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Richard John T Downer[1, 2]

Male 1901 - 1983  (81 years)

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  • Name Richard John T Downer  [2]
    Birth 27 Apr 1901  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1921  37 Chapel Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Occupation: Trimmer; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    Death Apr 1983  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I322655163214  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father John Thomas Downer,   b. July 1856, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1930, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Thomas Middlewick,   b. 1867, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1938, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Marriage 1890  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose Hannah E Sumner,   b. Oct 1897, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage Apr 1926  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Albert Richard Downer,   b. Jan 1932, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 2011 (Age 79 years)
     2. Downer
     3. Downer
     4. Downer
     5. Downer
    Family ID F905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S1220061155] Ancestry.com, 1921 England Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/5611, ED 43, Sch 272; Book: 05611.


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