Researching Fairfax Downey
Delve into the history of Fairfax Downey using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2117 people with the Downey surname? In that year Downey was ranked number 1763 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Fairfax means "Fair Haired" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Fairfax Downey on Ancestry
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Downey ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Fairfax Downey and the Downey Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Downey Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Downey family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Fairfax Downey at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Fairfax Downey using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Fairfax Downey records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Fairfax Downey information.
Investigate the LDS Database for records about Fairfax Downey.
Research the Downey surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Downey Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 4620 people with the Downey surname in the UK? Downey is now ranked number 1272 for popularity in the UK. |
Downey Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Fairfax Downey.
Study MyTrees for information on the Downey family and people looking to contact living Downey relations.
Look at One Great Family for Downey records submitted by people who are already researching the Downey Family Tree.
Find Fairfax Downey from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Downey Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Downey surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the Downey surname in the USA? Downey is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Downey Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Fairfax Downey. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Fairfax Downey
Fairfax Downey
Fairfax Davis Downey, 1893–1990, was a writer and military historian. Fairfax Downey graduated from Yale, where he was an editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record. After college, he served in the U.S. Army as a captain of the 12th Field Artillery in World War 1. He was a recipient of the Silver Star for gallantry during the Battle of Belleau Wood. During the Second World War he served in North Africa, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City and New York City and retired to West Springfield, New Hampshire in the 1950s, where his wife's family had summered for a number of years at the family home Adamsfort. He was married at the time of his death to Washington DC socialite Mildred Adams, daughter of Dr. Samuel S. Adams, and had one daughter and four grandchildren.
He wrote biographies of Richard Harding Davis, Charles Dana Gibson, and Richard Francis Burton. His books on history and military history included Our Lusty Forefathers, (1947), Sound of the Guns (1956), and Storming of the Gateway (1960).
Fairfax Davis Downey, lieutenant colonel, United States Army, is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Fairfax Downey was the son of General George F. Downey and the grandson of Captain, Brevet Major, George Mason Downey, 14th, 32nd, and 21st Infantry, U.S. Army (1861–1888).
Source: Fairfax Downey, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Downey
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