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May Downes 1817–1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1817

Birth Location: Drayton, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 12 Mar 1741

Death Location: Shropshire, England

Father: Thomas Downes

Mother: Martha Moyle

Spouse(s): William Croft

Children(s):

May Downes was born in 1817 in Drayton, Shropshire, England, the child of Thomas Downes And Martha Moyle. May Downes married William Croft. May Downes passed away in 1741 in Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • May Downes was born in 1817 in Drayton, Shropshire, England, the child of Thomas Downes And Martha Moyle.
  • May Downes married William Croft.
  • May Downes passed away in 1741 in Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

May Downes's Ancestors

Self
May Downes
1817–1741
Birth Place: Drayton, Shropshire, England
Parents
Thomas Downes
1784–1851
Highfield, Shropshire, England
Martha Moyle
1793–1853
Drayton, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
John Downs
1748–1817
Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Sarah Bluck
1755–
Culmington, Shropshire, England
Thomas Moyle
1734–1816
Halford, Craven Arms, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Johanna Turnley
1755–1790
Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richardus Downes
1721–1782
Hannah Carpenter
1726–
Richard Bluck
1727–1816
MARY (BLUCK)
1735–1810
Samuel Moyle
1706–1761
Mary Browne
1706–1747
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomae Downes
1690–
Eliza Oulton
1690–
Richard Bluck
1713–1783
Margaret Palmer
1704–
Richard Lloyd
1691–
Elizabeth Wild
–1765

May Downes's Timeline

10 Records

1741
12 Mar 1741
Burial of May Downes in Shropshire, England
Shropshire, England
1816
3 Mar 1816
May Downes was baptized in Shropshire, England
Shropshire, England
1817
1817
Birth of May Downes in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
1817
abt 1817
Birth of May Downes in Drayton, Shropshire, England
Drayton, Shropshire, England
1839
January 1839
Age 22
May Downes was married in Madeley, Shropshire
Madeley, Shropshire
1841
1841
Age 24
May Downes resided here in Drayton in The Hales, Shropshire, England
Drayton in The Hales, Shropshire, England
1851
1851
Age 34
May Downes resided here in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
1861
1861
Age 44
May Downes resided here in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
1881
1881
Age 64
May Downes resided here in Warrington, Lancashire, England
Warrington, Lancashire, England
1882
1882
Age 65
Death of May Downes in Warrington, Cheshire, England
Warrington, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1817
    Event Place: Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1881 England Census
    [2] 1861 England Census
    [3] 1851 England Census
    [4] 1841 England Census

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1817
    Event Place: Drayton, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1816
    Event Place: Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: January 1839
    Event Place: Madeley, Shropshire
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Drayton in The Hales, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 England Census
    [2] 1851 England Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Grappenhall, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Warrington, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: 1881 England Census

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Great Sankey, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1882
    Event Place: Warrington, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1741
    Event Place: Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records

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