meacheam

[telephone]

  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

[Tati]

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.

[telephone]

Yes he did marry Rosa Marshall thanks

[Tati]

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

[telephone]

Thanks for you help tati

[Meacheam]

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

[telephone]

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

[Meacheam]

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

[telephone]

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