Downey Genealogy

Patrick Downey a native of Ireland, a Civil War veteran with Vaughn’s Independent Battery attached to Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery is the oldest Downey on this site. He was naturalized around 1863 in St Louis.

Downey is on this site because Sarah Downey married Timothy Gavigan on May 28th 1988.

Ellen Burke Downey Grave
Ellen Burke Downey Grave
Nathan Bedford Forrest Slave Trader and leader in the Ku Klux Klan
Nathan Bedford Forrest Slave Trader and leader in the Ku Klux Klan

The Springfield Illinois Light Artillery (Patrick Downey) arrived at Bolivar and could have been assigned to a brigade commanded by Mason Brayman. On 15–20 December 1862, two sections participated in an expedition against Confederate raiders under Nathan Bedford Forrest (Forest Gumps Namesake)

Government Pensions Patrick Downey Civil War
Government Pensions Patrick Downey Civil War


DOWNEY (19 individuals)
First name starts with:
Patrick Downey - Civil War
Little Rock Patrick Downey fought here
Little Rock Patrick Downey fought here
Government Pensions Patrick Downey Civil War
GMO Yards Bloomington Illinois 1940s
Chicago & Alton Depot - Bloomington-1920s
Vaughn's Independent Battery attached to Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery
Daniel Downey Sr Obit
Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad repair shop interior Bloomington Illinois-1947
Patrick Downey Naturalization
Patrick Downey Grave Civil War Vet
Dr Thomas D. Downey - Korean War (Company Clerk)
John Gardner & Tom Downy (Korea) Presqe Isle WI 1994
Ellen Burke Downey Grave
Patrick Downey - Civil War -Vaughns Independent Battery attached to Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery
Daniel Downey Obituary


Genealogy (from Greek: γενεαλογία genealogia from γενεά genea, “generation” and λόγος logos, “knowledge”), also known as family history, is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.