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Marcia Elizabeth Downs 1938–2015 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 June 1938

Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 3 March 2015

Death Location: Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: Frederick Downs

Mother: Elizabeth Grasse

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Marcia Elizabeth Downs was born in 1938 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of Frederick Sheldon Downs And Elizabeth Erna Grasse. Marcia Elizabeth Downs married Terrence William Mcclain Col, and had children including Betsy Mcclain, Bill Mcclain, Jeffrey Mcclain Col. Marcia Elizabeth Downs passed away in 2015 in Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Marcia Elizabeth Downs was born in 1938 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of Frederick Sheldon Downs And Elizabeth Erna Grasse.
  • Marcia Elizabeth Downs married Terrence William Mcclain Col, and had children including Betsy Mcclain, Bill Mcclain, Jeffrey Mcclain Col.
  • Marcia Elizabeth Downs passed away in 2015 in Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Marcia Downs's Ancestors

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Marcia Downs
1938–2015
Birth Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
Frederick Sheldon Downs
1913–1979
Derby, Connecticut
Elizabeth (Erna) Grasse
1918–1977
Grandparents
Frederich (Dwight) Downs
1881–1955
USA
Florence (Calista) Sheldon
1886–1968
Kansas
Great-Grandparents
Albert Sheldon
1857–1906
Friederika Wurster
1860–1949
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Orson Sheldon
1828–1914
Esther Broughton
1828–1901
Johann Wurster
1831–1923
Frederika Sager
1836–1862

Marcia Downs's Timeline

2 Records

1938
7 June 1938
Birth of Marcia Elizabeth Downs in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
2015
3 March 2015
Age 77
Death of Marcia Elizabeth Downs in Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 June 1938
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Birth Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 March 2015
    Event Place: Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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