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Robert Shelby DOWNS
(1856 –1911)
Ida Ann PECK
(1870 – )
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Lewis Leonard DOWNS
(1893 –1973)

 

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1. Beatrice Pearl BYRNES
2. Minnie Mae DONALDSON

Lewis Leonard DOWNS 2 3
  • Born: 2 March 1893, Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Beatrice Pearl BYRNES on 5 July 1917 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA 1
  • Marriage (2): Minnie Mae DONALDSON on 26 May 1925 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
  • Died: November 1973, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA at age 80 4
  • Buried: 1973, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

bullet   Another name for Lewis was Lewis L. DOWNS.1

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bullet  Burial Notes

Waterloo Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He was described as tall and slender with gray eyes and dark brown hair on 5 June 1917 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. 3

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  • He resided at 125 Bluff in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA on 5 June 1917. 3
  • He worked as a laborer for Young Coal Company on 5 June 1917 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. 3
  • He worked as a teamster for a coal company on 2 January 1920 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. 1

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  • He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 2 January 1920 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. 1

    Lewis L Downs       26
    Beatrice Downs       23
  • He worked as a truck driver for retail mossbark on 1 April 1940 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  • He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 1 April 1940 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. Lewis L Downs       47
    Minnie M Downs       47
    Beverly L Downs       8
    Thomas E Moran       27

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Lewis married Beatrice Pearl BYRNES, daughter of George BYRNES and Laura Burnette HANCE, on 5 July 1917 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.1 The marriage ended in divorce before 26 May 1925. (Beatrice Pearl BYRNES was born on 30 May 1897 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA,1 died on 3 February 1949 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA and was buried on 7 February 1949 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.)


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Lewis next married Minnie Mae DONALDSON on 26 May 1925 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. (Minnie Mae DONALDSON was born on 14 March 1893 in Minnesota, USA, christened in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA, died on 30 October 1992 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA and was buried in 1992 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.)
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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Lewis L. Downs household, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.), Lewis Leonard Downs registration, Black Hawk County, Iowa; Roll: 1643362; Draft Board: 0.
  4. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration).


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