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Lilia Mary Davis[1, 2]

Female 1875 - 1959  (84 years)

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  • Name Lilia Mary Davis  [2]
    Birth 21 Apr 1875  Newtown, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female
    Residence 1911  No 7 Gorden Terrace, Wright Hill, Portsmouth Rd, Woolston, Itchen, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Death 11 Dec 1959  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I322659675115  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Family James Rolla Downing,   b. Oct 1872, Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1937, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Marriage 13 Mar 1897  South Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dorcas Lilia Downing,   b. 5 Jan 1898, 178 Bay Tree Cottage, Portsmouth Rd, Woolston, Nr Southampton Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1992, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     2. Mildred Alice Downing,   b. 17 May 1899, 178 Bay Tree Cottage, Portsmouth Rd, Woolston, Nr Southampton Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1984, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. Olive Georgina Downing,   b. 25 Dec 1900, 178 Bay Tree Cottage, Portsmouth Rd, Woolston, Southampton Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1947, Guerdon, The Grove, Sholing, Southampton, England. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     4. 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)
     5. Ruby Ellen Downing,   b. 10 Feb 1906, Newtown Lane, Woolston, Nr Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Dec 1971, Sidcup, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     6. Constance Mary Downing,   b. 31 Dec 1907, Ivy Cottage, Elm Rd, Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 2000, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     7. Waldorf James Downing,   b. 12 Oct 1909, Ivy Cottage, Elm Rd, Itchen, Southampton. Hampshire, England. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 2000, Ashford With Shepway, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     8. Una Marie Downing,   b. 26 Dec 1910, Ivy Cottage, Elm Rd, Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 2002, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     9. Harold William Downing,   b. 6 Jun 1912, 7 Gorden Terrace, Wrights Hill, Portsmouth Road, Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1993, 35 Newtown Road, Woolston, Southampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     10. Cecil Albert Downing,   b. Jun 1915, 35 Newtown Rd, Itchen, St Mary Extra, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Yvonne Frances Downing,   b. 5 Jul 1917, 35 Newtown Road, Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 24, 2006, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F5058  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S_1639762725] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. ), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911.


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