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Robert A Downing


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  • Person ID I322659680461  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father Rolla Ross Prince Downing,   b. 31 Jan 1903, 178 Bay Tree Cottage, Portsmouth Road, Woolston Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1989, The General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Mother Margaret Ruth Page,   b. 7 May 1901, St Mary's Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1991, 21 Ashby Rd, Sholing, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Marriage 25 Aug 1928  Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F5160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Family ID F2707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Notes  At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1153115022] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2c; Page: 137.


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