When May Matthews was born on 13 April 1902 in Staffordshire, her father, Thomas, was 23, and her mother, Sarah, was 22. She married Robert Kitchener Downs on 6 June 1923 in Chelsea, Middlesex. May had seven children. She died on 21 September 1974 in New Zealand at the age of 72 and was interned in New Zealand
1911 Lived at 146 Vicarage Road, Wednesbury
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: May Matthews
Registration Date: 1902
A quarter of the Year: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Place: Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Volume: 6c
Page: 19
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England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name May Matthews Registration Date Apr 1923 Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun Registration district Chelsea Inferred County London Spouse Robert K Downs Volume Number 1a Page number 817 https://www.ancestry.co.uk
1911 census The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 https://www.ancestry.co.uk
The UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name May Downs
Gender Female
Departure Age 21
Birth Date 1902
Departure Date 11 Sep 1923
Departure Port England
Ship Name Moreton Bay
Shipping Line Commonwealth Government
Destination Port Fremantle, Australia
Master J Mason
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1974 New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
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