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Henrietta DOWNING

Female 1874 - 1960  (85 years)


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  • Name Henrietta DOWNING 
    Born 11 May 1874  Bideford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Feb 1960  [1] 
    Person ID I754  David Falconer Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 

    Father UNKNOWN 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Ann DOWNING
              b. 25 Jul 1855, Buckland Brewer, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. UNKNOWN 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 UNKNOWN 
    Children 
     1. Charles William DOWNING
              b. 15 Jan 1899
              d. 8 Mar 1916, Mesopotania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)  [natural]
     2. William Edward DOWNING
              b. 1904, Bideford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Nov 1968  (Age 64 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Reuben TITHECOTT
              b. 5 Nov 1854
              d. UNKNOWN 
    Married 10 Nov 1907  Bideford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Vernon William Reuben TITHECOTT
              b. 13 May 1915, Northam, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Nov 1964, Bideford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 May 1874 - Bideford, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Nov 1907 - Bideford, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • According to her descendant, Graham Tithecott, Henrietta was born out of wedlock in the Bideford Union Workhouse. She became known as Hetty, but as an an adult, she felt that her middle name should be Fortescue, because of the presence of the prominent Fortescue family in her family history. As a child, she lived with her mother Mary Ann Downing, and her stepfather John Cole at Castle Cottage in Abbotsham.

      Graham Tithecott knew Henrietta when he was young. He believes she was in service in Kenwith Castle, in Abbotsham Parish.

      Henrietta had two children born out of wedlock in the Union Workhouse in Bideford, before she married reuben Tithecott. Reuben and Henrietta had five children, of whom the youngest was Vernon William Reuben Tithecott.

  • Sources 
    1. [S37] Information from Graham Tithecott.