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‎12 Dec 1907 Ellis Island, New York, USA;

John Downing was recorded as "Sailed on SS Oceanic from Southampton to US. Arrived at Ellis-Island from Southampton on the Oceanic. His last residence was stated as Cardiff so presumably he had been there visiting his mother."

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No. of families2147
Most children13
No. of individuals4662

Family


woman Hedwig of Franconia‏‎ 1) 2)
Died ‎24 Dec 903 1)

Married/ Related
to:

man Otto I of Saxony, Duke of Saxony‏‎ 3) 2)
Born ‎between 830 and 840‎ 3)
Died ‎30 Nov 912‎ 3) 4)

Children:

1.
man Henry I 'the Fowler' of Germany, Duke of Saxony, King of Germany‏ 5) 6) 7)
Born ‎± 876‎ 5) 8)
Died ‎2 Jul 936 Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany‎, approximately 60 years 5) 7) 8)

Notes: Described by Thietmar as a cousin of Louis ' the Simple'.
2.
woman Oda of Saxony‏
Born ‎877
Died ‎after 952‎, at least 75 years

Sources

1) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/hedwi002.htm. Reference: Hadwig (Hathui, Haduwich) (Questionable reliability of evidence)
2) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "Merseburg had its beginning with Henry...Born of the noble lineage ofOtto and Hadwig". Reference: Book 1, Chapter 3 (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/otto0000.htm. Reference: Otto "der Erlauchten" (Otto, Oddo) (Questionable reliability of evidence)
4) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "After Otto went the way of all flesh, on 30 November". Reference: Book 1, Chapter 7 (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/heinr001.htm. Reference: Heinrich I (Questionable reliability of evidence)
6) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "After Spytihněv’s death, the duchy was obtained by Vratislav, who married Drahomíra of the hardiest tribe of the Lutici from a province called Stodor... She gave birth to twosons: Wenceslas... and Boleslav" (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "In the year of the Lord’s incarnation 936, King Henry died and was succeeded by his son, Emperor Otto." (Data from secondary evidence)
8) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg "... in the sixteenth year of his reign and the sixtieth of his life, he died on 2 July at Memleben...Henry’s death and burial occurred in the year of the Lord 936.". Reference: Book 1, Chapter 18 / 19 (Questionable reliability of evidence)