OHs FMFF:
Name:
James DOWNHAM
Date and place of birth:
either 1796 [based on age at burial]
or 1806 [based on age at 1841 census]
born in Gloucestershire [according to 1841 census]
Names of parents:
Not known
Date and place of baptism:
Not known
Married:
Eliza DEAN 12 Jul 1824 Southwark St Saviour, Surrey by Banns. Both of the parish, both single. Witnesses: James Rumment[?] and Mary Dean.
[If born 1806 – then he would have been just 18 at marriage. Eliza was born 1801 Gloucestershire]
Occupation(s):
1826 Gardener
1829 Shop keeper
1832 Innkeeper
1836-9 Publican
On son’s marriage certificate in 1851 his occupation is given as Carpenter [but was dead by this time so could be fabricated]
Addresses where they lived:
1824 – Southwark St Saviour [on marriage]
1826 – Mitcham, Surrey [when sons baptised]
1829 – Shurdington, Gloucestershire [baptism of child]
1841 Census: New Inn, High Street, Great Shurdington, Gloucestershire - living with wife and family
1843 – Shurdington, Gloucestershire
Date of Death: 11 August 1843 at Great Shurdington
Death Certificate states he was 47 years old, an Innkeeper and cause of death was "Decline".
Date and place of burial:
17 Aug 1843, Shurdington, Glos, aged 47.
Details of will:
Not known
Memorial inscription:
Not known
I have to confess that I last looked at this line pre-internet days, when I decided a crystal ball would be needed to get any further
Listing this out has inspired me to have a fresh look at this line. I still cannot find his baptism on the IGI. Perhaps I should get the death certificate to see why he died so young.