Downs Family History
Downs Name Meaning
patronymic from a variant of Dunn
2.variant (plural) of Down.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Downs
Name Distribution of Downs Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Downs families
 342 - 681  115 - 341 |
 1 - 114  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Downs families
|
134 - 265 45 - 133 |
1 - 44 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Downs census records
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Downs Family Origin
Downs Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Downs Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Downs families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Downs Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Downs census records
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Military Service by Downs
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