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GEDCOM from Sue Hodnett, Caldwell, ID in Aug1998 to T. Mason; NOTES: We are still working on this line. We were fortunate enough to come upon the information on his wife, Lydia, through correspondence, and also to discover the information on his wedding date and place, Davies county, MO, 1842.
We think we have been placed in the right lineal line, the one of Francis Downing, born 1736 in England. That line has a few problems of dates, especially pertaining to Richard W. Downing. I think he was born about 1756, and not 1778. We are still trying to link Francis Downing somewhere, possibly Emanuel Downing, but probably not.
There is a line in its own of Francis Downing--this one being the first immigrant of the Downings, Francis born in 1600. He came to America in 1624. It is possible that his father is a John Downing, born in 1534. I found a mention of this in a will probated 1623. A John Downing left land to be divided between his sons Francis and Richard.
One Geoffrey Downing, 1524, Essex, England, is listed as the head of the house of Downing. There are several other men we can place back just about that far, so it wouldn't surprise me any if these were all brothers, or related in some fashion. Besides Geoffrey, there is a George, 1525, John, 1534, William, and Richard. I forget the dates on the last two. There are some who are from Cornwall, Devonshire and Essex.
I have found an Sanford Downing that might be his son. This Sanford was born in 1858 in Missouri, married Annie, and located in Jackson County, aw Township. Children: Martha J., Charity, James, Pearl(male?) Meryl(female?)--I wonder if someone got these two backwards?--and Annie. This from a soundex of Mo., 1900. William Austin was born in 1856, so the date and the name and the state is right. And I found a M.F. Downing that might be Morean, Jr., born in 1862, married Mary, except this M.F. is born in Illinois. But there is a possibility that that could still be--we don't know where all Powhatan went. M.F.'s children: Carry E., Laura, Sarah, Nellie and Thomas. Same soundex, Livingston County, Rich Hill Township.
I though I had a John Downing, but the dates don't line up.
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T. Mason on 2 Feb 2004 by Richard W. Baker [rwbaker8@comcast.net]. Has information about the eleven children born to Myomi and Samuel Brunk.
GEDCOM from Sue Hodnett, Caldwell, ID in Aug1998 to T. Mason; NOTES: He may have more children. We are not sure we have listed them all. We found this Powhatan, or Puck, on a census of Maryland, 1776, aged 10, listed with his family. I have not been able to find him anywhere else yet. But he undoubtedly lived through the war years, to marry and have a family. I just have not been fortunate enough to locate him again. He is also listed with his family in Greggath's "Downings of Europe and America". I don't know where others gleaned information on him; all the information I am aware of comes from Greggath's book. We know who he married and where, Hannah Gilbert of Kentucky. But I haven't yet seen any other records mentioning him.
Private researcher: Anne W. Cissel (Historic Research Associates) 117 Sunhigh Drive, Thurmont, Maryland, 21788. (301) 271-2141.
GEDCOM from Sue Hodnett, Caldwell, ID in Aug1998 to T. Mason; NOTES: I found him in the 1910 census of Oklahoma, George and Roscoe were dead by that year. He came from Missouri into Indian Territory, Oklahoma while it was still pretty wild and wooly. They tell of times when either he or his wife, Sabrina, would have to stand guard over their stock by night to keep Indians from driving them off. Several of their younger children were born there. Later they moved down into what would become Deleware County, where they lived out their lives.
BIRTH-RESEARCH-QUESTION: Date of 20 Apr 1874 would before his first daughter was born.
GEDCOM from Sue Hodnett, Caldwell, ID in Aug1998 to T. Mason; NOTES:
This is my mother's father. He was quite a character. I will never forget the stories they would tell about him noodling for catfish in the Grand River, if I recall the name right. He would tie a rope around his waist, and on the other end of it would be a giant hook, he would go under the water into deep holes and find huge catfish to noodle, big enough to literally drag him away, but for the rope around him, and his friends on the bank who would pull him in when they felt him tug the rope, the signal that he had a catfish on. He had to be able to hold his breath for several minutes at a time, three or four sometimes. I wish we had some pictures of his catches! He was pretty wild as a young man, even after he married Grandma. She should have clobbered him with an iron skillet. They had a large family; there were fourteen children, two died in infancy, a son and a daughter. They raised twelve children. Three daughters and nine sons. The three girls married three Norris brothers, so I grew up with a lot of double cousins.CONFLICT: 1900 and 1910 census indicates his birthplace as Kansas while other records indicated Stone county, Missouri.
RESEARCHER: Information provided to T.Mason on 10May2002 by Nancy Francis [nfrancis@brightok.net]. "You can find this cemetery by driving to Zena , turn right at the final stop sign in (town)keep going until you come to a T, turn left, go about 3 or 4 miles; its on the right. It is way down in there close to the Lake area. I can remember my dad talking about living on the river bottoms before the Lake came in. Both my parents said, after the Lake came in , the Malaria fever was so bad people were dying like flies and moving away from that area. That's when Grandpa and Grandma Downing moved up to where the old home place last was."
GEDCOM from Sue Hodnett, Caldwell, ID in Aug1998 to T. Mason; NOTES: Cora had two babies that did not survive infancy - Cora and Effie.
DEATH: Misti Adams suggests death date may have been 1933 instead of 1931.
DEATH: Nancy Francis [nanfran@brightok.net] worte T.Mason on 19 Dec 2004 that the tombstone indicates 1933.