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Rebecca GELLING (1846 - 1920)
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Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Margaret Rebecca DOWNING (1868 - 1955)
Mary A E DOWNING (1870 - )
Sarah Blanche DOWNING (1871 - 1934)
Robert DOWNING (1872 - 1935)
Ellen May DOWNING (1874 - 1943)
Thomas E DOWNING (1876 - 1935)
Kathleen Beatrice DOWNING (1878 - 1941)
Frederick Philip DOWNING (1879 - 1951)
John DOWNING (1881 - 1881)
Josephine Maud DOWNING (1882 - 1901)
Anne DOWNING (1883 - 1883)
Florence Alice DOWNING (1886 - 1956)
Mona Rebecca DOWNING (1888 - 1975)
John Gelling DOWNING (1889 - 1940)
Rebecca GELLING (1846 - 1920)

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Bartholomew Robert DOWNING (1844 - 1893)





























b. 1846
m. 07 Sep 1867 Bartholomew Robert DOWNING (1844 - 1893) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
d. 08 Sep 1920 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 74
Children (14):
Margaret Rebecca DOWNING (1868 - 1955)
Mary A E DOWNING (1870 - )
Sarah Blanche DOWNING (1871 - 1934)
Robert DOWNING (1872 - 1935)
Ellen May DOWNING (1874 - 1943)
Thomas E DOWNING (1876 - 1935)
Kathleen Beatrice DOWNING (1878 - 1941)
Frederick Philip DOWNING (1879 - 1951)
John DOWNING (1881 - 1881)
Josephine Maud DOWNING (1882 - 1901)
Anne DOWNING (1883 - 1883)
Florence Alice DOWNING (1886 - 1956)
Mona Rebecca DOWNING (1888 - 1975)
John Gelling DOWNING (1889 - 1940)
Events in Rebecca GELLING (1846 - 1920)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1846 Rebecca GELLING was born
07 Sep 1867 21 Married Bartholomew Robert DOWNING (aged 22) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1868 22 Birth of daughter Margaret Rebecca DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1870 24 Birth of daughter Mary A E DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1871 25 Birth of daughter Sarah Blanche DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1872 26 Birth of son Robert DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1874 28 Birth of daughter Ellen May DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1876 30 Birth of son Thomas E DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1878 32 Birth of daughter Kathleen Beatrice DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1879 33 Birth of son Frederick Philip DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1881 35 Birth of son John DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1881 35 Death of son John DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1882 36 Birth of daughter Josephine Maud DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1883 37 Birth of daughter Anne DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1883 37 Death of daughter Anne DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1886 40 Birth of daughter Florence Alice DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1888 42 Birth of daughter Mona Rebecca DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1889 43 Birth of son John Gelling DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
27 Aug 1893 47 Death of husband Bartholomew Robert DOWNING (aged 48) Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
30 Jan 1901 55 Death of daughter Josephine Maud DOWNING (aged 19) Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 63
08 Sep 1920 74 Rebecca GELLING died Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Personal Notes:
The Tumut and Adelong Times 9 Sep 1920
Death of Mrs R Downing Quite a gloom was cast over our town on Wednesday morning last, when it became known that the distinguished and respected old resident, Mrs E. Downing, proprietress of the Star Hotel, had passed away to her last resting place, at the advanced age of 73 years, the cause of death being kidney and heart trouble. The funeral took place next day. Full obituary will be given in next issue.
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 9 Sep 1920 (Name, Notes)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
g.bell@bigpond.net.au
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Geoff Bell, September 2020