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May Matthews (1902 - 1974)

May Matthews
Born in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Wife of — married 6 Jun 1923 in Chelsea, Londonmap
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Died at age 72 in New Zealandmap
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Biography

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

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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 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/

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 https://www.ancestry.co.uk

1974 New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007





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