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Charles Downer

Charles Downer

Male 1878 - 1914  (36 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Charles Downer was born in 1878 in Houghton, Hampshire, England (son of George Downer and Eliza Knellar); died on 24 Oct 1914 in France & Flanders.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 81724C7858A84118B7653749BFFFB205214C
    • Residence: 1881, Main Rd, Houghton, Hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 1891; dairy boy
    • Residence: 1891, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 24 Oct 1914, Pitton, Nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

    Notes:

    Name: Charles Downer
    Birth Place: Houghton, Wilts
    Residence: Pitton, Nr. Salisbury, Wilts
    Death Date: 24 Oct 1914
    Death Location: France & Flanders
    Enlistment Location: Devizes, Wilts
    Rank: Private Regiment: Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
    Battalion: 2nd Battalion
    Number: 4800
    Type of Casualty: Killed in action
    Theatre of War: Western European Theatre


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Downer was born in 1840 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 14 Dec 1840 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England (son of Charles Downer and Elizabeth Wort); died in 1915 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; was buried on 16 Jun 1915 in Pitton and Farley, Wiltshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: D3659E3A893245EBB12245B7293F69771289
    • Residence: 1851, Breadhill, Fordingbridge, hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 1861; blacksmith
    • Residence: 1861, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 1871; blacksmith
    • Residence: 1871, Hampshire County Hospital, Hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 1881; blacksmith
    • Residence: 1881, Main Rd, Houghton, Hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 1891; blacksmith
    • Residence: 1891, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 1901; blacksmith
    • Residence: 1901, The Street, Pitton, Wiltshire, England
    • Occupation: 2 Apr 1911; balcksmith
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Pitton, Nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
    • Residence: 1915, Pitton and Farley, Wiltshire, England

    Notes:

    The 1991 census gives a total of 7 children for this marraige, with 4 of these already having died

    ------ From Source Attached To: Residence ------
    Burial Entry, Cit. Date: 6 Apr 2019.
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    ------ From Source Attached To: Buried ------
    Burial Entry, Cit. Date: 6 Apr 2019.
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    Christened:
    Name: George Downer
    Gender: Male
    Baptism Date: 14 Dec 1840
    Baptism Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Father: Charles Downer
    Mother: Elizabeth
    FHL Film Number: 1041293

    George married Eliza Knellar in 1877 in Stockbridge, Hampshire, England. Eliza (daughter of George Knellar and Hansell) was born in 1842 in Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England; died in 1923 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eliza Knellar was born in 1842 in Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England (daughter of George Knellar and Hansell); died in 1923 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: C10E9C3088894D41A8EDA50FE906AB021F5A
    • Residence: 1851, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1881, Main Rd, Houghton, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1891, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1901, The Street, Pitton, Wiltshire, England
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Pitton, Nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

    Children:
    1. 1. Charles Downer was born in 1878 in Houghton, Hampshire, England; died on 24 Oct 1914 in France & Flanders.
    2. Frank Downer was born in 1880 in Houghton, Hampshire, England; and died.
    3. Elizabeth Downer was born in 1885 in Houghton, Hampshire, England; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Downer was born in 1818 in Godshill, Hampshire, England; was christened on 25 Dec 1818 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England (son of James Downer); and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 37B8315745874EDFB303CE5B0F6A6B0639DB
    • Occupation: 1851; labourer
    • Residence: 1851, Breadhill, Fordingbridge, hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1861, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 1871; shoemaker
    • Residence: 1871, 2 St Georges St, Southampton, Hampshire, England

    Notes:

    Name: Charles Downer
    Gender: Male
    Baptism Date: 25 Dec 1818
    Baptism Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Father: James Downer
    Mother: Ann
    FHL Film Number: 1041293

    Charles married Elizabeth Wort on 5 Nov 1840 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Wort and Jane Tilly) was born in 1819 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 30 May 1819 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died in 1867 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Wort was born in 1819 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 30 May 1819 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England (daughter of John Wort and Jane Tilly); died in 1867 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 7BEC8E9AF2C34CC79AB6054CB44C479AD90A
    • Residence: 1851, Breadhill, Fordingbridge, hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1861, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England

    Notes:

    Name: Elizabeth Wort
    Gender: Female
    Baptism Date: 30 May 1819
    Baptism Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Father: John Wort
    Mother: Jane
    FHL Film Number: 1041293

    Notes:

