Downes Family - John Francis(?) m Pearl Kenrick ;any information very welcome
John F Died Brisbane, Aust - buried - Mt Gravatt Cemetary - no headstone...
Many tks - his daughter (Veronica Joan DOWNES Dec.) -grandaughter Diana (me)
John Francis was born 1/4/1877 - Kilmurray - Co Clare IRELAND -
Dear Cathy
I had a look on Rootsireland to see if I could find a civil birth record for John Francis but was unsuccessful - can I ask how you know his exact birth date?
Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
Hi Cathy:
I saw your post and looked up the information on the Irish Genealogy website (www.irishgenealogy.ie). There appear to be multiple John Downes born between the years 1876-1878 in the Registration District of Kilrush. Kilmurry-Ibrickan and Kilmurry-McMahon are the two parish registers that you should look at further to see if you can find him. You can look at the parish registers online through the National Library website at: http://www.nli.ie/en/parish-register.aspx. ; Best of luck and if you have further questions, please let us know.
Kind regards,
Jane.
John Francis was a son of patt downes and hanora cavanagh there were 12 children altogether my grandfather was Ambrose downes a brother of John f Ambrose after Ambrose cavanagh father of hanora they are buried in the old graveyard in kilrush my sister kathleen has a lot of information on the family at the moment though we are under a tight lockdown due to covid-19 so it will be some time before I see her am willing to share all information with you if you are interested kind regards bernadette hagger née downes