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Thomas Downs was born in Dacre, Yorkshire, England.
Thomas was born in 1842[2][3] in Dacre, Yorkshire[3][2]. He was the son of Isabella (Horsman) and Stephen Downs.
By 1861[2], Thomas was living with and working for his brother-in-law Matthew Nelson (husband of Ellen at Hole Bottom in Dacre, where he was to continue to live and work the majority of his life[3], only appearing elsewhere in the 1881 census. Thomas did not marry nor have any children.
He died, aged 70, in 1912 and was buried at Thornthwaite on 11 November 1912.
Sources
↑ Thomas Downs, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, reference Q2 1842, vol 23, p511, Pateley Bridge, General Registry Office, England and Wales.
↑ 2.02.12.22.3 Thomas Downes, 1861 England and Wales census, Hole Bottom, Dacre, RD: Pateley Bridge, sub RD: Dacre Banks, piece 3195, folio 18, head of household: Matthew Nelson, The National Archives via Ancestry collection, image viewed 3 July 2024.
↑ 3.03.13.23.3 Thomas Downs, 1911 England and Wales census, Hole Bottom, Dacre, RD: 486, sub RD: Dacre Banks, piece 25837, head of household: William Bradbury, The National Archives via Ancestry collection, image viewed 3 July 2024.
↑ Thomas Downs, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, reference Q4 1912, vol 9a, p74, Pateley Bridge, General Registry Office, England and Wales.
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