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Down (County Down)

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Ancestors from Down (County Down)

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George Strickland

Down (Down) +others Down DOB: 1st January 1823

Thomas Cummings Shannon

Down (Down) +others Down DOB: 1st February 1809

John Connelly

Down (Down) +others Down DOB: 1st January 1800

Andy Dougherty

Down (Down) +others Down DOB: 1st January 1860

Buildings from Down (County Down)

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Downpatrick Workhouse on 1932 OS map — Downpatrick Workhouse

Timeline from Down (County Down)

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1840

Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)

1st Jan 1840

1820

McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

1st Jan 1825

Down (County Down) Message Board

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Down (County Down) Local Guide

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