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Looking at the marriage certificate Robert James was indeed a widower.

Elizabeth McMeekin signed as Lizzie on the certificate and gave her father as Joseph

Census Years1911DownBanbridge East UrbanProspect TerraceResidents of a house
Residents of a house 6 in Prospect Terrace (Banbridge East Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living

McMeekin Joseph 42 Male Head of Family Church of Ireland County Down Weaver Read and write - Married - 24 15 12
McMeekin Isabella 41 Female Wife Church of Ireland County Down - Read and write - Married - 24 15 12
McMeekin William 19 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down Fluter Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin Joseph 18 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down Weaver Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin Lizzie 16 Female Daughter Church of Ireland County Down Winder Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin John 15 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down Weaver Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin James 14 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down Weaver Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin Robert 12 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down Doffer Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin Mary 11 Female Daughter Church of Ireland County Down - Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin Isabella 9 Female Daughter Church of Ireland County Down - Read and write - Single - - - -
McMeekin Henry 8 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down - - - Single - - - -
McMeekin Fred 6 Male Son Church of Ireland County Down - - - Single - - - -
McMeekin Essey 1 Male Daughter Church of Ireland - - - - Single - - - -

Thank you I'm so excited.

I wonder if that is a second marriage for Elizabeth's father. Again his marriage certificate would confirm if he is a widower.

Census Years1911DownCastlewellanMill Hill TownResidents of a house
Residents of a house 18 in Mill Hill Town (Castlewellan, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living
Downie James 46 Male Head of Family Methodist Co Down Tin Smith Read and write - Married - 28 6 6
Downie Margaret 45 Female Wife Methodist Down - Read and write - Married - 28 6 6
Downie Robert James 26 Male Son Methodist Belfast City Photographer Read and write - Married - 7 2 1
Downie Malvina 24 Female Daughter Methodist Co Down Winder Read and write - Single - - - -
Downie Martha 22 Female Daughter Methodist Co Down Spinner Read and write - Single - - - -
Downie Maggie 19 Female Daughter Methodist Co Down Weaver Read and write - Single - - - -
Downie Thomas 16 Male Son Methodist Co Down Blower Read and write - Single - - - -
Downie Terasa 13 Female Daughter Methodist Co Down Scholar Read and write - Single - - - -

hi
you can view marriage cert on this site go to civil records

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

robert is 28 a widower. a soldier. farther james is a plumber

elizabeth 22 single . a winder. father joseph is a weaver

That's the one Elizabeth Mcmeekin.thank you so much.

Elizabeth could have had 2 children

You need her marriage certificate to confirm her father's name and occupation.

Maybe?

Robert James
Last name Downie
Registration year 1917
Registration quarter Apr - Jun 1917
Registration district Banbridge
Volume 1
Page 177
MarriageFinder™ Robert James Downie married one of these people
Eliza Ann English, Elizabeth McMeekin, Margaret Ellen Dornan
County Armagh, Down
Country Ireland
Record set Irish Marriages 1845-1958
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Ireland
copyright Family Search

Marriages Mar 1946   (>99%)

Downie
 Elizabeth
 Carr
 Staincross
 9c
616

Raymond carr Born 7 june 1921 Yorkshire.He was a sergeant major .

so Elizabeth never married?

Hi I am trying to find more information about Elizabeth Downie Born 2 may 1924 in
Bambridge Northern Ireland.Died 26 Nov 2011 in Dartford Kent England.Her father was James Downie and mother Mcmeeken I think.They were both born in northern Ireland.