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Romulus Downing
(1855-1918)
Ada Adelaid Bennett
(1860-1943)
Edward Romulus Downing
(1880-1966)
Anna N. Hoffman
(1884-1976)
Wellington Edward Downing
(1919-1988)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Geraldine Marion Hatt

Wellington Edward Downing 1

  • Born: 1 Jan 1919, , Phillips, Kansas 2 3 4
  • Marriage: Geraldine Marion Hatt
  • Died: 28 Jul 1988, Riverside, Riverside, California at age 69 2 3 4
  • Buried: 2 Aug 1988, Riverside, Riverside, California 3
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bullet  Death Notes:

Name: DOWNING, WELLINGTON EDWARD
Social Security #: 563288446
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1919
Birthplace: KANSAS
Death Date: 28 Jul 1988
Death Place: RIVERSIDE
Mother's Maiden Name: HOFFMAN

bullet  Burial Notes:

Name: Wellington E Downing
Veteran's Rank: CPHM
Branch: US NavyLast known address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside , CA 92518
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1919
Death Date: 28 Jul 1988
Veteran Service Start Date: 16 Dec 1937
Veteran Service End Date: 14 Jun 1945
Interment Date: 2 Aug 1988
Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 21 Site 16
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/riverside.htm

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1920, Valley, Phillips, Kansas. 5
Ed R. Downing, 48, farmer, born in Kansas. Anna N. Downing, 30, born in Iowa. Martha B. Downing, 8, born in Kansas. Pauline E. Downing, 5, born in Kansas. Wellington E. Downing, 1, born in Kansas.

• Census, 1930, Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas. 6
Edward R. Downing, 49, carpenter, born in Kansas. Alice L. Downing, 44, nurse, born in Kansas. Martha B. Downing, 18, born in Kansas. Pauline E. Downing, 14, born in Kansas. Edward W. Downing, 11, born in Kansas.

• Social Security Number: 563-28-8446. 4


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Wellington married Geraldine Marion Hatt. (Geraldine Marion Hatt was born on 28 Oct 1916 in , , Maine,2 3 7 died on 9 Mar 1996 in San Diego, San Diego, California 2 3 7 and was buried in Riverside, Riverside, California 3.)
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Sources

1 Elsie Bennett Essex, History and record of Nicholas Bennett : son of William Bennett and his descendants (Lebanon, Ind. : Pioneer Press, 1912. FHL Film # 874372 Item 3).

2 State of California. Office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. Department of Health Services, California Death Index, 1940 - 1997 (www.ancestry.com).

3 United States of America - Veteran's Affairs, U. S. Veterans Cemetery Burials 1800 - 2005 (<online http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp.htm>).

4 Rootsweb.com, Social Security Death Index (<online> http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi).

5 Kansas, Phillips, Valley, 1920 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

6 Kansas, Phillips, Kirwin, 1930 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

7 Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index (www.ancestry.com).

Copyright Lee Drew 2007

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