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Downs, Male - 27th. November 1864 - {Father James Downs} - {Mother Jane McIlwrath}
Downes, William John - 1871
Downes, James - 1873
Downes, Andrew - 16th. January 1873 - {Father James
Downes} - {Mother Mary Galway} - LDS - Under Research
Downs, John - 3rd.qtr.1883 - {Father James Downes} - {Mother Mary Galway}
Downes, Lizzie - 15th. October 1876 - {Wife to Matthew Hanna} - Mother of Jane Hanna
Downes, James - 1877
Downes,
Elizabeth Jane - 24th. June 1877 - {Father John Downes} - {Mother Mary Edmonds}
Downes, Robert Hugh - 27th. December 1879 - {Father John Downes} - {Mother Mary Edmonds}
Downs, Elizabeth - 4th.qtr.1879
Downes, Agnes Mary - 1881
Downes, James - 13th. August 1882 - {Father Andrew
Downes} - {Mother Anne Beers} @ Ballyrogan - Later emigrated to Canada
and enlisted where he said his birthdate was 14th. August 1884
Downes, Margaret "Maggie" - 14th. April 1885 - {Father Andrew Downes} - {Mother
Anne Beers} - @ Schomberg St. Belfast
Downes, Mary - 1888 - {Father Andrew Downes} - {Mother Anne Beers}
Downes, Martha - 7th. March 1890 - {Father Andrew Downes} - {Mother Anne Beers} - @
Carrowreagh
Downes, Robert Andrew - 8th. October 1892 - {Father Andrew Downes} - {Mother Anne
Beers} of Killarn
Downes, Annie - 9th. June 1895 - {Father Andrew Downes} - {Mother Anne Beers} @ Greengraves
Downes, Charles - 1883 - and died in infancy
Downes, Catherine "Kate" - 1883
Down, Alexander Thornton - 1st.qtr.1884
Down, Mary Thornton - 3rd.qtr.1885
Downes, Andrew Charles - 3rd.qtr.1885 - {Father John Downes a carter and dealer}
Downes, Mary - 1888
Downes, Catherine - 1892
Downes, William - 1896
Downes, James - 3rd.qtr.1897 - {Father Andrew Downes} - {Mother Lizzie Quinn}
Downes, Elizabeth - 1901
Downes, John - 1905
Downes, Margaret - 1909
Downes, Mary - 1917 - {Wife to Hugh Gamble} - Mother of Annie Downs Gamble
Downes, Mary - 1919
Downes, James Henery - 1921 - And died in infancy
H = Headstone Image
Downes, Catherine "Kate" - 1893 aged 10 - {b.c1883}
Downes,
Elizabeth Jane - 1894 aged - 17 {b.1877} - Daughter of John Downes and Mary Edmonds
Downes, Robert Hugh - 1897 aged 17 - {b.1879} - Sone of John Downes and Mary Edmonds
Downes, Mary - 1895 aged 50 - {b.c1845}
Downes, William - 1895 aged 23 - {b.c1872}
Downes, Agnes Mary - 1896 aged 15 - {b.c1881}
Downes, Teresa - 1896 aged 20 - {b.c1876}
Downes, Annie - 1900 aged 4 - {b.1895}} - Daughter
of Andrew Downes and Anne Beers
Downes, Martha - 3rd.qtr.1906 aged 16- {b.17th.March 1890} - Daughter of Andrew Downes and
Anne Beers - Died @ Newtownards
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Downes, James - 12th. March 1916 aged 32 -
{b.c1884} James had emigrated to Canada as a labourer where he joined the Central Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Infantry - He died of wounds in France and is buried at Poperinghe-Boeschepe Road Military Cemetery - Eldest son of Andrew Downes of Milecross - This info thanks to Vernon Moore |
Downes, Andrew - 1920 aged 60 - {b.c1860}
Downes, James - 1863 - Leased a property # 12c in Greengraves from William McIlwain
Downes, Joseph a soldier -
22nd. June 1870 - {Father William Downes a smith} - Married Eliza Hamilton
a servant of Newtownards - {Father Samuel Hamilton a labourer}
Witnessed by G.Halliday and Sarah McMullan - This info thanks to Vernon Moore
Downes, John - 1871 - Married ...............
