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COMPLETED - May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:38 pm
by mallosa
Here on BCC -
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Marriages Jun 1906
DOWNING May Bromsgrove 6c 709
WILLIAMS Thomas Llewellyn Bromsgrove 6c 709
Williams Thomas Llewelyn Bromsgrove 6c 709
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:43 pm
by mallosa
1911: Guys Cliff, Lower Hagley, Nr Stourbridge
May Williams 30 Head Widowed Private Means married 4 yrs 1 child (still living)
Isabel Bell 28 Cook Widowed married 12 yrs born Birmingham
Mary Ellen Mann 20 Housemaid S born Belbroughton
Edmund Glyn Williams 1 Son born Machynlleth, Montogomeryshire
Birth Sep 1909
Williams Edmund Glyn Machynlleth 11b 127
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:49 am
by Jimmy
The reverend Thomas Llewelyn Williams of the rectory Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, clerk died 18 April 1910 at Trefnant, Denbyshire. Administration London 13 June to May Williams widow.
Effects £404 5s. 10d.
Deaths Jun 1910.
Williams Thomas Llewelyn. 42. St.Asaph. 11b. 232.
Poss,
Births Jun 1868.
WILLIAMS Thomas Llewellyn. Merthyr T. 11a. 439.
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:00 pm
by Jimmy
1901. Elm Lodge, Birmingham Road, Hagley.
William E Downey 51. Malster, Smethwick.
Hannah P Downey 45. Oldbury.
May Downey 20. Handsworth.
Daisy Downey 20. Handsworth.
Jane Lloyd 29. Servant.
Sarah Evans 18. Servant.
Annie S Hill 33. Servant.
Edith M Wilson 26. Servant.
Mary P Gough 23. Servant.
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:49 pm
by mallosa
Jimmy wrote:1901. Elm Lodge, Birmingham Road, Hagley.
William E Downey 51. Malster, Smethwick.
Hannah P Downey 45. Oldbury.
May Downey 20. Handsworth.
Daisy Downey 20. Handsworth.
Jane Lloyd 29. Servant.
Sarah Evans 18. Servant.
Annie S Hill 33. Servant.
Edith M Wilson 26. Servant.
Mary P Gough 23. Servant.
Thanks Jimmy
1911: Elm Lodge, Hagley, Stourbridge
William Edmund Downing 62 Maltster
W N Downing 22 Son S Maltster Hagley
Annie Page 40 Serv
Elizabeth Davis 25 Serv
Sarah Shaw 27 Serv
Mary Mills 19 Serv
Evelyn Solman 15 Serv
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:07 pm
by mallosa
I've searched everywhere, whatever happened to her twin sister Daisy
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... ver=379610
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:54 pm
by Jimmy
1911. The Redduy's, Chuchill, Nr Kidderminster.
William Henry Grazebrook 45. Solicitor. Hagley.
Daisy Grazebrook 30. Handsworth.
Nancy Meriall Grazebrook 6. Dau. Churchill, Worcs.
John Wodall Grazebrook 4. Son. Churchill, Worcs.
Lucy Bateman 48. Servant.
Lizzie Shepherd 32. Servant.
Gladys May Edwards 20. Servant.
Married 7 years 2 children.
Marriages Jun 1903.
Collins Sarah Jane. Bromsgrove. 6c. 675.
Downing Daisy. Bromsgrove. 6c. 675.
Glazebrook William Henry. Bromsgrove. 6c 675.
Grazebrook William Henry. Bromsgrove. 6c 675.
Rawnsley Stansfield. Bromsgrove. 6c. 675.
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:20 pm
by mallosa
Ahh thanks Jimmy, I was looking for her with William Henry GLAZEBROOK

Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:01 pm
by mallosa
mallosa wrote:
1911: Elm Lodge, Hagley, Stourbridge
William Edmund Downing 62 Maltster
W N Downing 22 Son S Maltster Hagley
Annie Page 40 Serv
Elizabeth Davis 25 Serv
Sarah Shaw 27 Serv
Mary Mills 19 Serv
Evelyn Solman 15 Serv
Marriages Sep 1919
Downing William N Evans Bromsgrove 6c 615
Evans Constance M S H Downing Bromsgrove 6c 615 James Frances M Roden Bromsgrove 6c 615
Roden Donald E James Bromsgrove 6c 615
I think his middle initial should be 'N' here...
Death Dec 1965
DOWNING WILLIAM M 76 BASINGSTOKE 6B 77
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
William Noel Downing of The Cottage Upton near Andover Hampshire died 5th October 1965 at the General Hospital Basingstoke, Hampshire
Probate to John Worrall Grazebrook solicitor and Edmund Glyn Williams company secretary
£70732.
Death Sep 1974
DOWNING CONSTANCE MARY SHAW-HELLIER 15MR1880 ANDOVER 20 71
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
DOWNING Contance Mary Shaw Hellier otherwise Constance Mary of Upton Cottage nr Andover Hants died 15 September 1974
Probate Birmingham
£11515.
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:41 pm
by mallosa
Can't find Constance in 1911

Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:21 am
by mallosa
...found her
1911: The Lawns, Hagley, Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Henry Evans 70 Head Bank Manager Tettenhall, Staffs married 22 yrs
Florence Eliza Evans 52 Wife Penn, Staffs - 3 children (still living)
Constance Mary Shaw
Wallace Evans 21 Dau -
Transcription error should say HellierPhyliss Marlene Evans 16 Dau Hagley, Worc
May Ann Dunn 31 Serv
Alice Davies 29 Serv
Elsie May James 16 Serv
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:47 am
by mallosa
Freereg
County Staffordshire
Place Codsall
Church name St Nicholas
Register type Transcript
Register entry number 278
Marriage date 06 Jun 1889
Groom forename Henry
Groom surname EVANS
Groom age 47
Groom condition bachelor
Groom abode Tettenhall
Groom occupation Bank Cashier
Bride forename Florence Eliza
Bride surname MARTEN
Bride age 31
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Codsall
Groom father forename Richard
Groom father surname EVANS
Groom father occupation Gentleman
Bride father forename Henry John
Bride father surname MARTEN
Bride father occupation Civil Engineer
Witness G. B.
Witness Henry John
Register note Witness 3: M. MARTEN.
Re: May Downing born abt 1881
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:12 pm
by mallosa
all added to BCC here -
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... ver=379693better close this thread now cos I'm going all around the wrekin, sorry!
I'll start another one
Completed with thanks