Samuel DOWNTON

[smeghead]

SAMUEL WAS BORN WILTON WILTSHIRE 1833 LOOKING FOR WIFE OR FAMILY CAN ANYONE HELP PS FATHER WAS WILLIAM DOWNTON       JIM

[cheryle.f]

 Hi Jim....these may or may not be his parents but i'll post incase they do turn out to be related.

             Wiltshire Memorial Inscriptions

              Martha Downton     5 May 1865  age 76 Wilton Wiltshire

              William Downton     7 May 1855  age 72 Wilton Wiltshire
              Husband of Martha
              Ref Num 124269           

              best wishes cheryle.f

             

[cheryle.f]

  Hi ...it looks like they were not his parents but his dad had died or left them as his mum had married again by 1841.

       Living in South Street Wilton in 1841

       Martha Andrews  90  Inf
       Sophia Hichard 25
       Issac Penny 55 Ag Lab
       Mary Penny 55
       Samuel Downton 7
       Jane Downton 3  all of this parish

       regards cheryle.f

[krisesjoint]

Sorry I cannot see Samuel in the 1871 census. I tried 1851 Wilton to see if he was there at that time and did not find him then in Wilton either. Here are the Downtons in the Parish of Wilton and Ditchampton in 1851 including William and Martha

HO107/1848

Folio 29 Page 7
South Street
PENNY Isaac 68 Gardener Wilton, Wiltshire
PENNY Mary 69 Wife Wilton, Wiltshire
DOWNTON Grandson 17 Ag Lab Wilton,
Wiltshire

Folio 30 Page 11
Mill Lane
CHALK Sarah Widow/er 67 Pauper parish Clerks Widow/er Wilton, Wiltshire
HASKETT Sarah 36 Needlewoman Wilton, Wiltshire
DOWNTON John Lodger Widow/er 65 Pauper Carpet Worker Wilton, Wiltshire

Folio 49 Page 11
North Street
DOWNTON George 35 Rug Weaver Wilton Wilts
DOWNTON Lydia 34 Wilton Wilts
DOWNTON Sarah 5 Scholar Wilton Wilts
DOWNTON Nathaniel; 3 Scholar Wilton Wilts
DOWNTON Mary 1 Wilton Wilts
FELTHAM Sarah Lodger 75 Pauper Washerwoman Broad Chalk


Folio 69 Page 1
Ditchampton
DOWNTON Isaac 30 Rag Gatherer Wilton Wilts
DOWNTON Diana 36 Haxton ? Wiltshire
DOWNTON Frederick 7 South Newton
DOWNTON Thurza 2 Salisbury
DOWNTON Harriet 3m Ditchampton

Folio 72 Page 6
Ditchampton
DOWNTON William 68 Carpet Weaver Wilton Wilts
DOWNTON Martha 63 Wilton Wilts
CLARKE William Grandson 2 Middlesex London

Cheers Kris  

[krisesjoint]

Oh Lookie at that Cheryle.....That is him with the Pennys in 1851 and unnamed in my transcript....Grandson not Son.....Good onya...Kris 

[smeghead]

thanks his mother was a charlote penny so he was with his grandparents i was trying to find if he had any children but i have not been alble to locate him on 1871,1881,1891,0r 1901 census perhaps he died before having children or family
Cheers       JIM

[cheryle.f]

 Good afternoon both of you...let me first say how thrilled i am to have a 'Good on ya' from a Marquessate. One day before i become an ancestor hopefully.... i  too will reach those dizzying heights! And secondly i just got to bed last night and as soon as my head hit the pillow the thought came into my head....you guys know how this works....how had i been assuming that mary had remarried the Issac chap and had a daughter aged 3 at 55 years old. HOW STUPID IS THAT, but i was so tired that i couldnt be bothered to get back out of bed and correct myself. So apolegies Jim for nearly sending you off on the wrong track! Good job you know what you are doing!!!!.  I'll have a scout round and see if i can pick up Charlotte unless you already have death details for her now.  best wishes cheryle.f

[cheryle.f]

      AND THIS MAYBE SOMETHING OR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

 iN 1871 THERE WAS A jOSEPH DOWNTON LIVING IN kIDDERMINSTER WORCS WITH  HIS WIFE EMMA AND BROTHER HENRY AND ALSO LIVING IN THE HOUSE WERE jOSEPHS CHILDREN. i hAD JUST FOUND A SAMUEL DOWNTON IN LAMBETH JAIL lONDON HIS AGE IS A COUPLE OF YEARS OUT BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN ANYTHING IN THIS GAME, BUT IT THEN SAID FROM ALDBURY WORCS SO I THOUGHT I WAS AT A DEAD END. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PLACE OF BIRTH FOR jOESEPH HE CAME FROM WILTON.......SPOOOOOKY!!!!!! 

                               STILL HUNTING  CHERYLE.F

[smeghead]

i dont think this is the same samuel downton as he was born in wilton wiltshire in 1833. i think the reason joseph and henry are on 1871 census in kiddiminster they were both carpet weavers and i think their is another carpet factory nearby perhaps where they were working or they had family as their seems to be a lot of downtons from this area but will continue looking     jim