See also

Family of James Joseph Downes and Lillie Josephine Palmer

  • Husband:

  • James Joseph Downes (1875-1953)

  • Wife:

  • Lillie Josephine Palmer (1875-1957)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1945

  • Harwich "Registration District", Essex, England1

Husband: James Joseph Downes

  • Name:

  • James Joseph Downes2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • grocer's assistant, quay labourer, locomotive firelighter then a marine blacksmiths striker5,6,7,8

  • Birth:

  • 13 Sep 1875

  • Harwich, Essex, England2,5,6,7,8,9

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  • 7 Victoria Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex, England9

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Joseph and Jemima, sisters Elizabeth, Hannah, Maria and Rose, widowed grandmother Susan Downes, and aunt Sarah Parker. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 15)

  • 7 Victoria Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son working as a grocers assistant and living with his widowed mother Jemima, sister Maria, and five visitors. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 25)

  • 7 Victoria Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son as Joseph working as a quay labourer and living with his widowed mother Jemima, and sister Rose. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 35)

  • 7 Victoria Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a locomotive firelighter and living in two rooms with his wife Harriet, and sons Joseph, Frank and Charles. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 64)

  • 7 Victoria Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex, England8

  •  

  • a married marine blacksmith's striker living with his wife Harriett, and his sister Elizabeth. Born on 13th September 1875

  • Death:

  • Q3 1953 (age 77)

  • Harwich "Registration District", Essex, England4

Wife: Lillie Josephine Palmer

  • Name:

  • Lillie Josephine Palmer10,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Lily

  • Father:

  • Henry Palmer (1831-1917)

  • Mother:

  • Susannah Smith (1836?-1889)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housekeeper12

  • Birth:

  • 9 Aug 1875

  • Dovercourt, Essex, England10,11,12,13,14,15,16

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Mar 1876 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter of Henry Palmer (donkey man) and Susannah of Dovercourt

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 6)

  • 2 Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England13

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her mother Susannah, and half-brothers Arthur, Oliver and Henry. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 15)

  • 33 Victoria Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex, England14

  •  

  • daughter living with her widowed father Henry, half-sister Annie and her husband Harry Green, and two boarders. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 25)

  • 33 Victoria Terrace, Dovercourt, Essex, England15

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her father Henry, sharing the house with step-sister Annie, her husband Harry Green, and their adopted daughter Gertrude. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • Sunnyside, 3 Parkston Villas, Cliff Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England16

  •  

  • unmarried half-sister living in seven rooms with her half- sister Annie, widowed father Henry Palmer, and Annie's adopted daughter Gerty Olive. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 64)

  • 12 Brooklyn Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England12

  •  

  • an unmarried housekeeper and companion as Lily living with widowed Lucy Staples. Born on 9th August 1875 and married a Downes at a later date

  • Death:

  • 30 Nov 1957 (age 82)

  • St. Mary's Hospital, Popes Lane, Colchester, Essex, England17,18

  • Probate:

  • 22 Jan 1958

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • a widow of 478 Main Road, Dovercourt died 30th November 1957 at St. Mary's Hospital Colchester, administration of effects of £502 11s 0d (~£11,000 in 2017) to Oliver James Palmer railway accounts clerk and Ronald Basil Wilkinson secretary cashier

Note on Husband: James Joseph Downes

James previously married Harriet Stiff (1873-1944) in Cosford in 19028,19,20

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Harwich 1945 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2816. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1875 quarter:4 volume:4a page:394. Cit. Date: 22 August 2022.

3.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Harwich 1945 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2816.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Harwich 1953 quarter:3 volume:4a page:440. Cit. Date: 20 August 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1402 folio:45 page:29 schedule:186. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1698 folio:68 page:25 schedule:163. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10249 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:3 schedule:212. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1515C page:3 line:18 letter code:DBZF. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

9.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1781 folio:30 page:11 schedule:806. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1875 quarter:4 volume:4a page:312. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

11.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Dovercourt All Saints baptisms 1858-1878 ref:D/P 174/1/6 image:46 page:86 entry:687. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

12.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1515D page:9 line:2 letter code:DBZG. Cit. Date: 6 September 2022.

13.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1781 folio:38 paqge:27 schedule:888. Cit. Date: 6 September 2022.

14.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1402 folio:47 page:34 schedule:216. Cit. Date: 6 September 2022.

15.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1698 folio:70 page:31 schedule:207. Cit. Date: 6 September 2022.

16.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10248 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:2 schedule:100. Cit. Date: 6 September 2022.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1957 quarter:4 volume:4a page:679. Cit. Date: 6 September 2022.

18.

Ancestry England and Wales National Probate Calendar (Index to Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1958 page:339. Cit. Date: 6 September 2022.

19.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Cosford 1902 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1653. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Harwich 1944 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1040. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.