This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DOWNING Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AUT.2ACEB/1017.2 Message Board Post: I have since found out that I descend from William DOWNING b. 1853 Greenfield, Beds who married Sarah Ann BUSHBY (KINGHAM) b. 1857 Harlington, Beds. The IGI has their marriage and William DOWNING is the son of William. They appear to have had their children in Harlington, Bedfordshire. Jon White Adelaide, South Australia