William DOWNEY

Abt 1789 - 1857  (68 years)

• Name	William DOWNEY
  Birth	Abt 1789	Foxearth, Essex
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8EB79F9857CC4683A3B5849FD050B43DF445
  Death	Sep 1857	Sudbury RD   [1]
  Notes	1841 census: in South Street, Long Melford (indexed and recorded as DOWNIE) (all born in Suffolk), William (52, ag lab), Mary (45), Robert (15, ag lab), John (14, ag lab), George (12, ag lab), David (9) and Susan (10 months). William's first wife died in 1844 and he remarried in 1847. 1851 census (1): in Liston, Essex, William (62, ag lab, born Foxearth, Essex), Sarah (48, straw plaiter, born Melford, Suffolk) and David (20, ag lab, born Melford). Also Sophia ANDREWS (daughter in law, 15, needlewoman, born Melford, Suffolk). 1851 census (2): Susan DOWNEY, 10, scholar, born Melford, was living as the niece of John CLARK (44, ag lab, born Wherstead(?), Suffolk and his wife Susan (44, born Chedborough(?), Suffolk). William died in 1857. 1861 census: in Liston, Essex, Sarah DOWNEY (head, widow, 60, formerly char woman, born Melford), Sophia HEMPSTEAD* (daughter, lodger, married, 21, cocoa mat weavers wife, born Melford), Isabella E HEMPSTEAD (granddaughter, 2, born Lyston, Essex) and Sarah A HEMPSTEAD (granddaughter, 7 months, born Lyston, Essex). * Sophia married Ebenezer HEMPSTEAD in 1858. See his record for his appearance in the 1861 census. I searched all of Liston and Foxearth for 1871 but didn't find Sarah. The death of a Sarah Downey was registered at Sudbury in Q4 1875 but her age is shown in the index as 78. Despite this discrepancy, the 1875 death is probably the right one.
  Person ID	I1985	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	William DOWNEY,   b. Abt 1750   d. Bef 20 Jun 1837, Foxearth, Essex (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mary RAYNER,   b. Abt 1855   d. Bef 9 Apr 1837, Foxearth, Essex
  Marriage	Apr 1785	Liston, Essex   [2]
  Family ID	F968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary KEMP,   b. Abt 1796   d. Sep 1844, Sudbury RD (Age 48 years)
  Children	1. James DOWNEY,   b. Bef 23 Apr 1820, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henry DOWNEY,   b. Bef 10 Jan 1822, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Yes, date unknown   3. Robert DOWNEY,   b. Bef 21 Dec 1823, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Dec 1887, Sudbury RD (Age 63 years)   4. William DOWNEY,   b. Bef 16 Apr 1826, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Mar 1887, Sudbury RD (Age 60 years)   5. John DOWNEY,   b. Bef 27 Jan 1828, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Bef 22 Jun 1898, Pancras RD (Age 70 years)   6. George DOWNEY,   b. Abt 1829, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Yes, date unknown   7. David DOWNEY,   b. Bef 5 Feb 1832, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Sep 1889, Sudbury RD (Age 57 years)   8. Alfred DOWNEY,   b. Bef 12 Oct 1834, Long Melford, Suffolk d. 29 Feb 1936, Long Melford, Suffolk (Age 101 years)   9. Susan DOWNEY,   b. Bef 27 Sep 1840, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Bef 28 Mar 1866, Shropham, Norfolk (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah ANDREWS,   b. Bef 26 Jun 1803, Long Melford, Suffolk d. Dec 1875, Sudbury RD (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1850	Sudbury RD   [3]
  Family ID	F964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, Q3 1857 Sudbury 4a/268. (Reliability: 3). [S33] Parish Register, Liston parish register via ERO Research Service, 2021. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, Q4 1850 Sudbury 12/937. (Reliability: 3).