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Frederick Downs

Male 1817 - 1885  (68 years)


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  • Name Frederick Downs 
    Born 1817  Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 30 Sep 1817  St Peter's Church, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1841 
    Harness Maker 
    Census Return 7 Jun 1841  North Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Fredk Downes - 25 - Harness M - N.K.
    Residence 1843  10, Dartmouth Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1843 
    Smith 
    Occupation Between 1845 and 1881 
    Farrier 
    Residence 1 May 1845  8, Grantham Place, Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census Return 30 Mar 1851  10, John Street, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Frederick Downs - head - married - age 33 - farrier - born Bury St Edmunds
      Hannah Downs - wife - married - age 33 - born Denston, Suffolk
      Benjamin Downs - son - age 6 - born St George Hanover Square
      Ann Downs - daur - age 3 - born St George Hanover Square
      Elizabeth Slowgrove - aunt - widow - age 38 - workwoman - born Penrith, Cornwall
    Census Return 7 Apr 1861  37B, Church Way, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Tho Fred Downs - head - widower - age 43 - farrier - born Bury St Ed, Suffolk
    Census Missing 1871 
    Occupation Abt Sep 1877 
    Hop Picker in Kent, England 
    Workhouse Between 14 Apr 1880 and 22 Jul 1880  St George's Union Workhouse, Fulham Road, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Workhouse Between 30 Jul 1880 and 15 Jul 1885  Chelsea Union Workhouse, Britten Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Settlement 5 Aug 1880 
    • Settlement Examination 5th Aug 1880 at Chelsea Workhouse Britten Street
      Downs Frederick 70 Wdr [Widower] Crossing Sweeper =
      Ad. [Admitted] 30th July from 58 George St there 2 wks [weeks] =
      bre: [before] St. Georges Union 4 mos [months]
      bre: [before] 8 Cliffords Row Ebury Square 4 yrs. Lodging House left there last April =
      went Hopping in Kent 3 yrs [years] ago 1 mo. [month] =
      bre: [before] Haddons Lodging House Chelsea several mos [months] -
      always in Lodgings -
      Farrier - never appd [apprenticed] =
      native of Bury St Edmunds =
      son of Benjamin &
      fa: [father] dead
      9 yrs [years] at Bury =
      fa: [father] was in business as a Farrier in High Baxter St & died there had same several years =
      don't know what rent or how hired =
      when pau: [pauper] 16 yrs old fa: [father] was in lodgings at Bury =
      no relatives alive =
      fa: [father] a native of Livermere 5 miles from Bury =
      don't know where
      Xd [Examined]
      Enq. [Enquiry] Ebury Square
      QF. [Query?] St George
    Census Return 3 Apr 1881  Chelsea Workhouse Infirmary, Cale Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Frederick Downs - inmate - widower - age 71 - farrier - born Suffolk
    Alternative Name Thomas Frederick Downs 
    Died 15 Jul 1885  Chelsea Workhouse Infirmary, Cale Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Paralysis/Senectus 
    Notes 
    • (Medical):Senectus is a medical term for old age
    Person ID I1358  Family Tree
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

    Father Benjamin Downs,   b. 30 Jul 1791, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1844, 14, High Baxter Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Wright,   b. 1789, Methwold, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1823 and 1828  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Carter,   b. 1817, Denston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1855, 3, Bruton Place, Berkeley Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 22 Oct 1843  St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin Henry Downs,   b. 1 May 1845, 8, Grantham Place, Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1927, 164, St Johns Hill, Battersea, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +2. Ann "Annie" Downs,   b. Abt 1847, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1919, London County Lunatic Asylum, Norwood, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +3. Emily Mary Downs,   b. 22 Sep 1851, Grosvenor Mews, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1942, Fulham, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     4. Downs,   b. 1853,   d. 1853, Warwick Street, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. George Robert Downs,   b. 26 Aug 1855, 3, Bruton Place, Berkeley Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2013 
    Family ID F183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart