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Janet (Jenny) Aitken Downs 1912–1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Oct 1912

Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Sep 1944

Death Location: Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Downs

Mother: Margaret Smellie

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Janet (Jenny) Aitken Downs was born in 1912 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Thomas Downs And Margaret Alexander Smellie. Janet (Jenny) Aitken Downs passed away in 1944 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet (Jenny) Aitken Downs was born in 1912 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Thomas Downs And Margaret Alexander Smellie.
  • Janet (Jenny) Aitken Downs passed away in 1944 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Janet Downs's Ancestors

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Janet Downs
1912–1944
Birth Place: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Downs
1887–1940
Springhill, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret (Alexander) Smellie
1887–1944
Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Downs
1861–1948
Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Janet Aitken
1863–1900
Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Robert Smellie
1857–1909
Shotts, Lanark
Margaret (Campbell) Gillespie
1853–1894
Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Downs
1831–1924
Rebecca Colquhoun
1830–1906
Andrew Aitken
1842–1877
Helen Tait
1841–1912
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew 3ggf
1788–1863
Martha 3ggm
1801–1860
John Tait
1815–1841
Janet Dorance
1816–1886

Janet Downs's Timeline

2 Records

1912
4 Oct 1912
Birth of Janet (Jenny) Aitken Downs in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1944
21 Sep 1944
Age 32
Death of Janet (Jenny) Aitken Downs in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Oct 1912
    Event Place: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1944
    Event Place: Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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