After some 20 years of research on this family I have found little. John Downey came to Canada in and around 1825 and married an Irish girl called Jane Smith in 1826. He was the enumerator for the 1851 census in his location and from his age at that time he would have been born in and about 1796 or 1797. From family papers I have read here, he would have been born in Downpatrick, County Down. Ireland but have no proof. It was also said he came with two brothers and one could have been called Leo but this name did not show up in the family here for several generations so perhaps untrue. Or at least we have no record of this as a true fact. We do have all the family history here in Canada starting at this point.
Many have search here for the origins of both John and Jane (born Ireland 1802) without success. Both were Catholics but record of their marriage here show them marrying in a Presbyterian church. Strange.
Her is a list of John and Jane's children in order of their birth: Michael, Edward, John, Thomas Patrick Richard and Hugh. They had three girls called Nancy Ann, Jane and Catherine. Possibly they followed the traditional method of naming their children but have not found anything using any of these names though the names come up often but unable to determine what would be the correct families.
Any help I can obtain would be so appreciated.
Bea
Many have search here for the origins of both John and Jane (born Ireland 1802) without success. Both were Catholics but record of their marriage here show them marrying in a Presbyterian church. Strange.
Her is a list of John and Jane's children in order of their birth: Michael, Edward, John, Thomas Patrick Richard and Hugh. They had three girls called Nancy Ann, Jane and Catherine. Possibly they followed the traditional method of naming their children but have not found anything using any of these names though the names come up often but unable to determine what would be the correct families.
Any help I can obtain would be so appreciated.
Bea
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