DOWNING, Richard^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1803 - 1866  (63 years)

• Name	DOWNING, Richard
  Birth	21 Jan 1803	North Lopham, Norfolk, England   [1, 5, 6]
  	Address: England
  Baptism	21 Feb 1803	North Lopham, Norfolk, England   [5, 6]
  	Address: England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Feb 1811	North Lopham, Norfolk, England   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Address: England
  	Richard appears to have been baptised twice: Once in 1803 (along with two siblings) as registered in the Diss District Methodist Baptism record and again in 1811 at St Nicholas, according to the Archdeacon's Transcripts. While the place of baptism is not noted in the former, North Lopham had one of the oldest Methodist Chapels in the county (it was closed in 2014).
  Residence	1841  [1]
  	Address: The Street South Lopham South Lopham, Norfolk England England
  Residence	Between 1851 and 0  [1]
  	Address: Diss Road South Lopham South Lopham, Norfolk England England
  Death	10 Mar 1866	South Lopham, Norfolk, England   [9, 10]
  	Address: England
  Burial	16 Mar 1866	St Andrew, South Lopham, Norfolk, England   [3, 8, 9]
  	Address: England
  		0224_downing_southlopham St Andrews, South Lopham, Norfolk, England
  Person ID	I0224	Coyle-Williams-Bicknell Family
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	DOWNING, Richard,   b. Abt 1773, Diss, Norfolk, England d. 30 May 1848 (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	HOWES, Mary,   b. Abt Feb 1776, Norfolk, England d. Between 1 Aug 1850 and 21 Aug 1850 (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	16 Feb 1798	Norfolk, England
  	Address: England
  Family ID	F0081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GARNHAM, Mary,   b. 18 Aug 1805, South Lopham, Norfolk, England d. 6 Nov 1883, South Lopham, Norfolk, England (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1826	St Andrew, South Lopham, Norfolk, England   [3, 11]
  	Address: England
  Children	1. DOWNING, Hannah,   b. Abt 1827, England d. Bef 1930 (Age < 102 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. DOWNING, Mary,   b. Abt 1829, South Lopham, Norfolk, England d. Bef 1930 (Age < 100 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. DOWNING, John,   b. Abt 1831, South Lopham, Norfolk, England d. 1907, Essex, England (Age 76 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. DOWNING, James Richard,   b. 1833, Norfolk, England d. 1835 (Age 2 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. DOWNING, Richard James,   b. Abt 1835, South Lopham, Norfolk, England d. Bef 1891 (Age < 55 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. DOWNING, Samuel,   b. Abt 1837   d. 1840, South Lopham, Norfolk, England (Age 3 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   7. DOWNING, James Richard,   b. Abt 1839, South Lopham, Norfolk, England d. 31 Dec 1851 (Age 12 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   8. DOWNING, Samuel,   b. Abt 1851, South Lopham, Norfolk, England d. Bef 1950 (Age < 98 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F0076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Address: England - 21 Jan 1803 - North Lopham, Norfolk, England Baptism - Address: England - 21 Feb 1803 - North Lopham, Norfolk, England Baptism - Address: England - 28 Feb 1811 - North Lopham, Norfolk, England Marriage - Address: England - 29 Dec 1826 - St Andrew, South Lopham, Norfolk, England Death - Address: England - 10 Mar 1866 - South Lopham, Norfolk, England Burial - Address: England - 16 Mar 1866 - St Andrew, South Lopham, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1831 - Weaver 1841 - Linen weaver 1850 Farmer 1851 - Farmer: 33 acres, 1 man, 1 boy (the 1851 census records the family name as Downery) 1855 - Farmer 1861 - Farmer 35 acres employing 2 men

  
  

• Sources

  [S0006] Census records. [S0046] Essex Record Office. [S0028] Norfolk Record Office. [S0097] England & Wales Electoral Registers (The British Library). [S0013] http://www.howesfamilies.com. [S0090] England & Wales Non-Conformist Births And Baptisms (The National Archive). [S0091] http://www.dissteamministry.org.uk/welcome/north-lopham/. [S0092] https://www.freereg.org.uk. [S0000] akw, akw. [S0085] England & Wales Deaths (General Register Office). [S0054] England Marriages 1538-1973.