Downes, Henry a labourer of Francis Street - 9th. February 1878 - {Father James Downes a labourer} - Married Christiana Sloane of Dundonald - {Father James Sloane a labourer}
Downes, Andrew of Mark
Street - 2nd. November 1881 - Father James Downes a farm servant} -
Married Anne Beers of Ballyoran, Dundonald - {Father William Beers a
farm servant} - @ St.Marks Ch.of Ire.
Witnessed by Isiah Montgomery and Mary Downes - This info thanks to Vernon Moore
Downes, Elizabeth - 2nd.qtr.1901 - Married ...............
Downes, Maggie Jane - 2nd.qtr.1905 aged
20 - {b.c1885} - {Father Henry Downes} - Married Robert Kirkpatrick of Gransha,
Bangor @ Newtownards
- This info thanks to Dougie Hewson
Downes, Mary of Milecross
- 1st. June 1917 aged 29 - {b.c1888} - {Father Andrew Downes a labourer}
- Married Hugh Gamble a steam roller driver - {Father John Gamble a
labourer}
Witnessed by Thomas Clarke and Maggie Donnan - This info thanks to Vernon Moore
Biers, John - 1798 - A hosier and Serjeant in the Newtown Musketry as part of the United Irishmens Uprising
1901 Census - Residents of a house 14 in Ballyskeigh High (Newtownards, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Born | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downes | James | 50 | c1851 | Male | Head | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmer | Married |
Downes | Mary | 49 | c1852 | Female | Wife | Presbyterian | Co Down | - | Married |
Downes | James | 21 | c1880 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmers Son | Single |
Downes | Lizzie | 19 | c1882 | Female | Daughter | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmers Daughter | Single |
Downes | John | 16 | c1885 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmers Son | Single |
1901 Census - Residents of a house 29 in Greengraves (Newtownards, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Born | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downes | Andrew | 47 | c1854 | Male | Head | Ch.of Ire. | Co Down | Road Surface Man | Married |
Downes | Ann nee Beers | 42 | c1859 | Female | Wife | Ch.of Ire. | Co Down | - | Married |
Downes | Martha | 18 | c1883 | Female | Daughter | Ch.of Ire. | Co Down | At School | Single |
Downes | Robert Andrew | 7 | *1892 | Male | Son | Ch.of Ire. | Co Down | Scholar | Single |
1901 Census - Residents of a house 30 in Greengraves (Newtownards, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Born | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kennedy | David | 47 | Male | Head | Presbyterian | CoAntrim | Farmer | Single | |
Kennedy | Martha | 75 | Female | Mother | Presbyterian | CoAntrim | - | Widow | |
Kennedy | Francis | 46 | Male | Brother | Presbyterian | CoDown | Clerk (Linen) | Single | |
Dalzell | Sara | 42 | Female | Sister | Presbyterian | CoDown | - | Widow | |
Dalzell | Lavinia | 3 | Female | Niece | Presbyterian | CoDown | - | Single | |
Dalzell | Martha | 2 | Female | Niece | Presbyterian | CoDown | - | Single | |
Dalzell | James | Male | Nephew | Presbyterian | CoDown | - | Single | ||
Montgomery | Mary | 11 | Female | Niece | Presbyterian | Belfast | At School | Single | |
Montgomery | William | 10 | Male | Nephew | Presbyterian | Belfast | Scholar | Single | |
Montgomery | David | 9 | Male | Nephew | Presbyterian | Belfast | Scholar | Single | |
McIlveen | Alicia | 17 | Female | Servant | Presbyterian | CoDown | Farm Servant | Single | |
Downes | Mary | 14 | c1887 | Female | Servant | Ch. of Ireland | CoDown | Farm Servant | Single |
1901 Census - Residents of a house 15 in Killarne (Newtownards, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Born | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downes | Andrew | 28 | c1873 | Male | Head | Presbyterian | Newtownards | Corn Miller | Married |
Downes | Lizzie nee Quinn | 24 | c1877 | Female | Wife | Presbyterian | Co Down | Corn Miller | Married |
Downes | William | 4 | c1896 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | - | Single |
Downes | James | 3 | *1897 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | - | Single |
