Name: Vesta A Armstrong Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 01 Dec 1930 Event Place: Ravenna, Portage, Ohio Residence Place: Address: 274 W. Highland Ave. Gender: Female Age: 82 Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Occupation: Birth Date: 01 Dec 1848 Birthplace: Mayfield, Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 Burial Date: 04 Dec 1930 Burial Place: Willoughby, O. Cemetery: Father's Name: Perry Downing Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Julia Mapes Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Spouse's Name: L. D. Armstrong Spouse's Titles and Terms: File Number: fn 74759 GS Film number: 1992281 Digital Folder Number: 004000562 Image Number: 01091

Daughter of Rufus Perry Downing (1823 Hebron NY--1900 Willoughby) and Julia Mapes (b 1822 Salem OH).
Rufus and Julia were the parents of at least 4 children:
Emma Downing married John Saxton; buried in Willoughby Village Cemetery.
Vesta Adelaide Downing married Lucius Armstrong; also buried in Willoughby.
Valenia Downing born c 1846
William Downing (1856-1914) buried in Mentor Cemetery, Mentor OH.

Name: Lucius D. Armstrong Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 27 May 1868 Event Place: Lake, Ohio, United States Age: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Vesta Adalaid Downing Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: GS Film Number: 974916 Digital Folder Number: 004259981 Image Number: 00644


Name: Lucius Daniel Armstrong Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 09 May 1942 Event Place: Ravenna, Portage, Ohio Residence Place: Ravenna, Ohio Address: 274 West Highland Gender: Male Age: 58 Marital Status: Married Race: W Occupation: Coremaker, Foundry Birth Date: 03 Apr 1884 Birthplace: Willoughby, Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1884 Burial Date: 12 May 1942 Burial Place: Ravenna, Ohio Cemetery: Father's Name: Lucius Daniel Armstrong Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Onandaga, New York Mother's Name: Vesta Adelaide Downing Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Mayfield, Ohio Spouse's Name: Susie M Armstrong Spouse's Titles and Terms: File Number: fn 32149 GS Film number: 2024004 Digital Folder Number: 004057803 Image Number: 02542

Name: Lucius D. Armstrong Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 11 May 1910 Event Place: Portage, Ohio, United States Age: 26 Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): 1884 Birthplace: Welloughby, Ohio Father's Name: Lucius D. Armstrong Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Vesta Downing Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Susie M. Goothier Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: 26 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1884 Spouse's Birthplace: Randolph, Ohio Spouse's Father's Name: Michael Goothier Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Barbara Kline Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: 132 GS Film Number: 891366 Digital Folder Number: 004017006 Image Number: 00435


Name: Fred Armstrong Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 22 Dec 1944 Event Place: Franklin, Portage, Ohio Residence Place: Address: Gender: Male Age: 65 Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Birth Date: 26 Mar 1879 Birthplace: Painesville, O Birth Year (Estimated): 1879 Burial Date: 26 Dec 1944 Burial Place: Kent, OH Cemetery: Father's Name: Lucius D Armstrong Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: NY Mother's Name: Vista A Downing Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: OH Spouse's Name: Josephine Spouse's Titles and Terms: File Number: fn 79845 GS Film number: 2032413 Digital Folder Number: 004020873 Image Number: 02081


Name: William Armstrong Gender: Male Christening Date: Christening Place: Lake, Ohio Birth Date: 14 Dec 1875 Birthplace: Willoughby, Lake, Ohio Death Date: Name Note: Race: White Father's Name: Lucius D. Armstrong Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Adelaide Downing Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C59727-4 System Origin: Ohio-VR GS Film number: 974914 Reference ID: pg77 ln1


Name: Richard E. Corbett Birth Date: Birthplace: Ireland Age: Spouse's Name: Bertha Armstrong Spouse's Birth Date: 1879 Spouse's Birthplace: Willoughby Spouse's Age: 25 Event Date: 08 Feb 1904 Event Place: Portage, Ohio Father's Name: Richard Joseph Corbett Mother's Name: Maggie O'Keefe Spouse's Father's Name: Lucius D. Armstrong Spouse's Mother's Name: Adeloide Downing Race: White Marital Status: Single Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: White Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86985-7 System Origin: Ohio-VR GS Film number: 0891365 Reference ID: 2:3KMWT8W


