Minnie Evelyn Annie DOWNEY

1911 - 2005  (93 years)

• Name	Minnie Evelyn Annie DOWNEY
  Birth	20 May 1911	Ipswich RD   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	73F9B2C49D5F4E9CA2B8E54C8132F8575543
  Death	10 Mar 2005	Windsor, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Notes	Minnie's Passenger Declaration on entry to Canada gave her occupation as schoolgirl. She said she was going to see her uncle William DOWNEY, 1495 Howard Avenue, Windsor, Ontario. Minnie DOWNEY, aged 25 was aboard the 'Duchess of Bedford' which left Liverpool for Quebec & Montreal on 31 July 1936. Her address in the UK was given as c/o CPR, London. Her mother was on the same crossing. February 2021: John Downey sent me the following: CROUCHMAN, Minnie Evelyn Passed away at home, on March 10, 2005. Loving wife of the late Bernard Crouchman. Fondly remembered by her nieces, nephews, and sisters-in-law Ivy Downey, and Betty Crouchman. Predeceased by her brothers Jack, and Ken (Isabel) Downey. Min will be sadly missed by her friends and neighbours. Min was retired from Chrysler, and enjoyed a life of golfing, curling, and bridge at the Beach Grove Golf and Country Club. A funeral service will be held at St. Mary's Anglican Church, on Monday afternoon March 21, 2005. Rev. Andrew Graham officiating. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Walter D. Kelly Funeral Home and Cremation Centre. John adds: "My Aunt Minnie, who everyone always addressed as “Sis”, married Bernard Crouchman in 1946 in Windsor, Ontario. She and her husband had a house built in a new subdivision fronting on a private golf course, to which they were members, in Beach Grove, just outside of Windsor. They spent their lives in that house. Bernard died Sept.2, 1982 following an illness. They had no children of their own, but were favourite aunt and uncle to the children of her brothers. Grace Downey, Minnie’s mother, my grandmother, lived with the Crouchmans, and passed away March 4, 1969."
  Person ID	I4181	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard John DOWNEY,   b. Dec 1883, Long Melford, Suffolk d. 25 Mar 1918, Flanders (WW1) (Age ~ 34 years)
  Mother	Grace May WHITAKER,   b. Abt 1884, Waltham Abbey, Essex d. 24 Mar 1969, St Clair Beach, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1906	Ipswich RD   [4]
  Family ID	F771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernard CROUCHMAN,   b. 15 May 1907, Essex, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Sep 1982, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1946	Windsor, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Family ID	F1429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, Q2 1911 Ipswich 4a/1002. (Reliability: 3). [S496] UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 at ancestry.com, (father's pension record card). (Reliability: 3). [S526] John Downey, February 2021. [S178] BMD index, Q3 1906 Ipswich 4a/1934. (Reliability: 3). [S376] Colin Stewart, October 2015 and later.