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Re: Downes name origin?
Posted by: Brien Downes Date: August 22, 1999 at 18:24:46
In Reply to: Downes name origin? by Jim Downes of 572

Downe or Downes

A term applied in England to a tract of poor, sandy land, used only for the pasturing of sheep.

We were shepherds!

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