Downer, George R.

1851 - 1915  (63 years)    Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Downer, George R.
  Born	1 Jul 1851	Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1860 Census	1860	Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA
  NAME:Geo Downer AGE IN 1860:8 BIRTH YEAR:abt 1852 BIRTHPLACE:Wisconsin HOME IN 1860:Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin GENDER:Male POST OFFICE:Ashippun VALUE OF REAL ESTATE:View image HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: NAMEAGE Wm Downer40 Lucinda Downer36 Esther Downer16 Silas Downer11 Geo Downer8 Emmer Downer7 Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1405; Page: 40; Image: 45; Family History Library Film: 805405
  1870 Census	1870	Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA
  NAME:George Downer AGE IN 1870:19 BIRTH YEAR:abt 1851 BIRTHPLACE:Wisconsin HOME IN 1870:Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin RACE:White GENDER:Male POST OFFICE:Ashippun and Neosho VALUE OF REAL ESTATE:View image HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: NAMEAGE Wm H Downer50 Lucinda Downer46 Esther Downer25 Silas Downer21 George Downer19 Frank Barner50 Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1710; Page: 4B; Image: 13; Family History Library Film: 55320
  1880 Census	1880	Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George Downer - 28 Ida Downer - 21 William W. Downer - 1 Arthur Downer - 9m
  Biography	1894
  Outagamie County Pioneers Page 283
  1900 Census	1900	Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George R Downer - 48 Ida M Downer - 41 Will R Downer - 21 Arthur G Downer - 20
  1910 Census	1910	Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  George R Downey - 59 Ida M Downey - 53 Mary Day - 21 Ada Devand - 31 Anna Ziener - 42 Eton A Baradiah - 64 Della Nabbefedt - 22 Sadie McGinnis - 37 Della McGinnis - 40 Lula Eisenack - 22 William Dandroux - 23 Ralph Lafortune - 26 William Riddelsberg - 30 William Warner - 31
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0815
  GEORGE R. DOWNER, who has been one of Outagamie county's prominent citizens for many years, occupying positions of trust and responsibility and discharging his duties with uniform efficiency, is a native of Wisconsin, born July 1, 1851, in Lisbon township, Waukesha county, a son of William H. and Lucinda (Look) Downer. The Downer family is of German extraction and was founded in America by the great-grandfather, who settled in Oswego county, New York, the next generation being pioneers in Michigan. William H. Downer and wife were born in Oswego county, accompanied the family to Michigan, and later, with two children, settled in Lisbon township, Waukesha county, Wisconsin. There William H. Downer followed the carpenter trade until he moved on a farm in Dodge county, where his death occurred October 31, 1892, when aged almost seventy-three years. During the Civil War he served as a soldier in the Union Army and throughout life he was a patriotic and reliable citizen. His wife passed away December 7, 1885, in her fifty-ninth year. Of their six children there are two yet living: Silas T., who lives in Missouri; and George R. George R. Downer spent the first eighteen years of his life on the home farm and in the meanwhile secured a good common school education. From the farm he then went to the lumber regions and spent eleven winters at cutting, logging and rafting, after which he went into contracting, to some extent, still later resuming agricultural activities on his farm of eighty acres situated in Seymour township, Outagamie county. In addition to being a good business man, Mr. Downer has been an intelligent, interested and broadminded citizen, and these qualities have led his fellow citizens to tender him many public offices. He was a member of the building committee that erected the Outagamie County Asylum for the Insane and was appointed its first superintendent in 1889, a position for which he was eminently qualified. Mr. Downer was married September 18, 1877, to Miss Ida M. Brooks, who was born June 15, 1858, at Waterloo, Wisconsin, a daughter of Porter Matthew and Lydia (Streeter) Brooks, the former of whom was born in Monroe county, New York, and the latter in St. Lawrence county, New York. On both sides the families are of New England stock. Mrs. Downer was one of a family of nine children and one of the two survivors. To Mr. and Mrs. Downer two sons were born: William R. and Arthur George. Mrs. Downer is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Downer is identified with the Masons and the Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife belong to the Rebekah Lodge, the auxiliary branch of the latter order.
  	Downer, George R. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Died	28 Apr 1915
  Cause: Suicide
  Obituary	30 Apr 1915
  Kaukauna Times
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  	Downer, George Obituary
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I191433	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family	Brooks, Ida M.,   b. 16 Jun 1858, Waterloo, Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 18 Sep 1917  (Age 59 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1877	, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA
  Marriage Record (Family)	18 Sep 1877
  Last Name: Downer First Name: George Marriage Year: 1877 Marriage Month: 9 Marriage Day: 18 County: Outagamie REFERENCE DETAILS County: Outagamie Volume Number: 1 Page Number: 256 Collection: Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection MARRIAGE INDEX RECORD Brooks, Eda Date: 1877-9-18 County: Outagamie
  Children	1. Downer, William R.,   b. 1 Aug 1878,   d. 14 Jun 1920  (Age 41 years) + 2. Downer, Arthur G.,   b. 15 Sep 1879, Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Aft 1940  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F64745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 1 Jul 1851 - Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA 1860 Census - 1860 - Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - 1870 - Ashippun, Dodge, Wisconsin, USA Married - 18 Sep 1877 - , Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA 1880 Census - 1880 - Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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