    Married:
    Elizabeth married the same day as her sister Jane

    Name: Charles Downer
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 1840
    Marriage Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Father: James Downer
    Spouse: Elizabeth Wort
    FHL Film Number: 1041294
    Reference ID: 2:3V50HC8

    Name: Elizabeth Wort
    Gender: Female
    Marriage Date: 1840
    Marriage Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Father: John Wort
    Spouse: Charles Downer
    FHL Film Number: 1041294
    Reference ID: 2:3V50HC8

    Children:
    1. 2. George Downer was born in 1840 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 14 Dec 1840 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died in 1915 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; was buried on 16 Jun 1915 in Pitton and Farley, Wiltshire, England.
    2. Henry Downer was born in 1842 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 25 Dec 1842 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died on 31 Dec 1906 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England.
    3. Thomas Henry Downer was born in 1846 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 28 Apr 1846 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died in 1907.
    4. Frank Downer was born in 1849 in Blissford, Hampshire, England; and died.

  3. 6.  George Knellar and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: AAEEA9DD727B4311A1B77B39565EA7B57B5E
    • Occupation: 1851; agricultural labourer
    • Residence: 1851, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England

    George married Hansell. Hansell and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hansell and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: E73D4D98DE564AAF9C5930EFF46665959E91
    • Residence: 1851, Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England

    Children:
    1. 3. Eliza Knellar was born in 1842 in Kings Somborne, Hampshire, England; died in 1923 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Downer and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: BB44454049504483B579EFC833059BFD9958

    Children:
    1. 4. Charles Downer was born in 1818 in Godshill, Hampshire, England; was christened on 25 Dec 1818 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; and died.

  2. 10.  John Wort was born in 1793 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 14 Jul 1793 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England (son of James Wort and Elizabeth Jeffries); died in 1849 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was buried on 27 Sep 1849 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 836FD24D0D6944A5A66D4E5C62C2261F96AE
    • Occupation: 1841; Dairyman
    • Residence: 1841, Manors Fram, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    • Occupation: 15 May 1848; farmer
    • Occupation: 28 May 1855; labourer, deceased

    Notes:

    Name: John Wort
    Gender: Male
    Baptism Date: 14 Jul 1793
    Baptism Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Father: James Wort
    Mother: ELizabeth
    FHL Film Number: 1596132

    John Wort
    Gender: Male
    Burial Date: 27 Sep 1849
    Burial Place: Fordingbridge, Southampton, England
    FHL Film Number: 1596132
    Reference ID: it 2 p 45

    John married Jane Tilly on 14 May 1818 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. Jane (daughter of Joseph Tilly and Mary Dymott) was born in 1791 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 20 May 1792 in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England; died in 1875 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Jane Tilly was born in 1791 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 20 May 1792 in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, London, England (daughter of Joseph Tilly and Mary Dymott); died in 1875 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 986FDA0C05A140AABC2B408A5F69C15209F4
    • Residence: 1841, Manors Fram, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1851, Blissford, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1861, Blissford, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 1871, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England

    Notes:

    1861 census has an Ellen Wort aged 9 listed as garandaughter of Jane, This is mot the daughter of George and Caroline

    Notes:

    Married:
    Name: John Wort
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 14 May 1818
    Marriage Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Spouse: Jane Tilly
    FHL Film Number: 1596132
    Reference ID: it 2 p 24

    Name: Jane Tilly
    Gender: Female
    Marriage Date: 14 May 1818
    Marriage Place: Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England
    Spouse: John Wort
    FHL Film Number: 1596132
    Reference ID: it 2 p 24

    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Wort was born in 1819 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 30 May 1819 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died in 1867 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England.
    2. Jane Wort was born in 1821 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 30 Mar 1821 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died in 1892 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England.
    3. Mary Wort was born in 1822 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 24 Nov 1822 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died on 17 Jan 1892 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England.
    4. John Wort was born in 1825 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 15 Jul 1825 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died in 1906 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England.
    5. Thomas Wort was born in 1827 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; died in 1888.
    6. George Wort was born in 1831 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 10 Jun 1831 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died in 1906 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England.
    7. Henry Wort was born in 1832 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened on 14 Oct 1832 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire England; died on 18 Oct 1891 in 21 Highfield St, Landsea, Portsea, Hampshire, England.
    8. Charles Wort was born in 1834 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; and died.
    9. Caroline Wort was born in 1836; and died.


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