James was born about 1812. He was the son of Laurence Downey He passed away about 1890. Newry Catholic Parish records.....James is sponsor at his brother John's son's baptism. Downey-478 | Brendan Downey, Saturday, February 28, 2015.
I have not been able to trace James so don't know if he married and had children. There are several mentions of a James Downey in Newry Parish records but I can find no evidence to tie them to our family.
[A possible marriage may have occurred to Mary Collins on 7 Nov 1833, (witnesses James Campbell and Margaret Collins) but the only connection is that a Sarah Campbell was a sponsor for one of his brother Daniel's children.]
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