeu, married: in Coteau, Quebec born: in Rothesay, New Brunswick note: Adele de Beaujeu was a descendant of an old Canadian family. children: James de Beaujeu Domville (b 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, d 1917 serving in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I) Henri de Gaspe Domville (b in Montreal, Quebec, d c1943 in the East Indes in World War II) Anne de Beaujeu Domville (b in Montreal, Quebec) Charles de Conquevil Domville (b in Montreal, Quebec) |
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| Children of Edward James Domville (1848-1925) and Lucy Domville née Danby (1852-1936) | |
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David William Edward Domville 1880-1908 |
father: Edward James Domville (1848-1925) mother: Lucy Domville née Danby (1852-1936) born: 6 March 1880 in Exeter died: 25 August 1908 notes: Captain in the Devonshire Regiment. Served in South Africa where he picked up the germ that led to his fatal illness at Queens College, Oxford, while preparing for Ordination. (See photograph.) |
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wife: Helen Marguerite Meugens, married: 30 September 1905 in St Saviours, Paddington father: Marc Meugens of London and Calcutta |
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Stella Rose Blanche Domville 1881-1967 |
father: Edward James Domville (1848-1925) mother: Lucy Domville née Danby (1852-1936) born: 21 October 1881 died: 16 June 1967 note: did not marry |
Information for this page was provided by Don Armitage, Halsey Bradford, the late Alwyne H.B. Coleridge, Ros Coleridge, Alan Domville, Rob Domville, Clifford Dumville, the late Martin Dunville, Alastair Kellock, Jennifer MacGillivray (a great-granddaughter of William George Gow b 1838), Adam Marshall, the late Mrs. Mary Ross-Ross née Domville, and Hilary Soper (a descendant of William Kellock b 1796).
James Domville MD (1778-1846) Service
| Ship | Entry | Quality | Discharge |
| Juno | 5 October 1798 | Mate | 2 May 1800 |
| Queen | 6 May 1800 | Mate | 28 October 1800 |
| Belleisle | 29 October 1800 | Mate | 11 November 1800 |
| Royal George | 12 November 1800 | Mate | 24 April 1802 |
| Ulysses | 1 July 1802 | Mate | 24 December 1802 |
| Hornet | 25 December 1802 | Surgeon | 29 March 1803 |
| Ulysses | 30 March 1803 | Surgeon | 7 March 1804 |
| Blenheim | 8 March 1804 | Surgeon | 14 November 1804 |
| Mosquito | 20 November 1804 | Surgeon | 20 May 1805 |
| Flora | 21 May 1805 | Surgeon | 26 September 1808 |
| Utile | 27 September 1808 | Surgeon | 3 December 1810 |
Source: The National Archives ADM 104/30 "Surgeon Services 1742–1815" page 318,
with the kind assistance of Alistair Bodkin.
James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846): Second Marriage
Henry Jones Domville CB MD JP (1818-1888), son of James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846)
William Thomas Domville CB MD RN (1822-1879), son of James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846)
Photograph of Captain David William Edward Domville, Devonshire Regiment (1880-1908), great-grandson of James Bell Domville MD (1778-1846)
Alwyne H.B. Coleridge: Introduction to his Family Tree of the Domvilles