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Title: J.G. Downing to Mrs Savage-Armstrong
ID861
CollectionIrish Emigration Database
FileDowning, J. G/7
Year1915
SenderDowning, J.G.
Sender Genderunknown
Sender Occupationunknown
Sender Religionunknown
Originunknown
Destinationunknown
RecipientMrs Savage-Armstrong
Recipient Genderfemale
Relationshipunknown
SourceD/618/241: Presented by Major R. Savage-Armstrong, Strangford House, Strangford, Co. Down
ArchiveThe Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Doc. No.9808249
Date23/1/1915
Partial Date
Doc. TypeLET
LogDocument added by LT, 11:08:98.
Word Count414
Genre
Note
Transcript23rd Janry [January?] 1915

My dear Mrs Savage Armstrong

I have to thank you for yours of
the 21st enclosing me your son Frank's letter which we have read
with much interest & now return with many thanks, you also very
kindly sent me 1/6. I have ordered the pills & will send them
to you the moment I get them. You are right about Cam Downing
being of the same relationship to you as my father was - but
his father was not David Fullerton but General David Downing
Indian Army. Delapor is an artist in London & is Cam's brother
& Dawson Caly but is a nephew of Cam. Gladys [Ovey?] is
Cam's only child. This, I think, will put you right about
the [------?] unless I have made some mistake writing it which
I did from memory.
I only put down the first of the Fullertons. Geo. [George?]
Alex. F. [Fullerton?] he had 2 sons. Alex. Geo. [George?] &
David & the present Geo. [George?] Fred. Fullerton of
Ballintoy is David's only surviving son. There can easily be
some confusion between G.A.F. & his son A.G.F. for their names
were the same but the order of the names was reversed.
George Alexander Fullerton died 1847
married Mary Anne Peacock
[Children]
Alexander George died 1908
married Lady Georgiana Levesafower - William Granville Gren
Guards. died 1855

David died ....?
m. [married?] Susannah Jane Scott - George Frederick Purley Park
Reading & seven daughters

Susan
Maxwell

Frances
Armstrong

This will give you an idea how the Fullertons have prospered.
Freddy Fullerton as he is called married a Miss Storer of Purley
Park & I see he is residing there now so his father in law must
be dead & I presume she was an only child. I have never met him.
I called on Col. Courtney when in Ireland but he never returned
my call so there the matter has rested.
I am sorry to say I have been doing nothing about completing
the Downing Pedigree as I have got to that stage when nothing
more can be done without spending money on it & I have not
enough of this world's goods to be able to do it. I heard Alex.
Geo. [George?] Fullerton took some interest in the work but I
never saw the results. he died in 1908 within 2 or 3 months of
completing his 100th year. Hope to send you the [-----] pills
very soon yours very sincerely
J.G. Downing.