Catherine Downey1

#12780, (circa 1831 - )
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Anna Margaret Donovan
Father*Andrew Downey1 (c 1796 - )
Mother*Rosannah Carroll1 (c 1797 - )

Family

John Alexander b. c 1815
Children 1.Rosanna Alexander+11 (c 1854 - )
 2.Mary Jane Alexander11 (c 1856 - )
 3.Catharine Alexander11 (c 1858 - )
 4.Andrew Alexander11 (c 1860 - )
 5.Elizabeth Alexander12 (c 1863 - )
 6.Agnes Alexander12 (c 1865 - )
 7.Harriet Alexander+12 (1867 - )
Her married name was Alexander. 
Birth*circa 1831She was born circa 1831 at New BrunswickG; (1891 census has 26 Sep 1835.)1,2 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Andrew Downey and Rosannah Carroll at Moncton, Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, dau. of Andrew, age 20, farmer, b. NB.3 
Marriage*13 May 1852She married John Alexander on 13 May 1852 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (same time as William McDonald and Mary Larracy, no. 3272.)4 
1861She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 1861 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.5 
1871She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 1871 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. John (43) and Deborah Kennedy, fam. 34.)6 
1881She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 1881 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.7 
24 April 1891She and John Alexander appeared on the census of 24 April 1891 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. John Alexander; William and Susan Carroll.)8 
10 April 1901She appeared on the census of 10 April 1901 in the household of Andrew Alexander, mother, age 65, b. NB 26 Sep 1835.9 
1911She appeared on the census of 1911 at Moncton Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.10 

Citations

  1. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Catherine Downey (20), dau., farmer, b. NB. Surname indicates that Andrew was her father (or poss. stepfather).
  2. [S69] 1891 Canada Census.
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Andrew (55), farmer, b. NB; Rosannah (54), farmer, entered Colony 1825; Catherine (20), dau., farmer, b. NB. [additional family] John Kenady (23), b. NB, Irish, farmer; Deborah (23), b. NB, Irish, farmer; Thomas, age 1 month. Listed as "family" in the Rooney "House."
  4. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland 1835-1856, img. 269/336, p. 429, marr. 3270. John Alexander, wid., and Catharine Downing, both of Moncton Par., marr. 13 May 1852 according to the rites of the Catholic Church by W K Lafrance, Missionary Priest; witn. James McDonald and Jane Hamilton; reg. 14 May 1852. [Note: not found in St-Anselme or St-Thomas registers]
  5. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. John (46), Scotch, farmer (proprietor) and laborer; Catherine Downy Alexander (30), b. NB.
  6. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. John (56), b. Scotland, farmer, R.C.; Catharine (40), b. NB, R.C. Same house as Nicholas and Catherine Delahunt and Maken (i.e., Maxime) and Catherine Goody (i.e., Gaudet).
  7. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. John (66), b. Scotland, farmer; Catherine (50), b. NB.
  8. [S69] 1891 Canada Census. John (78), b. and parents b. Scotland, farmer; Catherine (60), b. NB, parents b. Ireland; Also Annie (33, marr.) and Effie (5) Dowd, both named dau.
  9. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. Andrew (35), b. NB 16 Jul 1865, farmer.
  10. [S85] 1911 Canada Census. Catherine (83), b. NB Sep 1827, farmer.
  11. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census.
  12. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.