Genealogy Chat

Hi Sx.......mea culpa mea culps mea maxima culpa........I missed it.....can't help much though.

THOMAS MEAKIN son of Samuel and Mary (Dankin)..born Repton 28.12.1722............married Dorothy........allegedly 1745 Repton or 1743 Weston on Trent..both wrong becasue neither appear in the Derbyshire Marriages for those two places.............I will have a look around locally...but will take some time.......Dorothy died Repton 1787 and Thomas appears to have died in Graz Austria 1782..allegedly..........several trees on Ancestry say so........but none give Dorothy's name..nor does IGI.....
I'll look through my Derbyshire marriages..........Derek.

Hi Derek go back a few posts on this thread and you will find it posted on 27th May No it is not exactly a Me****m or could it be ?LOL

LA..now why would i do that??....have i missed something?? what would you like me to find for you..that is NOT starting with Me and ending with am!!lol

Derek.

Where are you Derek are you avoiding me and the family LOL ???

Sorry to jump in, but I have relatives that hailed from Lancashire named Dobson as well. They up and moved to Australia, so that may be one reason that yours are missing on the censuses.

Diane

Hi Derek.

I am having real trouble finding ANY records for my GGF/GGM.

Joesph Francis Dobson
Anna Eliza Dobson (nee Smith)

The lived in Gisborn Street, Derby.

I got this info from my GM's birth cert. Their ages in 1963 (when they died) is though to be 79 & 69 respectively, putting their D.O.B. circa 1884 & 1894.

They had 4 children, Ellen (my GM in 1909), Clara b. 1921, Joseph & another child who died young.

I think they originally came from east Lancs.

Is it usual for families to be completely missed from successive census records?

Any light you can shed would be greatfuly received.

Thanks in advance.

Smiler.

Hi Derek, just by way of a change of family LOL. Can you find out the surname of Dorothy who married Thomas Meakin. Thomas was born 1722 in Repton. Going by another tree I have viewed they may have married 1743. Also looking for Thomas' death please. I have Dorothy's death as 1787 in Repton can you please check this for me.

Many thanks.

I have not the feintest Derek. She claims to be a professional Geneaologist so who am I to question LOL

Hi Gooner..yes i did..sorry been out all day.........In the family tree i see a Gilbert Measham 1790.............I wonder where you contact got the Family tree from..like long before Parish records??
Derek.

Derek did you get those documents ok ?

Ha!! you said Richards..not Richard..which Richard??? the ealiest measham i have found so far is GILBERT Measham who married Sarah Richardson 24.06.1695......send me anything you like.
Have been going through every Measham who ever lived!! noting yet..but one potential area of explorationj is that Gilbert Measham who married Elizabeth Stanley 12.05.1772..signed his name as MEASOM!!

xx

In fact her branch goes back to Roger Measham about 1445. If you would like me to forward the emails to you I can if you pm you addy. Also the newspaper article which is interesting reading.

Richard Measham of course. I will have to look up the record she sent me hang on and I will let you know her earliest Measham on her branch LOL

Eyes light up to another challenge!!!!!! What Richards???

I found that wedding on Freebmd web site . He married Ada Madeline James and lo and behold now I have found he then married Dorothy M Parkins in 1910. Still not a Lillian though.. Oh silly me yes I meant 1911 LOL. Senior moment again. I do think the Meashams all came from the original De Meishams as does a Measham I contact who is a geneaologist. We have not yet found the link between my Gilberts and her Richards !! ONE DAY sigh !!!! I have an email of the story of the De Meisham family of Repton it was a copy of the Burton Observer and Chronicle dated November 30 1974. On there they start with Gilbert De Meisham 1066 - 1130.

Ji LA..you must have better BMD's than me cos all I have is Willoughby married Shardlow Derbys June 1905.you say 1910..do you mean 1911 census????

As for the Thorps..they appear to have been quite a large Farming family rather like st least one side of the Meashams..but at the moment i can't find the link between them.which appears to have been a marriage in about 1800.1810......I'm hoping that the Mary Measham involved might have been a sister of your elder Gilbert.......

It's a pity that the Repton Parish Records have never been transcribed onto disc, because then i could work out all the links......do you suppose that if we got back far enough then all the Meashams are in fact one family?? possibly back to the Measom/Measam name?

Derek.

Another poser for you..... I have looked on Free bmd for marriage of Willoughby TF Measham and found him marrying Ada Madeline James in Q2 1905. I also found death of Ada Measham June 1923 but on 1910 Willoughby's wife is named as Lillian is she one and the same she has the same birth year? Your valued opinion please Derek

Thank you grovel grovel !!! LOL

Humph!! oh ok...............

Oh Derek you know you love it LOL. Right Parkers !!!! Where shall we start LOL. Do you think there may be a connection between the Parker on the census and Mary THF's mother? Can you get looking pretty please.