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    Default Downs Family Allesley, Coventry & Fillongley

    My uncle Samuel Downs was born in Allesley Warwickshire in 1877.
    He was recorded in Meriden in the 1911 census. although he was a bricklayer he was not working in that trade at the time.
    His wife - Esther Margaret Cockerill
    Four children
    Margaret 1899,
    John 1902,
    Ellen 1904,
    Edith 1907.
    From there we have hit a brick wall. I am unable to find marriages, deaths or burials for any of them.
    Your help would be very much appreciated.
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    England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: Samuel Downs Year of Registration: 1877
    Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Meriden
    County: Warwickshire, West Midlands Volume: 6d Page: 481

    England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
    Name: Samuel Downs Year of Registration: 1898
    Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Meriden
    County: Warwickshire, West Midlands Volume: 6d Page: 799
    spouse : Hester Margaret Cockerill

    England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: Esther Margaret Cockerill Year of Registration: 1879
    Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Hardingstone
    County: Northamptonshire Volume: 3b Page: 41
    Last edited by noggin28; 28-11-2010 at 11:00 AM.
    '' No one knows who we are or where we are going until we have been and gone ''.

    Researching the following families;
    Kitchin & Sharpe, Cumberland, Canada, USA : Dixon, Lancashire, Westmorland, USA
    Fell & Hanslow, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, USA Australia.
    Guess, Buckinghamshire : Meakins, Northamptonshire

    Census data courtesy & Copyright, of the UK National Archives

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    this could be Ellen's birth marriagE:

    England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: Ellen Downs Year of Registration: 1903
    Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Meriden
    County: Warwickshire, West Midlands
    Volume: 6d Page: 485

    England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
    Name: Ellen Downs Spouse Surname: Spencer
    Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1928
    Registration district: Coventry
    Registration county (inferred): Warwickshire
    Volume Number: 6d
    Page Number: 1894
    Find Spouse: Archibald Spencer
    '' No one knows who we are or where we are going until we have been and gone ''.

    Researching the following families;
    Kitchin & Sharpe, Cumberland, Canada, USA : Dixon, Lancashire, Westmorland, USA
    Fell & Hanslow, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, USA Australia.
    Guess, Buckinghamshire : Meakins, Northamptonshire

    Census data courtesy & Copyright, of the UK National Archives

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    this might be your John:

    England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: John Downs Year of Registration: 1902
    Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
    District: Meriden County: Warwickshire, West Midlands
    Volume: 6d Page: 490

    England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
    Name: John Downs Spouse Surname: Cumberland
    Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1927
    Registration district: Coventry
    Registration county (inferred): Warwickshire
    Volume Number: 6d Page Number: 1593
    Find Spouse: Mary P Cumberland

    England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
    Name: John Downs Birth Date: 13 May 1902
    Death Registration Month/Year: 1976
    Registration district: Coventry Inferred County: West Midlands
    Volume: 33 Page: 0020
    '' No one knows who we are or where we are going until we have been and gone ''.

    Researching the following families;
    Kitchin & Sharpe, Cumberland, Canada, USA : Dixon, Lancashire, Westmorland, USA
    Fell & Hanslow, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, USA Australia.
    Guess, Buckinghamshire : Meakins, Northamptonshire

    Census data courtesy & Copyright, of the UK National Archives

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    this might be your Edith:

    England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: Edith Downs Year of Registration: 1906
    Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Meriden
    County: Warwickshire, West Midlands Volume: 6d Page: 471

    England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
    Name: Edith Downs Spouse Surname: Martis
    Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1935
    Registration district: Coventry
    Registration county (inferred): Warwickshire
    Volume Number: 6d Page Number: 2250
    Find Spouse: cannot find spouse other than surname is Martis
    '' No one knows who we are or where we are going until we have been and gone ''.

    Researching the following families;
    Kitchin & Sharpe, Cumberland, Canada, USA : Dixon, Lancashire, Westmorland, USA
    Fell & Hanslow, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, USA Australia.
    Guess, Buckinghamshire : Meakins, Northamptonshire

    Census data courtesy & Copyright, of the UK National Archives

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    Best match i could find for Margaret:

    England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
    Name: Margaret Elizabeth Downes Year of Registration: 1899
    Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Meriden
    County: Warwickshire, West Midlands Volume: 6d Page: 498

    England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
    Name: Margaret E Downs Spouse Surname: Pratt
    Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1924
    Registration district: Coventry
    Registration county (inferred): Warwickshire
    Volume Number: 6d Page Number: 1497
    Find Spouse: Leonard Pratt
    '' No one knows who we are or where we are going until we have been and gone ''.

    Researching the following families;
    Kitchin & Sharpe, Cumberland, Canada, USA : Dixon, Lancashire, Westmorland, USA
    Fell & Hanslow, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, USA Australia.
    Guess, Buckinghamshire : Meakins, Northamptonshire

    Census data courtesy & Copyright, of the UK National Archives

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    Thank you. I appreciate your help very much. Hopefully with this new information I will be able to track our UK family :-)

 

 

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