My Mother’s (Pearl Hall Poorman) Maternal Family from Cammal PA (L-R)
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John Darcey Downs 1875-1894
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Emma Pearl Downs 1884-?? (Great Aunt Pearl Nielson - SanFrancisco)
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Anna Althea (Alice T.)
Downs 1877-1932 (My maternal G-mother Hall)
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Nancy Elizabeth Downs 1888-1905
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Mary Shanlatt (Sharlotte?) Downs 1873-1947
(Aunt Lottie)
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John Luther Downs 1846-1909 (My maternal GG-father)
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Matilda Florence Wertz Downs 1852-1901 (My maternal GG-mother)
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Flora Belle Downs 1890-1964 (G-Aunt Florabelle
Sinnegan - SanFrancisco)
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William Taylor Downs 1872-1948 (Uncle Will)
We are not sure if this photo was taken in Austin PA or Cammal PA. The latter
is where Matilda died and is buried.
Ken Poorman
8/28/2005
JOHN LUTHER DOWNS Jr. was born on 9/1/1846 in Dublin Ireland, and
he died on 12/29/1909 in Newark Delaware. The Downs lived in
Austin PA, then in Cammal (McHenry Twp) PA, which is where I remember them living last. John L. Downs married MATILDA FLORENCE WERTZ, who was born on 3/7/1852, and died on 8/27/1901, and was buried in Cammal, Pennsylvania.
Her parents were John W. Wertz and Phoebe Ann Hall Wertz from Halls Run, Renovo PA area.
| ALICE T. DOWNS HALL 1877-1932 |
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| My Grandma looks like Mom (Pearl) here. |
| FLORA BELLE DOWNS |
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| My Great Aunt Belle |
| FLORA BELLE DOWNS SINNIGAN |
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| Great Aunt Belle left NYC for San Francisco CA |
Ok, I think I'd better explain some of this name change thing. My Grandmother's real name was Anna Althea Downs
(Hall) - but she used the name Alice T. Downs (Hall). She used Alice because she didn't like Anna (and she had an Aunt
Alice T. too, which adds to the confusion). Her "T." stood for "Thea" which she used because she didn't like Althea.
I think this was common in the family, i.e. her Aunt Emma went by her middle name, Pearl, and her Aunt Flora sometimes
went by her middle name, Belle, and sometimes by Florabelle, her Aunt Mary went by "Lottie." ??? Go figure
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