14 Aug 2026                   
             Husband: James Downes    
                Born: 17 Oct 1784          in Great Melton, Norfolk  1
          Christened: 31 Oct 1784          in Great Melton, Norfolk  1
          Occupation: 1821 - 1828          Shoemaker  2
          Occupation: 1832 - 1841          Fowl Dealer  3
              Census: 1841                 in Morley St Peter, Norfolk  
              Census: 1851                 in Wellington Square, Norwich St Giles, Norfolk  
                Died: 1855                 in Norwich, Norfolk  4
              Father: Robert Downes 
              Mother: Ann Page   (1759 -     ) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Margaret Tubby     
             Married: 18 May 1819          in Morley St Peter, Norfolk  1
                Born: ABT 1798             in Morley St Peter, Norfolk  
              Census: 1841                 in Morley St Peter, Norfolk  
              Census: 1851                 in Wellington Square, Norwich St Giles, Norfolk  
              Census: 1861                 in Wellington Lane, Norwich St Giles, Norfolk  
              Census: 1871                 in Rupert Street, Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk  
                Died: 1879                 in Norwich, Norfolk  4
              Father:
              Mother:
 1  F  Mary Ann Downes                                          |   Born: 27 Jan 1820  5
                                                                |   Died: 1820  
                                                                |  Buried 11 May 1820 Morley St Peter, Norfolk 6
 2  M  William Downes                                           |   Born: 21 Jul 1821 Wymondham, Norfolk 5
   sp. Martha Judith Forder                                     |Married: 1849 Norwich, Norfolk 4
       Born: ABT 1826 Died: 1901                                |   Died: 1879 Norwich, Norfolk 4
 3  F  Mary Ann Downes                                          |   Born: 15 Jul 1825 Wymondham, Norfolk 5

 4  M  John Downes                                              |   Born: 31 Aug 1828 Wymondham, Norfolk 5
   sp. Ann Forder                                               |Married: 1851 Norwich, Norfolk 4
       Born: ABT 1833 Died: 23 Feb 1897                         |   Died: 1897 Norfolk 4
                                                                |  Buried 17 Nov 1897 Morley St Botolph, Norfolk 6
 5  F  Hannah Downes                                            |   Born: ABT 1832 Morley St Peter, Norfolk 

 6  F  Hannah Downes                                            |   Born: ABT 1835 Morley St Peter, Norfolk 
   sp. William Stebbings                                        |Married: 1855 Norwich, Norfolk 4
       Born: ABT 1835 Died: 1924                                |   Died: 1918 Norwich, Norfolk 4
 7  M  Robert Downes                                            |   Born: ABT 1838 Morley St Peter, Norfolk 
   sp. Mary Ann Maria Betts                                     |Married: 1863 Norwich, Norfolk 4
       Born: 1842 Died: 1917                                    |   Died: 1920 Norwich, Norfolk 7
 8  M  James Downes                                             |   Born: 26 Oct 1841 Morley St Peter, Norfolk 1
   sp. Lucy Elizabeth Mercy Osborn                              |Married: 1865 Norwich, Norfolk 4
       Born: 1847 Died: 1930                                    |   Died: 1897 Norwich, Norfolk 4

Sources:
(1) Parish Register. 
(2) Baptisms of children. 
(3) Baptism of daughter Rebecca. 
(4) FreeBMD Website. 
(5) New Buckenham Wesleyan Circuit Register. 
(6) Bishop's transcript. 
(7) Ancestry Death Index. 

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Updated 14 Aug 2026

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