When Sophia Matilda Downard was born in 1808, in Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Downard, was 31 and her mother, Catharine Welch, was 23. She married James William Warren on 14 February 1831, in Lee St Margaret, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Bermondsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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English: variant of Downer , with excrescent -d. Downard was re-etymologized as Downeherd and Downward, and perhaps also as Dunwood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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