Pallots Marriage and Baptism Look-up Please

[LizD]

Hi,

I was wondering if you could look up for Baptisms, John Andrew Meek in about 1810 the family were living in Covent Garden in Bow Street, Westminster in 1826.  I'm guessing he was born in London as there are quite a few Meek in the area.  Also a look-up for Marrriage for his parents some time before this, fathers name is Thomas and pretty sure mother is Margaret.

Thankyou

LizD

[Valda]

There are no Thomas Meek/Meeke/Meake marriages to a Margaret on Pallots marriage index.
Pallots baptism index which once contained 12 million entries was severely damaged during the Second World War and all that remains is about 200,000 entries covering only 22 London parishes so a lot less than found on the IGI.

London's history is one of constant arrivals of people hoping for a better life drawn in by the magnet that was the capital city, from the surrounding counties, further afield and abroad.

What evidence do you have for John Andrew Meek being London born? Have you found him on a later census?

Regards

Valda

[LizD]

Thankyou Valda for doing this lookup for me.  The information I have on John Andrew Meek is from the Old Bailey site, he was transported in 1826 and he was living in Bow Street Westminster at the time.  I will need to look up perhaps for his marriage certificate in Australia, that might give me some more information.  I have only recently learnt about this side of the family and have just begun my researching the Meek line.

Thankyou again and Best Wishes

LizD

[Valda]

If the information was known, his parents should be named on his death certificate. This seems to be his date of death given in one family tree on the web 

3rd October 1880 in Ararat, Victoria

Early Australian marriages may not give you the further information you are interested in about John's parentage.


Regards

Valda

[LizD]

I checked the indexes yesterday and it shows John's parents as unknown.  I have found his marriage to his first wife in 1841 Maitland NSW and then in another church to the same women in 1846.  I don't know if these records would give me his parents names or if the early Australian records just give the basics.  Do you know?

Thankyou

LizD

[Valda]

1788-1855 New South Wales marriage certifcates are 'Registry transcriptions of the Early Church Records', civil registration beginning in 1856.

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistoryCertificates.htm

Regards

Valda

[LizD]

Thankyou so much Valda, you've been a great help.

Best Wishes

LizD

[suffolk*sue]

There is this baptism, but who can say if hes the right one.


 11th. October ,1812
 John  Meek
Fathers = Thomas
Fathers occupation: Sailor
Mothers  = Frances
Birth date: 11/09/1811
Address: Ratcliff
Stepney  St Dunstan
Church address: Stepney High Street
 

[LizD]

Thankyou for this look up.  The father Thomas sounds right but he was a Tailor, not a sailor.  Could it be Tailor?

Thanks so much

LizD