Birth: April-June 1849 Islington, Middlesex, UK
Father: William Downes (Downs) 1814-a1851
Mother: Bridget ? c1816-1859
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Unknown
Husband: Unknown
Death: After 1861
Unknown
Birth of Bridget Downes in FreeBMD in April-June 1849 in Islington (3 213).
In the 1851 census as Bridget Downes aged 6 (should this have been 6 months?), born in Islington, and living with her parents (William and Bridget), two sisters (Fanny and Mary), and 7 lodgers (all born in Ireland) at 4 Smiths Buildings, Islington East, Middlesex.
Her mother died in 1859.
In the 1861 census as Bridget Downs aged 11, born in Islington, Middlesex, and boarding with Mary Drew (aged 40, born in Ireland, widowed and employed as a washerwoman), her daughter (Mary aged 17, born in Ireland and employed as a milliner), and another boarder (Mary Bryan aged 17, born in Islington and employed as a milliner) at 1 Little Pierriepont? Row at Islington St Peter (3 other families shared the same address, one was Ellen and William Bryan).
I cannot find any later information.
Bridget Downes was my great grandaunt
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