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« on: Thursday 01 September 11 22:52 BST (UK) »
My great-great grandfather was William Meek who married Mary Millar. There son, Alexander, carried on the family business. The family house is still there, 14 Royal Terrace, and it remained in the family for many years. Check it out on google maps. it is the pretty stone cottage set back from the road with a big yellow van parked in front of it. The last person in my direct line to die in Linlithgow was Miss Gladys Meek who was my grandfather's (another Alexander Meek) cousin. She taught French at Linlithgow Academy. My grandfather went to Liverpool, married an Irish girl called Edith Montgomery from Cookstown, and ran a big fruit and vegetable merchants, Bellis and Meek. He had two children, Jack and Rhona. Jack was a Professor at Liverpool University and had 2 daughters, Rhona married John Brown, and had one daughter - me - in New Zealand. Therefore the family name has died out in this line of the family
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