Ada DOWNEY

1894 - 1991  (~ 96 years)

• Name	Ada DOWNEY
  Birth	Jun 1894	Selby, Yorkshire   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	04B29A3B4386411D819AAFC8C6C9D104A8E7
  Death	1991	Ontario, Canada
  Burial	1991	Victoria Memorial Gardens, Oldcastle, Sandwich South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Notes	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	20 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	James DOWNEY,   b. Sep 1861, Long Melford, Suffolk d. 26 Jul 1903, Haverhill, Suffolk (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Annie Maria MURRAY,   b. Abt 1860, Diss, Norfolk d. Dec 1930, Woodbridge RD (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1882	Sudbury RD   [3]
  Family ID	F450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William John BEVINGTON,   b. Jun 1892, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire d. 1968, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1917	Ipswich RD   [4]
  Children	1. Joan BEVINGTON,   b. 17 Sep 1919, Cannock RD d. Yes, date unknown   2. Kenneth J BEVINGTON,   b. 1 Nov 1924, Ontario, Canada d. Jul 1985 (Age 60 years)   3. Barbara BEVINGTON
  Family ID	F1163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2016

  
  

• Photos

  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

  [S178] BMD index, Q2 1894 Selby 9c/823. (Reliability: 3). [S391] http://geneofun.on.ca, May 2016. [S178] BMD index. [S178] BMD index, Q1 1917 Ipswich 4a/1472. (Reliability: 3).