14 Aug 2026
Husband: John Downes
Born: 1852 in Norwich, Norfolk 1 Census: 1861 in Morley St Botolph, Norfolk Census: 1871 in Besthorpe, Norfolk Occupation: 1871 Labourer Census: 1881 in Besthorpe, Norfolk Occupation: 1881 Ag Lab Census: 1891 in Maygrove Place, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Occupation: 1891 Labourer, Saw Mills Census: 1901 in Maygrove Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Occupation: 1901 Bricklayers Labourer Died: 1906 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 2 Father: John Downes (1828 - 1897) Mother: Ann Forder (1833 - 1897)
Wife: Rebecca Woolsey Married: 1880 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 3
Born: 1852 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 3 Census: 1881 in Besthorpe, Norfolk Census: 1891 in Maygrove Place, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Census: 1901 in Maygrove Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Died: 1915 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 3 Father: Mother:
1 F Rosa Downes | Born: 1881 Besthorpe, Norfolk 1 | Died: 1921 Norfolk 3
2 F Florence May Downes | Born: 9 May 1882 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 1,4 sp. William Matthew Bullock |Married: 1908 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 3 Born: 6 Aug 1881 Died: 1949 | Died: 1965 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 2
3 M Archibald Woolsey Downes | Born: 2 Mar 1883 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 1,4 sp. Alice Martha Colman |Married: 1907 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 3 Born: ABT 1888 Died: 1918 | sp. Alice Harriet Smith |Married: 1919 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 3 Born: 20 Sep 1896 Died: 1978 | Died: 1959 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 2
Sources: (1) GRO index. (2) Ancestry Death Index. (3) FreeBMD Website. (4) 1939 Register. For comments and questions about this family, email Howard Slatter Updated 14 Aug 2026 Name Index