Son of Patrick Lombard (1830 - ) and Katherine Driscoll

Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the US in Apr 1880 with sisters, Ellen and Margaret. They arrived at the port of Boston, and settled in Keene, New Hampshire. He declared his intention to become a US citizen in 1906 and then, after waiting the required 5 years, returned to court in 1911 with a petition for Naturalization. Unable to write, he signed his petition for naturalization with an "X." Because of this lack of literacy, his petition was denied by a judge of the Superior Court in Keene.

He married Hannah Donovan on 10 Feb 1881 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. They had 11 children, 6 of whom died young:

. Kate Lombard (1882 - 1962)

+ sp: George Henry Comstock

. Ellen Lombard (1883 -

. Hannah Lombard (1888 - 1888)

. John Lombard, Jr. (1890 -

. Margaret Mary Lombard (1894 - 1963)

+ sp: Daniel Patrick Murphy (divorced)

. Mary Frances Lombard (1895 - 1987)

+ sp: Clarence Smith Dean (divorced)

. Nora Lombard (1897 - 1897)

. Julia Josephine Lombard (1898 - 1985)

+ sp: Frederick Isaac Barlow

. James J. Lombard (1899 - 1899)

. Cornelius Patrick Lombard (1900 - 1963)

+ sp: Martha S. Wilcox

. Michael John Lombard (1901 - 1901)

In 1900 he lived in Keene, New Hampshire, with wife and 4 daughters. He was a railroad worker.

In 1910 he lived in Keene with wife and 4 children. He was a railroad foreman. In 1920 he lived in Keene with wife and son Cornelius.

In 1930 and 1940, he lived in Keene with wife, daughter Margaret Murphy (married, but living without husband), and a grandson, Harold Lombard, born to Margaret before her marriage to Murphy.

He died of heart failure at the age of 88.

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The memorial for his sister, Ellen Lombard, is at Find A Grave # 117772504.