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Mabel DOWNEY

Female 1896 - 1961  (65 years)

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  • Name Mabel DOWNEY 
    Birth 12 Feb 1896  Haverhill, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Christening 28 Aug 1896  Haverhill, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 65EF342358D748169CA9356F08C18564D39C 
    Death Mar 1961  Ipswich RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Baptised as the daughter of James, labourer, and Annie Downey of 4 Sturmer Road. Sister Ada was baptised on the same day.

      May 2016: Anne Wigle-Occhipinti writes:
      Mabel …. remained in England but kept in contact with [her sister] Ada [who emigrated to Canada]. My mother (Barbara) went with her mom, Ada, to visit Mabel when she was about 7. She felt terrible about breaking her cousin's doll during the visit!
    Person ID I2295  Great Horkesley, Essex
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2026 

    Father James DOWNEY,   b. Sep 1861, Long Melford, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1903, Haverhill, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Mother Annie Maria MURRAY,   b. Abt 1860, Diss, Norfolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1930, Woodbridge RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Marriage 4 Mar 1882  Long Melford, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Married after banns. James Downey, 20, bachelor, flaxdresser of Melford, father William Downey, maltster. Annie Maria Murray, 23, spinster, brushmaker of Scole, Norfolk, father William Murray, spinning - master. Both marked. Witnesses Alexander Mason and Susan Heard both marked.
    Family ID F450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Henry BLACKBURN,   b. 5 Aug 1896   d. 12 Jun 1957, Ipswich, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1917  Ipswich RD Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Jean BLACKBURN,   b. 17 Sep 1918   d. 1939, Ipswich RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     2. Audrey BLACKBURN,   b. 24 Nov 1919   d. Nov 2004, Ipswich RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     3. Mary V BLACKBURN,   b. Mar 1925, Liverpool RD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Feb 1896 - Haverhill, Suffolk Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 28 Aug 1896 - Haverhill, Suffolk Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S178] BMD index, Q1 1896 Risbridge 4a/729. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S387] 1939 Register at findmypast.com.

    3. [S178] BMD index, aged 65, Q1 1961 Ipswich 4b/1066. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S178] BMD index.

    5. [S619] Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1949 at ancestry.com.

    6. [S178] BMD index, Q3 1917 Ipswich 4a/1886. (Reliability: 3).


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