1901 Census - Residents of a house 6 in Market Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Born | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downs | John | 45 | c1856 | Male | Head | Ch.of Ire. | Co Down | Carter and Dealer | Widower |
Downs | Andrew Charles | 15 | *1885 | Male | Son | R.C. | Newtownards | Message Boy | Single |
1911 Census - Residents of a house 18 in Ballyskeagh High (Newtownards South, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status | Years Married | Children Born | Children Living |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downes | James | 68 | Male | Head | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmer | Married | - | - | - |
Downes | Mary | 67 | Female | Wife | Presbyterian | Co Down | - | Married | 40 | 5 | 5 |
Downes | William | 32 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmers Son | Single | - | - | - |
Downes | James | 30 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmers Son | Single | - | - | - |
Downes | John | 23 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | Farmers Son | Single | - | - | - |
1911 Census - Residents of a house 31 in Greengraves (Newtownards South, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status | Years Married | Children Born | Children Living |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downs | Andrew | 57 | Male | Head | Ch.of Ireland | Co Down | Surfaceman on road | Married | - | - | - |
Downs | Anne nee Beers | 52 | Female | Wife | Ch.of Ireland | Co Down | - | Married | 10 | 6 | 4 |
1911 Census - Residents of a house 1 in Killarn (Newtownards South, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Marital Status | Years Married | Children Born | Children Living |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downes | Andrew | 38 | Male | Husband | Presbyterian | Co Down | Miller | Married | - | - | 4 |
Downes | Lizzie | 34 | Female | Wife | Presbyterian | Co Down | - | Married | 15 | 4 | 4 |
Downes | William | 14 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | Scholar | - | - | - | - |
Downes | James | 13 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co Down | Scholar | - | - | - | - |
Downes | Elizabeth | 9 | Female | Daughter | Presbyterian | Co Down | Scholar | - | - | - | - |
Downes | Margaret | 1 | Female | Daughter | Presbyterian | Co Down | - | - | - | - | - |
Quinn | Jane | 65 | Female | Relative | Presbyterian | Co Down | Muslin Rower | Widow | - | - | - |
Andrew was the tennant of a house #12c Killarn from 1920~1923 and the property became vacant in 1924 - Landlord was John Warwick
1911 Census - Residents of a house 67 in Loughriscouse (Newtownards North, Down)
Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Irish Language | Marital Status | Years Married | Children Born | Children Living |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Downes | John | 59 | Male | Head | Presbyterian | Co.Down | English | Married | - | - | - |
Downes | Agnes | 48 | Female | Wife | Presbyterian | Co.Down | English | Married | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Downes | Andrew Charles | 25 | Male | Son | R.C. | Co.Down | English | - | - | - | - |
Downes | John | 6 | Male | Son | Presbyterian | Co.Down | English | - | - | - | - |
Beers, Anne- 28th. September 1912 - 38 Victoria Avenue - Signed the Ulster Covenant
Downes, James - 1920 - Leased a house,office and
land at 18 Ballyskeagh High
1923 the property was looked after by his Representatives
The 1922~23 Mens Hockey Team
L-R Rear = Mr.W.J.Lindsay secretary - Herbert Copeland company
director - John Russell - Joseph H.F.Sharkie originally of Omagh
William Cairns McRoberts company director - Alfred Russell land agent
Ralph Werge Varian originally of Dublin - Mr.James McNeilly embroidery agent
L-R Centre = Charles Anderson factory manager - William Ferguson a
handkerchief manufacturer and first managing director of the Ulster Printworks
L.J.Henderson - John Sydney Copeland {Capt} son of John Copeland a publican -
Andrew Charles Downes a miller of Killarn
Samuel Corry - Robert Singleton Henry a journalist
L-R Front = F.L.Small - Samuel Ferguson {Vice Capt}
Census | LDS | T/Land | Trans | Emig. |
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