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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Buckinghamshire => Topic started by: telephone on Monday 03 January 11 06:39 GMT (UK)
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8) Looking for the parents and siblings of ........
John Meacheam b 19 Oct 1848, Bletchley,Buckingham, England.
I have his marriage and children. Just want to go backwards.
Many Thanks
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Hi Telephone,
Is he the one who marries Rose Marshall in 1872, stating his father was John, with one witness called Jerry Guess?
It seems Jerry was his stepbrother:
1861
RG9/1007 47 8
Soulbury, Buckinghamshire
Leighton Street Cottage
Jeremiah Guess, head, 26, Ag lab, b. Soulbury
Elizabeth, wife, 34, b. Bucks Drayton Parslow
Jerry, son, 8, scholar, b. Soulbury
Sarah, dau, 5, scholar, b. do.
William, son, 3, scholar, b. do.
Mary, dau, 5 days, b. do.
John Meacham, son in law, 14, b.Drayton Parslow
Martha Misenden, nurse, mar, 22, Nurse, b. do.
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Yes he did marry Rosa Marshall thanks
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I'm not sure you'll be able to find out who his father was :-\
1851
HO107/1722 209 19 & 210 20
Drayton Parslow, Buckinghamshire
William Meacham, head, 55, Ag lab, b. Bucks Newton Longvale
Mary, wife, 48, Lace Maker, b. Bletchley
Elizabeth, dau, unm, 23, Plaiter, b. Drayton Parslow
Martha, dau, 12, Plaiter, b. do.
Mathew, son, 10, scholar, b. do.
John, grandson, 4, b. do.
George, grandson, 2, b. Beds Loughton Briggs
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Thanks for you help tati
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John was my great grandfather, I have photos from the family bible that I think started with him (sorry, no earlier entry than his birth, 1848). Rosa Marshall was born the same year (?), in the bible it has her name a number of times, showing as born July 22, 1848, then there is a date, April 26th, 1863, (I'd like to know what that entry is about), then notation that she and John left London Oct 15th, 1874 for NZ, on I think on the Behria. My cousin Peter Meacheam has assembled a lot of material re the deaths on the ship, including the death of one of their children (Lilly Mary, I think). It looks to me like Rosa had a sister, Sylvia, born Dec 11, 1860. There's a note too re a Harry Marshall, died April 15(?) 1861, with a Mary Marshall dying in 1873(?). On the same page that the departure to NZ is noted (and in the same hand), I have Frederick Marshall, Marston Lane(?) near Bath, and Mrs B Lapham, Kilman???ton, near Bath. No dates. Rosa's parents?
Next message, will try to attach pics
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Thank you it is the family I'm following for my stepfathers family
we are in NZ. Don't know if it is possible to email off this site.
would be quite happy about that. Many thanks
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My father, Ken Meacheam, was a great accumulator of family history. I'll look around home to see what I can find. I'm a Kiwi, living in Oz
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Had a dig round - they sailed on the Berar - John 28 Buckingham Farm Labourer
Rosa 26 - Lily M 17mth died 4 November 1874 of scarlatina a male child was born
on board 7 Dec 1874 - Selected by Emigrant & Colonists Aid Corporation
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Was it your dad who wrote a piece of history on Dannevirke
who were his parents? I'm doing the Elizabeth Ellen Meacheam side.
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My father was Ken Meacheam (died 2006). Both he and his only sibling, brother John, were good local historians and contributed to local history in Dannevirke. Their parents were John and Rosas' son William (Bill) and Rose Meacheam (a cousin, but not a blood relative, adopted, her mother was a domestic for the Comptons, Marquis of Northampton).
My time on-line is limited at the mo., but John Meacheam, born 1848, may have been the son of William Meacham (different end of name), and Mary. In the 1861 Census they are recorded, William's birthplace was Newton Longville, Mary from Bletchley, Bucks. In notes from Dad I read last night, he recalls a bible, in the front of which was written "1858, gift from the Newton Longville Baptist Church, to John Meacham". The 'eam' end to our name might be the product of John varying it.
Hope this helps. I have stacks else I might convey from notes Dad made and left with me.
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The line I have is
John Meacheam b 1723 who had 7 children -
Luke Meacheam 1767 who had 6 children -
William Meacheam 1796 who had 3 children -
Elizabeth Meacheam 1828 - who had John then m Jeremiah Guess then 5 more children
John Meacheam 1848 who had 9 children
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Rosa Marshall's parents Harry Marshall 1806 - 1861 & Mary Ann Snook 1804 - 1873
they had 9 children