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James ACKLAND

Male Abt 1840 - UNKNOWN


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James ACKLAND was born about 1840 in Parkham, Devon, England; died in UNKNOWN.

    Family/Spouse: Eliza DOWNING. Eliza (daughter of James Fortescue DOWNING and Elizabeth ASHTON) was born on 29 Sep 1839 in Parkham, Devon, England; died on 7 Apr 1895 in Paddington, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary Ann DOWNING  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1855 in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary Ann DOWNING Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 25 Jul 1855 in Buckland Brewer, Devon, England; died in UNKNOWN.

    Notes:

    According to her descendant, Graham Tithecott, Mary Ann was born out of wedlock, and was raised by her father's parents, William and Mary Ackland in Parkham Parish, Devon. She was listed as their granddaughter in the 1861 census, and as a "visitor" in their home in the 1871 census. Mary Ann's marriage certificate to John Cole confirmed James Ackland as her father.

    Mary married John COLE on 2 Aug 1876 in Abbotsham, Devon, England. John died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Henrietta DOWNING  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 May 1874 in Bideford, Devon, England; died on 19 Feb 1960.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Henrietta DOWNING Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 11 May 1874 in Bideford, Devon, England; died on 19 Feb 1960.

    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.

    Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Charles William DOWNING  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jan 1899; died on 8 Mar 1916 in Mesopotania.
    2. 5. William Edward DOWNING  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1904 in Bideford, Devon, England; died on 28 Nov 1968.

    Henrietta married Reuben TITHECOTT on 10 Nov 1907 in Bideford, Devon, England. Reuben was born on 5 Nov 1854; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Vernon William Reuben TITHECOTT  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 May 1915 in Northam, Devon, England; died on 29 Nov 1964 in Bideford, Devon, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Charles William DOWNING Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henrietta3, 2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 15 Jan 1899; died on 8 Mar 1916 in Mesopotania.

    Notes:

    According to Graham Tithecott, Charles William was born out of wedlock. He enlisted in 1/6 Battalion in the Devonshire Regiment in WW1, and was killed in action on 9 March 1916 in Mesopotania.


  2. 5.  William Edward DOWNING Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henrietta3, 2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born in 1904 in Bideford, Devon, England; died on 28 Nov 1968.

    Notes:

    William Edward Downing was born out of wedlock in the Union Workhouse in Bideford. He had five children with his wife, Lucy Spearman.

    William married Lucy SPEARMAN on 18 Oct 1930 in Bideford, Devon, England. Lucy was born on 15 Apr 1905; died in 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 6.  Vernon William Reuben TITHECOTT Descendancy chart to this point (3.Henrietta3, 2.Mary2, 1.James1) was born on 13 May 1915 in Northam, Devon, England; died on 29 Nov 1964 in Bideford, Devon, England.

    Vernon married Florence Olive PROUSE in 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Graham TITHECOTT  Descendancy chart to this point