Downs Family Allesley, Coventry & Fillongley
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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.
Last edited by Jehoshaphat; 09-12-2010 at 01:09 PM. Reason: extend search area
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
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
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
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
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
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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