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James Nelson Downs

Birth27 Feb 1898 - New York
Death31 Jan 1960 - Los Angeles, California
MotherKatherine "Katie" Strapp
FatherWillard Chester Downs

Born in New York on 27 Feb 1898 to Willard Chester Downs and Katherine "Katie" Strapp. James Nelson Downs married Edna Elizabeth Newman and had 2 children. He passed away on 31 Jan 1960 in Los Angeles, California.

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Willard Chester Downs
1868 - 1947
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Katherine "Katie" Strapp
1873 - 1913
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Edna Elizabeth Newman
1911 - 1994
Children
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Catherine M Downs
1924 - 1976
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James D. Downs
1933 - 1935

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