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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: All Things DOWNING/DOWNEY in County Derry
« on: Wednesday 18 October 23 20:53 BST (UK) »
While I am not descended from the Downey/Downings to my knowledge, I do have ancestors that claim their residence at Rowesgift. This line of my ancestry are the Diamonds. I don't know for sure how they first connected to the Rowesgift location, but there is a Nicholas Diamond who was born ca 1810 who married Ann Downey.
Has anyone run into any of these Diamonds in your Downey/Downing research? Apparently there are still Diamonds that live in the vicinity of Rowesgift.
BTW, I purchased the kindlebook provided on Amazon by dukewm. Thank you so much for this wealth of information. The only Diamond that I have knowledge of that is connected to a Downey, would not have been of age to inhabit Rowesgift until 1830 or so and I didn't find deeds that transferred ownership or rents into that period of time.
Has anyone run into any of these Diamonds in your Downey/Downing research? Apparently there are still Diamonds that live in the vicinity of Rowesgift.
BTW, I purchased the kindlebook provided on Amazon by dukewm. Thank you so much for this wealth of information. The only Diamond that I have knowledge of that is connected to a Downey, would not have been of age to inhabit Rowesgift until 1830 or so and I didn't find deeds that transferred ownership or rents into that period of time.