This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AUT.2ACEB/149.158.159.160.162.163.386.1 Message Board Post: Don't you think it's kind of a stretch to think your great-Grandfather Downing, an Irish immigrant in upstate NY was from South Carolina? This is probably your family (from FamilySearch.org) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 Census- Onondaga, Onondaga, New York Page 160D Name Relation Marital Status Sex Race Age Born Occupation Father Born Mother born Samuel DOWNING Self M M W 34 IRE Gardening IRE IRE Anna DOWNING Wife M F W 29 NY Keeping House NY NY Anna DOWNING Dau S F W 9 NY IRE NY Maggie DOWNING Dau S F W 7 NY IRE NY Enma DOWNING Dau S F W 5 NY IRE NY Florance DOWNING Dau S F W 2 NY IRE NY baby DOWNING Dau S F W 8M NY IRE NY James CALAHAN Other S M W 26 NY Laborer IRE IRE Some of my Samuel Downing (1761-1867) descendents lived in the area but that line of Downings arrived in the1600's. Good luck in your searches. Anne