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Richard John DOWNEY

Male 1883 - 1918  (~ 34 years)

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  • Name Richard John DOWNEY 
    Birth Dec 1883  Long Melford, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 693F5B8CBF584D409486FA8D3068CFA7E279 
    Death 25 Mar 1918  Flanders (WW1) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1911 census: at 17 Riverside Road, Ipswich (6 rooms), (all DOWNEY), Richard John (head, 27, spindle hand, born Long Melford), Grace May (wife, 27, married 4 years, 2 children both living, born Waltham Abbey, Essex), Richard John (son, 3, born Ipswich), Kenneth Eric (1, born Ipswich) and William James (brother, 23, single, born Crowle, Lincolnshire).

      Richard was killed in action in 1918. Details from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
      Service Number: G/71820
      Middlesex Regiment 19th Bn.
      Died 25 March 1918
      Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL, Bay 7, France

      Richard's widow and his two sons emigrated to Canada in 1924.
    Person ID I1334  Great Horkesley, Essex
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2021 

    Father James DOWNEY,   b. Sep 1861, Long Melford, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1903, Haverhill, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Mother Annie Maria MURRAY,   b. Abt 1860, Diss, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1930, Woodbridge RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Marriage Mar 1882  Sudbury RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace May WHITAKER,   b. Abt 1884, Waltham Abbey, Essex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1969, St Clair Beach, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1906  Ipswich RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Richard John Whitaker "Jack" DOWNEY,   b. 28 Aug 1907, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2003, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     2. Kenneth Eric DOWNEY,   b. 23 Jul 1909, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 2002, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     3. Minnie Evelyn Annie DOWNEY,   b. 20 May 1911, Ipswich RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 2005, Windsor, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Dec 1883 - Long Melford, Suffolk Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Richard John Downey 1883 - 1918    		Richard John Downey 1883 - 1918
    World War 1 pension card

  • Sources 
    1. [S178] BMD index.

    2. [S178] BMD index, Q3 1906 Ipswich 4a/1934. (Reliability: 3).


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