Birth: Circa 1842 Islington, Middlesex, UK
Father: William Downes (Downs) c1815-1862
Mother: Bridget ? c1816-1859
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: July-September 1861 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, UK
Husband: George William Payne 1841-1926
Death: January-March 1877 Greenwich, Kent, UK. Burial: 10 March 1877 Lewisham, Kent, UK
Mary Ann Payne [Dutton] 1861-a1901
George William Payne 1864-a1871
Henry Charles Payne 1867-a1881
Frederick Payne 1870-a1901
Charles Payne 1871-a1891
Emma Louisa Alice Payne [Cowles] 1874-1946
Albert George E Payne 1876-1877
I cannot find an entry for her birth.
In the 1851 census as Fanny Downes aged 9, born in Islington, Middlesex, and living with her parents (William and Bridget), two sisters (Bridget and Mary), and seven lodgers (all born in Ireland) at 4 Smiths Buildings, Islington East, Middlesex.
Her mother died in 1859.
In the 1861 census as Fanny Downes aged 19, born in Islington, Middlesex, single, employed as a cap millinor, and head of the household living with her sister (Mary), a lodger (Anne Bentley aged 63, born in Islington, widowed and supported by charity), and a visitor (Emma Swadkins aged 15, and born in Islington) at 6 Campden St, Islington East, Middlesex.
Entry in FreeBMD for the marriage of Frances Downes and George Payne in July-September 1861 in Clerkenwell (1b 747).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for the marriage of Frances Downes aged 19, and George Payne on 16 July 1861 at St James, Clerkenwell, Islington. "Page 190 1864 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St James Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex. [No.] 379 July 16th George Payne [aged] 20 [a] Br [and] Brass Finisher [of] 4 Brewer Street, [father] Henry Payne, [a] traveller, [and] Frances Downes [aged] 19, [a] Spr [of] 16 Buxton Street, [father] William Downes, [a] Shoemaker. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] In the Presence of us Thomas Morris his mark [and] Mary Downes".
In the 1871 census as Francis (sic - in the index, Frances on the original) Payne aged 29, born in Islington, Middlesex, and living with her husband (George W), three sons (Frederick, George W and Henry I) and daughter (Mary A) at 13 Tower Steet, St George, Southwark, Surrey (there were 4 families living at this address). I cannot find this in the London A-Z, but from the census it is close to Westminster Bridge Road near St George's Circus.
The family were living at 13 Tower Street, Southwark at the birth of her daughter in 1874, but had moved to Greenwich by late 1876 by the birth of her son.
Entry in FreeBMD for the death of Frances Payne in January-March 1877 aged 36 in Greenwich (1d 558).
Entry in Deceased Online for Frances Payne buried on 10 March 1877 in Lewisham.
There are eighteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Frances/Francis/Fanny Downes.
Frances Downes was my great grandmother.
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