Person:Robert Downing (15)

1855 - Birth registered as Robert DOWNING, even though his mother's husband had died 4 years previously.

1861 - With mother at Kenninghall Workhouse. Scholar, aged 5, born at Kenninghall, Norfolk.

1871 - Apprentice to blacksmith George FAIRWEATHER in Bressingham.

1881 - With widowed mother, living on the Common, Bressingham. Bricklayer's labourer, aged 25, born at Kenninghall, Norfolk.

1891 - Living at Palgrave, Suffolk with wife and 3 children. Jobbing gardener.

1901 - Living at Palgrave, Suffolk with wife and 5 children.