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Ada DOWNEY

Female 1894 - 1991  (96 years)

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  • Name Ada DOWNEY 
    Birth 6 Mar 1894  Selby, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christening 28 Aug 1896  Haverhill, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 04B29A3B4386411D819AAFC8C6C9D104A8E7 
    Death 1991  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1991  Victoria Memorial Gardens, Oldcastle, Sandwich South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Baptised as the daughter of James, labourer, and Annie Downey of 4 Sturmer Road. Sister Mabel was baptised on the same day.

      May 2016: message from Anne Wigle-Occhipinti in TNG registration request:
      Mother is Barbara Bevington-Wigle
      Maternal Grandmother was Ada Downey-Bevington
      Ada was daughter of James Downey and Anna Murray-Downey.

      Anne writes (May 2016):
      " father was James Downey and mother was Annie Murray. They had 7 children that survived. Their father James died at an early age (died on the job at Haverhill Gas Works, still in operation today!). I am trying to find out specifics - do you think the newspaper archive or Gas Works Archives would have an article about what actually happened? * That death left mother Annie with 7 children! As a child Annie lived a 9 Crowland Dr. and she visited the Bell's when she was 8 yrs. at 3 Crowland Dr. In 1923, when her daughter Ada left for Canada, Annie Downey (Murray) lived at 11 Bank Road in Ipswich. "
      * I've been unable to find anything out about the incident, other than a newspaper announcement of James's death in Addenbrooke's Hospital. It gives no information about the circumstances of James's death. tombstone says
      In Loving Memory
      Ada Bevington
      1894 Holy Bible 1991
      The photo at http://geneofun.on.ca/ was taken by Doug & Donna Gammon.
    Person ID I2294  Great Horkesley, Essex
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2026 

    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 4 Mar 1882  Long Melford, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Married after banns. James Downey, 20, bachelor, flaxdresser of Melford, father William Downey, maltster. Annie Maria Murray, 23, spinster, brushmaker of Scole, Norfolk, father William Murray, spinning - master. Both marked. Witnesses Alexander Mason and Susan Heard both marked.
    Family ID F450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William John BEVINGTON,   b. Jun 1892, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1968, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage Mar 1917  Ipswich RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Joan BEVINGTON,   b. 17 Sep 1919, Cannock RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Kenneth J BEVINGTON,   b. 1 Nov 1924, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1985 (Age 60 years)
     3. Barbara BEVINGTON
    Family ID F1163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 28 Aug 1896 - Haverhill, Suffolk Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Wedding in 1917 of Ada Downey and William John Bevington    		Wedding in 1917 of Ada Downey and William John Bevington
    Beneath the photo are some names suggested by Anne Wigle-Ochipinti. These are "best guesses" and if anyone can help to confirm the names it would be greatly appreciated.

  • Sources 
    1. [S178] BMD index, Q2 1894 Selby 9c/823. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S391] http://geneofun.on.ca, May 2016.

    3. [S178] BMD index.

    4. [S619] Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1949 at ancestry.com.

    5. [S178] BMD index, Q1 1917 Ipswich 4a/1472. (Reliability: 3).


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