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"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4N-S9P : accessed 3 January 2017), William C Downs, Blackwood, Hitchcock, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 130, sheet 6B, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 847; FHL microfilm 1,374,860.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JS-ZKP : 12 December 2014), William Charley Downs, 1917-1918; citing Adams County, Asotin County, Bellingham City, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,991,532.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCT-GZC : accessed 3 January 2017), William Downs, Winchester, Lewis, Idaho, United States; citing ED 138, sheet 9B, line 60, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 293; FHL microfilm 1,820,293.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9QM-B9N : accessed 21 December 2016), William Douns, Eden Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-56, sheet 3B, line 58, family 62, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 185.
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7C-5LJ : 26 November 2014), William Charles Downs, 13 Sep 1951; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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