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Offline OzEnigma

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What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« on: Monday 29 October 07 11:07 GMT (UK) »
I keep hitting brick walls in my search for family information on the Downer family from Salisbury. I would love some more information on these people:

Edith M. Downer b.1875
Emily F. Downer b.1877
Agnes Beatrice Downer b.1879 - married Arthur Light in 1900
Maurice (or Morris) Edwin Downer b.1886

These were my grandmother's (Nellie's) siblings. Their parents' names were Edwin and Sarah Downer. I'd love to know who they married (hard to trace them without their married names) and what children they had. Does anyone here have access to that kind of information? Or maybe just point me in a direction where I might find info myself. I have some lovely old photos of some of these people but I can't positively identify them. If I can get in touch with some living relatives, they may be able to help. Many thanks for any help offered.
Dean/e   Valentine   (Lancashire/Cheshire)
McIntosh   Meldrum   (Inverness, Scotland)
Smiley   Benson   (County Tyrone, Ireland)
Downer   Cox   (Hampshire/Wiltshire)

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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 29 October 07 11:30 GMT (UK) »
Looks like a double wedding 1900 Salisbury June
Agnes Beatice Downer to Arthur Light,
Edna Mary Downer to George Smith.

Brionne.
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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 29 October 07 13:22 GMT (UK) »
How about putting an AD in the local rag for living Downers.You will probably find some.

         www.salisburyjournal.co.uk
Good luck,
Brionne.
   



   
       
Dyer,Wilts,Weare Somerset Dorset Wilts.
Weare/Robinson Ottawa Canada.Petty Wilts.
Simper Wilts.West Wilts.West Vermont.Kelsey Surrey.Chappell
Chapel Essex.McPherson,M Pherson MacPherson
Perthshire Scotland,Cork,Dublin,Drogheda Ireland.
Census information Crown Copy right from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 29 October 07 14:07 GMT (UK) »
You can find quite a lot post-1901 these days on http://freeBMD.rootsweb.com

The Maurice Edwin Downer from the 1901 census seems to have been registered at birth as Edwin Maurice Downer: Sep 1885 Alderbury, Wilts 5a 193

He seems to have married Jun 1906 Wilton, Wilts - possibly to Mabel Daisy Head: 5a 459

Full name for Emily seems to be Emily Fanny Downer, birth reg Sep 1876 Fordingbridge 2b 630

Anna
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 30 October 07 21:32 GMT (UK) »
Anna and Brionne - thank you very much for your help.
Dean/e   Valentine   (Lancashire/Cheshire)
McIntosh   Meldrum   (Inverness, Scotland)
Smiley   Benson   (County Tyrone, Ireland)
Downer   Cox   (Hampshire/Wiltshire)

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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 09 November 07 22:23 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
Maurice Edwin and Mabel Daisy moved to the Swansea/Port Talbot area of Wales where some of their descendants still live. Their children were:
Reginald Edwin M Downer 1906
Ernest Edgar Downer 1908
Nellie Blodwen Downer 1909
Doris E Downer 1910
Glenys I Downer 1916
Jocelyn C Downer 1919
Phyllis M  Downer 1923
Sibil A Downer 1930
DOWNER, JUPE, JOLLIFFE, EDMUNDS

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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 09 November 07 22:51 GMT (UK) »
Thank you very much for this extra information! Very useful.
Dean/e   Valentine   (Lancashire/Cheshire)
McIntosh   Meldrum   (Inverness, Scotland)
Smiley   Benson   (County Tyrone, Ireland)
Downer   Cox   (Hampshire/Wiltshire)

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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 10 November 07 15:44 GMT (UK) »
It occurs to me that there are 2 researchers from this tree on www.GenesReunited.com . If you search for Ernest Downer born 1908 in Salisbury and Wilton respectively you should find them.
DOWNER, JUPE, JOLLIFFE, EDMUNDS

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Re: What happened to the DOWNER family of Salisbury?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 11 November 07 01:19 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Ytene - I'm on GenesReunited and have sent off a message to one of those people. I'm probably the other one ...  :)
Dean/e   Valentine   (Lancashire/Cheshire)
McIntosh   Meldrum   (Inverness, Scotland)
Smiley   Benson   (County Tyrone, Ireland)
Downer   Cox   (Hampshire/Wiltshire)
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