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Dublin / Misses Charlotte & Harriett DOWNES
« on: Saturday 18 July 15 14:36 BST (UK) »
I am researching my DOWNES family, William (a gardener) and Mary Downes (née Quigley, born in Athy), who married in Booterstown, presumably where Mary was then based.
They then lived in Clontarf and Killester, from at least 1824 to at least 1840, according to birth records of the 7 children. The youngest, my great-grandfather Thomas was born in Black Quarry, Several of his sisters were born in Seafield Avenue. Killester was the address given for one of the sons who died in 1840. All indications suggest the family was RC. There were a few Downes in north Dublin at the time and I wonder whether my William was connected to them. The whole family decamped at some point to Athavallie, Mayo, where Wm & Mary are buried. One of Thomas's children was born in Cloghran.
Over the years, the same Downes names have kept appearing in connection with Clontarf, especially the Misses Charlotte and Harriett Downes. Charlotte seems to have owned 15, The Crescent in 1848 (and was Abraham Stoker Sr’s landlady), and Harriett owned or let properties in Killester between 1847 and 1854. Between them, they seem to have inhabited and/or let out various north Dublin houses.
I have found no BMD or will records for these 2 ladies, nor have I been able to find property records apart from the Griffith’s entries. They may have been absentee landladies, but research in UK registers hasn’t turned up anything either. At a guess, I’d expect the Misses Downes to have been COI.
I’d like to eliminate them from my research, but don’t know where to go from here.
They then lived in Clontarf and Killester, from at least 1824 to at least 1840, according to birth records of the 7 children. The youngest, my great-grandfather Thomas was born in Black Quarry, Several of his sisters were born in Seafield Avenue. Killester was the address given for one of the sons who died in 1840. All indications suggest the family was RC. There were a few Downes in north Dublin at the time and I wonder whether my William was connected to them. The whole family decamped at some point to Athavallie, Mayo, where Wm & Mary are buried. One of Thomas's children was born in Cloghran.
Over the years, the same Downes names have kept appearing in connection with Clontarf, especially the Misses Charlotte and Harriett Downes. Charlotte seems to have owned 15, The Crescent in 1848 (and was Abraham Stoker Sr’s landlady), and Harriett owned or let properties in Killester between 1847 and 1854. Between them, they seem to have inhabited and/or let out various north Dublin houses.
I have found no BMD or will records for these 2 ladies, nor have I been able to find property records apart from the Griffith’s entries. They may have been absentee landladies, but research in UK registers hasn’t turned up anything either. At a guess, I’d expect the Misses Downes to have been COI.
I’d like to eliminate them from my research, but don’t know where to go from here.