Nicholas Down b. Abt 1831 Broadwoodwidger, Devon d. 1879 Union House, Tavistock, Devon (Dec 1879 Tavistock DEV 5b 274): Featherstone One Name Study

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Nicholas Down

Male Abt 1831 - 1879  (~ 48 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Down  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Born Abt 1831  Broadwoodwidger, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 15 May 1831  St Nicholas, Broadwoodwidger, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    son of John + Mary Down 
    Residence 1851  2 Spry Downs, Stowford, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    age 19; relationship to head: son 
    Residence 1861  1 Spry Downs, Stowford, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    age 28; relationship to head: son 
    Occupation 1871  [4] 
    farm servant 
    Reference Number P5542 
    Residence 1871  Cleave, Kelly, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    age 35; relationship to head: servant 
    Died 1879  Union House, Tavistock, Devon (Dec 1879 Tavistock DEV 5b 274) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • age 49
    Buried 20 Nov 1879  St Eustachius, Tavistock, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • age 49
    Notes 
    • Baptism solemnized in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger in the County of Devon in the Year 1831
      15 May Nicholas son of John + Mary Down of Kitcham farmer

      1861 census RG9/1464/111/12
      1 Spry Downs, Stowford, Devon
      John Down head M 69 farmer of 19 acres employing 1 man Devon, Bratton Clovelly
      Mary Down wife M 65 Devon, Thrushelton
      Nicholas Down son U 28 farm labourer carter Devon, Broadwoodwidger
      Elizabeth Williams serv U 13 general servant Devon, Stowford

      1871 census RG10/2149/25/2
      Cleave, Kelly, Devon
      household of John Heard farmer included
      Nicholas Down servant U 35 farm servant Broadwoodwidger, Devon

      death registration index Nicholas Down Dec 1879 Tavistock DEV 5b 274 age 49

      Burial in the Parish of Tavistock in the County of Devon in the Year 1879
      Nicholas Down of Union House Novbr 20th age 49
    Person ID I5542  Paul and Pam Featherstone's family tree
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2024 

    Father John Down,   b. Abt 1792, Bratton Clovelly, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Smith,   b. Abt 1796, Thrushelton, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 3 Nov 1819  St George, Thrushelton, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Thrushelton, Devon
      John Down of the Parish of Bratton Clovelly Bachelor and Mary Smith of this Parish Spinster were Married in this Church by Banns this Third Day of November 1819
      both signed in the presence of Richard Smith and Roger Gale
    Family ID F3825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S536] 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1464; Folio: 111; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542817.
      Record for Nicholas Down
      https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8767&h=18839055&indiv=try

    2. [S823] 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1884; Folio: 338; Page: 5; GSU roll: 221033.
      Record for John Down
      https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8860&h=6798799&indiv=try

    3. [S580] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Nicholas Down
      https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8914&h=9688043&indiv=try

    4. [S559] 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), The National Archives; Kew, London; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 2149; Folio: 25; Page: 2; GSU roll: 832038.
      Record for Nicholas Down
      https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7619&h=11254569&indiv=try

    5. [S27] baptism register.

    6. [S857] Devon, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;), Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset.
      Record for Mary Smith
      https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62287&h=787199&indiv=try


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