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My maternal grandmother was a Downs/Wertz

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THE JOHN LUTHER DOWNS FAMILY IN 1891

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Downs Line

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Downs Family 1891

JOHN LUTHER DOWNS Jr. was born on 9/1/1846 in Dublin Ireland, and he died on 12/29/1909 in Newark Delaware.  Don't have any genealogy on his family.  The Downs lived in Austin PA, then in Cammal (McHenry Twp) PA, which is where I remember them living last.  John L. Downs married MATILDA FLORENCE WERTZ, who was born on 3/7/1852, and died on 8/27/1901, and was buried in Cammal, Pennsylvania.  Her parents were John W. Wertz and Phoebe Ann Hall Wertz from Halls Run, Renovo PA area.

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John Luther Downs, Jr.
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Matilda Florence Wertz Downs

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OK now . . . SMILE everyone :)
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My pre^teen^ Grandmother Anna/Alice (3rd from left)

John L Downs & Matilda F Wertz Downs Family in 1891
(l/r) John D., Emma Pearl, ANNA ALTHEA, Nancy Elizabeth, Mary Sharlotte, John, Matilda, Flora Belle, William Taylor

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       My Mother’s (Pearl Hall Poorman) Maternal Family from Cammal PA (L-R) 
  • John Darcey Downs 1875-1894
  • Emma Pearl Downs 1884-?? (Great Aunt Pearl Nielson) I visited Aunt Pearl in San Francisco once...
  • Anna Althea (Alice T.) Downs Hall 1877-1932 (Mom's Mother) married Clarence R. Hall (Point Breeze, South Renovo)
  • Nancy Elizabeth Downs 1888-1905
  • Mary Sharlotte Downs 1873-1947 (Mom's Aunt Lottie) married Cyrus Black Holmes; their daughter Florence married George Joseph Maine; they had two daughters, Muriel Maine Achenbaum (Devon PA) b. 1/1/1921 d. 8/5/2003; and Lotei "Tei" Maine Landis (Quarryville PA) - I met Muriel and Tei once... Mom corresponded with them a lot...
  • John Luther Downs 1846-1909 (My maternal GG-father)
  • Matilda Florence Wertz Downs 1852-1901 (My maternal GG-mother)
  • Flora Belle Downs 1890-1964 (G-Aunt Florabelle Sinnegan - NYC - SanFrancisco) I visited Aunt Florabelle in Frisco once... 
  • William Taylor Downs 1872-1948 (Uncle Will - Altoona PA) we used to visit Uncle will in Altoona...
We are not sure if the above photo was taken in Austin PA or Cammal PA.  The latter is where Matilda died and is buried. Ken Poorman8/28/2005

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Mom's Grammy Downs . . .

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Matilda F. Wertz Downs
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Matilda F. Wertz Downs

^ Alice's Mommy ^

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Mom's Mommy . . .

ANNA ALTHEA DOWNS

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My Grandmother-Teenager

ALICE T. DOWNS HALL 1877-1932

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I think my Grandma looks like Mom (Pearl) here.  I love her, and never even met her.

^ Pearlie's Mommy ^

Ok, I think I'd better explain some of this name change thing.  My Grandmother's real name was Anna Althea Downs (Hall) - but she used the name Alice T. Downs (Hall).  She used Alice because she didn't like Anna (and she had an Aunt Alice T. too, which adds to the confusion).  Her "T." stood for "Thea" which she used because she didn't like Althea.  I think this was common in the family, i.e. her Aunt Emma went by her middle name, Pearl, and her Aunt Flora sometimes went by her middle name, Belle, and sometimes by Florabelle, her Aunt Mary went by "Lottie." ???  Go figure . . .

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Mother
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Alice Downs
Daughter
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Pearlie Hall

Don't you think my Mom, Pearlie, looks like her Mom, Alice, when they were each teenagers?

Love you Mom!

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Mom's Aunt Flora Belle . . .

MISS FLORA BELLE DOWNS

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My grandma Alice Downs Hall had two sisters, Great Aunt Pearl (quite excentric) and Great Aunt Belle.  I met them both at their homes in San Francisco.  I think Great Aunt Florabelle, they called her Aunt Belle, was pretty.  She had a friendly personality,  I've been to her home in San Francisco a couple times.  Her husband was Dr. Bunny Sinnigan.  He graduated from Jefferson Medical in Philadelphia, and practiced and lived on Park Avenue in Manhattan, before they moved to San Francisco, California.  I never met him.

MRS FLORABELLE DOWNS SINNIGAN

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Dr. Sinnigan was a Rosicrucian (AMORC).  I wanted some of his books when Aunt Florabelle died, but Aunt Belle DeFilippo, Mom's sister, wouldn't give them to me.  I think she destroyed them.  You had to know Aunt Belle DeFilippo.  I do have a book from Aunt Florabelle though.  I'll have to look it up.  It had her address written in it, I think it was 57 Park Avenue NYC.

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