John DOWNEY

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Directory 1817

George Downey of Narrowgate listed under Tailors

George Downey of Narrowgate listed under Tanners

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Tyne Mercury 6 August 1822

At Alnwick on the 28th Ult at an advanced age the wife of George Downey -Tailor.

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Not many R.C. records are on line

There could be missing information

[Neale1961]

She's in Newcastle in 1841.

Yes.
Reminder - there are 2 other threads relating to this same family. 

[jonw65]

I've read them both!

[jonw65]

•   Margaret Downey bapt 2 Sep1803 Beadnell St Ebba, abode Beadnell Fathers occupation Tailor; abode beadnell (4th child; George native of Swinhoe; Dorothy native of Bothersby near Berwick)

Image of BT here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PW4-GDD

The next three entries quoted by Neale say Dorothy was a native of Berwickshire.
So I've been browsing through the B's in the The Berwickshire Place-Name Resource
https://berwickshire-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/

But I can't see anywhere like Bothersby

[jonw65]

Children of George and Dorothy
•   Elizabeth Downey bapt 26 June 1791 Tweedmouth : St Bartholomew. Abode Beadnell
•   Elizabeth Downey bapt 20 May 1792 Bamburgh St Aidan. Abode Beadnell
•   Dorothy Downey bapt 8 Dec 1793 Beadnell St Ebba, abode Beadnell
•   Margaret Downey bapt 2 Sep1803 Beadnell St Ebba, abode Beadnell Fathers occupation Tailor; abode beadnell (4th child; George native of Swinhoe; Dorothy native of Bothersby near Berwick)
•   Missing son?
•   Ann Downey bapt 25 Dec 1805, born 9 Nov. Beadnell St Ebba, Fathers occupation Tailor; abode Bent Hall (4th daughter-5th child; Geo. Native of Swinhoe; Dorothy native of Berwickshire)
•   George Downey bapt 14 Aug 1808, born 26 June. Beadnell St Ebba, Fathers occupation Tailor; abode Bent Hall (2nd son and 7th child; George native of Beadnel; Dorothy native of Berwickshire)
•   Jane Downey bapt 21 July 1811, born 6 July. Beadnell St Ebba, Fathers occupation Tailor; abode Bent Hall (3rd daughter and 8th child; George native of Beadnel; Dorothy native of Berwickshire)

If Margaret was indeed the fourth child, it's interesting that there is a ten year gap in those baptisms, from 1793 to the next one in 1803.

[Neale1961]

Yes. I am not convinced that the numbering of children on the bapt records is entirely correct.
In my experience with numbered children in Scottish records, they are often not quite right - sometimes omitting or adding a child or more that died as an infant, and perhaps not baptised.

And No, I don’t know where Bothersby is either.

[jonw65]

Yes, we've had the same problem with those records before, Neale, haven't we. Maybe they just got confused!

Northumberland Archives
1798
Men and Carts
Lists of names of men between the ages of 15 and 60 who were eligible to serve in the militia.
https://www.northumberlandarchives.com/2021/06/04/men-and-carts/

You can search through their catalogue
https://calmview.northumberland.gov.uk/Advanced.aspx

Beadnell is there (with image!)
39 men.
Jn Dick Downey is listed (he had no carts!), but no George (elsewhere?)
Richard Pringle, who had 4 carts and 8 cart horses. Is he the Beadnell lime kilns man?

Possible link to image
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01rod/