Name: Ida May Armstrong Gender: Female Christening Date: Christening Place: Lake, Ohio Birth Date: 03 Jan 1871 Birthplace: Willoughby, Lake, Ohio Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Lucius Armstrong Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Adelaid Downing Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C59727-3 System Origin: Ohio-VR GS Film number: 974914 Reference ID: pg23 ln479


Name: Lucius D. Armstrong Gender: Male Burial Date: Burial Place: Death Date: Dec 1883 Death Place: Willoughby, Lake, Ohio Age: 40 Birth Date: 1843 Birthplace: Lysander, N.Y. Occupation: Carpenter Race: White Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B05184-9 System Origin: Ohio-EASy GS Film number: 974914 Reference ID: v 1 p 114


Name: Lucius Armstrong Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Willoughby, Lake, Ohio, United States Gender: Male Age: 6 Marital Status: Race (Original): Race: Birthplace: New York Birth Year (Estimated): 1844 House Number: 26 Family Number: 26 Line Number: 9 Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 701 GS Film number: 444694 Digital Folder Number: 004204488 Image Number: 00081 Household Gender Age Birthplace Lewis Armstrong M 33 Scotland Saphronia Armstrong F 33 New York Wallace Armstrong M 12 New York Julius Armstrong M 9 New York Lucius Armstrong M 6 New York Danniel Armstrong M 2 New York Charles Lowes M 16 New York


Name: Adalaide Downey Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States Gender: Female Age: 2 Marital Status: Race (Original): Race: Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 House Number: 3711 Family Number: 3984 Line Number: 33 Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 673 GS Film number: 20221 Digital Folder Number: 004191062 Image Number: 00123 Household Gender Age Birthplace Rufus P Downey M 27 New York Julia Downey F 28 Ohio Valenia Downey F 4 Ohio Adalaide Downey F 2 Ohio


Name: Rufus P Downing Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Year: 1900 Event Place: Willoughby Township (excl. Willoughby village), Lake, Ohio, United States District: 67 Gender: Male Age: 77 Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Race (Original): W Relationship to Head of Household: Father-in-law Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Father-In-Law Number of Living Children: Years Married: Birth Date: Sep 1823 Birthplace: New York Marriage Year (Estimated): Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: New York Mother of how many children: Sheet Number and Letter: 15A Household ID: 355 Line Number: 39 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T623 GS Film Number: 1241291 Digital Folder Number: 004117756 Image Number: 00899 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head John Saxton M 56 Ohio Wife Emma Saxton F 40 Ohio Daughter Cornelia Saxton F 15 Ohio Daughter Louisa Saxton F 13 Ohio Daughter Eliza Saxton F 9 Ohio Father-in-law Rufus P Downing M 77 New York


Name: Rufus T. Downing Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 03 Jul 1845 Event Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States Age: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Julia Mapes Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: p300 GS Film Number: 877913 Digital Folder Number: 004016929 Image Number: 00213


Name: William Downing Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 12 May 1914 Event Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Residence Place: Address: 16605 Wayside Ave. Gender: Male Age: 57 Marital Status: Widowed Race: W Occupation: farmer Birth Date: 08 Aug 1856 Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1857 Burial Date: 14 May 1914 Burial Place: Mentor, O. Cemetery: Father's Name: Perry Downing Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: U.S. Mother's Name: Julia Mapes Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: U.S. Spouse's Name: Spouse's Titles and Terms: File Number: fn 27059 GS Film number: 1953915 Digital Folder Number: 004021339 Image Number: 01262


Name: Emma Saxton Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 14 Mar 1937 Event Place: Willoughby, Lake, Ohio Residence Place: Address: 66 Center Gender: Female Age: 77 Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Occupation: Housewife Birth Date: 12 Jan 1860 Birthplace: Euclid, Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1860 Burial Date: 16 Mar 1937 Burial Place: Willoughby, Ohio Cemetery: Father's Name: Rufus Perry Downing Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Hebron, N. Y. Mother's Name: Julia Miapos Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Salem, Ohio Spouse's Name: John Saxton Spouse's Titles and Terms: File Number: fn 19288 GS Film number: 2023493 Digital Folder Number: 004020737 Image Number: 01701


Name: Rufus Downing Gender: Male Burial Date: Burial Place: Death Date: 16 Dec 1900 Death Place: Willoughby Age: 77 Birth Date: 1823 Birthplace: Occupation: None Race: White Marital Status: Widowed Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B05185-3 System Origin: Ohio-EASy GS Film number: 974914 Reference ID: p 54