Downes Family History
Downes Name Meaning
English: variant (plural) of Down.Irish (Counties
Clare and Limerick): reduced Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó
Dubháin (see Doane).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Downes
Name Distribution of Downes Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Downes families
 310 - 618  104 - 309 |
 1 - 103  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Downes families
|
34 - 66 12 - 33 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Downes census records
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Downes Family Origin
Downes Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Downes Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Downes Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Downes census records
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Military Service by Downes
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