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Looking for my cousin Gordon. He is a GR member but not responding to requests to view his tree. May be un-financial and not receiving messages.

If someone just sends me a message to view my tree. My first reaction is not on your Nellie. .i don't know you or how we may be connected .

Have had the experience of my tree being copied before so I won't open my tree till a def connection has been established,

Would suggest you try again but give details of who you are and how you might have a family connection .

Has he actually opened your message ?

There is a Gordon Eric Meekings listed up till 2010 on 192.com. If he doesn't reply on here, his would give you a fairly recent address. If it's him, his wife is listed also.
Jan

When I tried to contact Gordon I provided more info than I was prepared to put on an open board. I said was looking for my first cousin Gordon Meekings. Our mothers were sisters, maiden name Partridge. Now I thought Partridge would be an easy name to research, it is not, it is as popular as Smith. I also opened my tree to him so he would have no trouble seeing where I fit in.
My great grandmother is Ellen (known as Nellie) Dunn ne Death. Unlikely to be the same Nellie. She was hard to track down. The only thing I had was the story of a hand-me-down mug (or may be an Urn - I never saw it) with her name on it. I also have a great-great grandmother Harriet who married into the Dunn family, Her pedigree is doubtful, if I ever find a marriage between James Dunn and a Harriet and I can trace her children I will be more comfortable. .

A non-paying member can receive messages.

If yours to him has not been opened, it is probably because he has changed his e-mail, and not told GR

If you want help with your research.........ask on the Find Ancestors board, giving location ,and dates

From your last post......

"Unlikely to be the same Nellie"

The same as.......................which Nellie???.

The only Gordon E Meekings born 1942 had mother with maiden name Davies.

...and these were his parents

Marriages Dec 1941 (>99%)
Davies Agnes Meekings Pershore 6c 703
MEEKINGS Eric R Davies Pershore 6c 703

I see you have included Gordon in your tree............as you are not in touch with him, how did you manage to obtain his permission?

Perhaps the two other members with him in their trees are in contact with him..............

Reggie,

Fred has his research interests including 'Davies' so has probably just mentioned the wrong surname(Partridge) when he should have said Davies.

England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription
First Name AGNES
Last Name MEEKINGS
Year 1993
Event Quarter 3
Month of Registration 9
Year Of Birth 1913
Birth Month 6
Birth Day 2
District PERSHORE
County Worcestershire
Country England
District Number 5231
Entry Number 111
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
DOR 993

First Name ERIC REGINALD
Last Name MEEKINGS
Year 1983
Event Quarter 2
Year Of Birth 1907
Birth Month 11
Birth Day 16
District WORCESTER
County Worcestershire
Country England
Volume 29
Page 0797
Line Number 86


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First Name ERIC REGINALD
Last Name MEEKINGS
Mother's Maiden Name -
Year 1907
Event Quarter 4
Month of Registration -
Country England
County London
District FULHAM
Volume 1A
Page 347
Line Number 357

Perhaps that's why he said that Partridge is a common as Smith..................he meant Davies!

Fred

Were you born in Kensington district?

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
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First Name ERIC
Last Name MEEKINGS
Relationship SON
Condition -
Gender Male
Year Of Birth 1908
Age 3
Occupation -
Address 42 CHIPSTEAD STREET FULHAM S W
Parish FULHAM
County London
Country ENGLAND
Where Born FULHAM LONDON
Year Of Marriage -
Years Of Marriage -
Archive Reference RG14
Piece Number 355
Census Reference RG14PN355 RG78PN11 RD3 SD5 ED18 SN163
Registration District FULHAM
Registration District Number 3
Sub District SOUTH FULHAM
Enumeration District 18
SubDistrict Number 5
Folio -
Page -
Record set 1911 Census for England & Wales
Category Census, land & surveys
Record collection Census
Collections from Great Britain
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Other Household Members
First Name Last Name Relationship Year Of Birth Age Where Born
MAY MEEKINGS WIFE 1877 34 GERMANY Image Transcription
WILLIM MEEKINGS HEAD 1875 36 WEST READING YORKSHIRE Image Transcription

On the 1911 census they say they've been married for 6 years, but it may not be strictly true

Marriages Mar 1905 (>99%)
FLETCHER Sarah York 9d 10 Scan available - click to view
LODGE Ernest James York 9d 10 Scan available - click to view
MEEKINGS William York 9d 10 Scan available - click to view
SOUDEN Esther Ada York 9d 10 Scan available - click to view
SOWDEN Esther Ada York 9d 10

Births Dec 1907 (>99%)
Meekings Eric Reginald Fulham 1a 347 Scan available - click to view


Taking account of May's stated birthplace..............I wonder.

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Sep 1914 (>99%)
Meekings Cecil A F Kallscheuer Fulham 1a 654

First Name CECIL ANTHONY F
Last Name MEEKINGS
Year 1977
Event Quarter 1
Year Of Birth 1914
Birth Month 8
Birth Day 21
District FULHAM
County London
Country England
Volume 12
Page 0783
Line Number 90


Marriages Dec 1941 (>99%)
Firman Sinclair E Hirst Bedford 3b 1216 Scan available - click to view
Hirst Edith K J Firman Bedford 3b 1216 Scan available - click to view
Liddle Honor M Meekings Bedford 3b 1216 Scan available - click to view
MEEKINGS Cecil A F Liddle Bedford 3b 1216 Scan available - click to view

Cecil is in fred's GR tree, and in one other

Shirley @ 6:28 - How can I tell if Gordon has actually opened my message? I have been a member for some years and still learning my way around. It would help if GR didn't keep "upgrading".

brummiejan @ 6: 7:41 - Thanks for that. I now have his Business contact through a Haulage Company Index, would you believe I got it with a goggle search on Gordon Eric Meekings? I feel like I was cheating. Also have information from the Electoral Role, when you see what is available from the Electoral Role you have to wonder why the Census results have a 100 year embargo. Must be sealed because of more sensitive information.

Reggie - Various postings. Wish I could get round the system at half the speed that you seem to be able to. You are not in my contacts list or my "other Tree" list so how come you can see my tree? May be you are Gordon and using the handle "Reggie" to acknowledge an ancestor..

Ricochet - Wow. That is a lot of information. Thank you. I think Eric Reginald will turn out to be Gordon's father. I will do some back checking and see how I go.

patchem - Sorry, you are correct, Partridge is back another generation. I am surprised at how prolific the names Davies and Partridge are when trying to do family research, more prolific than the 'phone book suggests

Thank you all

Fred

Fred
If the message still has a green envelope against it then it hasn't been opened

I can see that you have this man in your tree by the simple expedient of looking for his name in 'search all member trees'

And, as you cannot have obtained his permission, you are actually contravening site guidelines by including him.

As I said earlier, perhaps the others with him in their trees do have the necessary permission, and are therefore in contact with him

I can assure you that I am NOT Gordon..................

As the marriage of Gordon's parents shows his father's name to be Eric R..................................