I am trying to find info on my great grandfather Adam Edwin Meek born Westbury on Severn November 28 1848 and lived at Ruardean. He last lived at Hafodrynys near Crumlin Monmouthshire and died March 1924. In 1881 he married Mary Townsend at Llanelly Breconshire. I have no info on him between this time and 1850. Any information would be appreciated.
Brian Walker

Name: Adam E MEEK
Age 76
Year of Registration: 1924
Quarter of Registration: Jan Feb Mar
District: Pontypool
Volume: 11a
Page: 221

1911
MECK ADAM EDWIN M 1848 63 Pontypool Monmouthshire
MECK MARY F 1848 63 Pontypool Monmouthshire

1901
Adam Meek abt 1848 Mastey, Glamorgan, Wales Head Abersychan, Monmouthshire
Mary Meek abt 1849 Wife Abersychan, Monmouthshire

1891
Adam E Meeh abt 1848 Drybrook, Gloucestershire, England Head Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Mary Meeh abt 1849 Worstrye, Glamorgan, Wales Wife Kingswinford, Staffordshire
Rachel A Meeh abt 1885 Brynmour, Breconshire, Wales Daughter Kingswinford, Staffordshire

Name: Rachel Ann Meek
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Crickhowell
County: Breconshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 126

Name: Adam Edwin Meek
Name: Mary Townsend
Year of Registration: 1881
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Crickhowell
County: Breconshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 186

1881
Mary Townsend abt 1849 Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales Head Llanelly, Breconshire Widower

1861
Edmund Merk abt 1820 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Matilda Merk abt 1823 Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire

1851
Emmanuel Meck abt 1825 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Head Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Matilda Meck abt 1824 Abinghall, Gloucestershire, England Wife Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Meck abt 1847 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Adam E Meck abt 1849 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Ruardean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1848
Month: Nov
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: MEEK
Child_Forenames: Adam Edwin
Fathers_Forenames: Emanuel
Mothers_Forenames: Matilda
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Drybrook
Occupation: Stone Cutter
Officiating_Minister: H G Nicholls Incumbent
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 78
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

Name: Emanuel Meek
Name: Matilda Gough
Year of Registration: 1845
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Ross
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester
Volume: 26

1841 Morse
George Meek abt 1801 Gloucestershire, England Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Sarah Meek abt 1806 Gloucestershire, England Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Manuel Meek abt 1825 Gloucestershire, England Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Susan Meek abt 1828 Gloucestershire, England Ruardean, Gloucestershire
George Meek abt 1830 Gloucestershire, England Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Ann Meek abt 1836 Gloucestershire, England Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Joseph Meek abt 1838 Gloucestershire, England Ruardean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1824
Month: Oct
Day: 12
Parents_Surname: MEEK
Child_Forenames: Emanuel
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Morse
Occupation: Quarryman
Officiating_Minister: T. D. Fosbroke Min[iste]r
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 48
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Page: 387

1841
William Gaugh abt 1800 Gloucestershire, England Mitchell Dean, Gloucestershire
Esther Gaugh abt 1794 Mitchell Dean, Gloucestershire
Matilda Gaugh abt 1824 Gloucestershire, England Mitchell Dean, Gloucestershire
George Gaugh abt 1827 Gloucestershire, England Mitchell Dean, Gloucestershire
Charlott Gaugh abt 1829 Gloucestershire, England Mitchell Dean, Gloucestershire
Charles Gaugh abt 1833 Gloucestershire, England Mitchell Dean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1823
Month: Nov
Day: 9
Parents_Surname: GOUGH
Child_Forenames: Matilda
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Esther
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Abinghall
Occupation: Lab[oure]r
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m Parkley
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 19
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

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This marriage would seem to fit Slowhands' information.
Another George Meek to add to the 10 I already know about!

Record_ID: 16523
Entry_Number: 820
Year: 1824
Month: Jun
Day: 9
Grooms_Surname: MEEK
Grooms_Forenames: George
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Ruardean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: BRAIN
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Ruardean
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: [not stated]
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: both sign
Witness_1: Samuel Hale
Witness_2: Hannah Hale
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: T D Fosbrooke Min[iste]r
Event: Marriage
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/9
Page_Number: 15
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean

Name: Rachel Ann Meek
Year of Registration: 1884
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Crickhowell
County: Breconshire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 126

name :Pryce Griffiths
Name: Rachel Ann Meek
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Pontypool
County: Gwent, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 219

Name: Edwin Griffiths ???
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Pontypool
County: Gwent, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 164

1901
Pryce Griffiths abt 1878 Coedpoeth, Wrexham Head Abersychan, Monmouthshire
Rachel A Griffiths abt 1883 Bryn Mawr, Breconshire, Wales Wife Abersychan, Monmouthshire
Edwin Griffiths abt 1901 Cwmffrwdoer, Breconshire, Wales Son Abersychan, Monmouthshire

1911
GRIFFITHS RACHEL ANN F 1883 28 Pontypool Monmouthshire
GRIFFITHS PRYCE M 1878 33 Pontypool Monmouthshire
GRIFFITHS DOROTHY F 1910 10 MONTHS Pontypool Monmouthshire
GRIFFITHS FRANCIS M 1904 7 Pontypool Monmouthshire
GRIFFITHS JOHN M 1903 8 Pontypool Monmouthshire

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http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=8550

" sorting out the Ruardean MEEKS! !!!

and this point we hand back to Jim !

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Thanks very much for the info. Brilliant
Brian Walker

Thank You Slowhands !!

From this posting I did change the marriage of Joseph Meek 1749 to Ann Harris. I am always happy to change my tree if subsequent information is more accurate/appropriate etc.

I have 24 George Meeks in my Family Tree, including 2 born in 1801. The marriage I have for George Meek 1801, son of Joseph Meek & Ann Harris is to Sarah Brain - the same as that shown by CM Fenton in this thread and will wait on the sidelines here !!

Jim Ashton

Ann Meek, my gr grandmother, appears in the George Meek household which is posted in Slowhands reply. I can find baptisms for all the other children listed, but none for Ann. Any suggestions?
Dewey

Sorry Dewey !

Could she be a grand daughter or "just" another MEEK living with this family ?
Do you have a baptism for Lucy ?

Year: 1838
Month: Mar
Day: 4
Parents_Surname: MEEK
Child_Forenames: Joseph
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Morse
Occupation: Quarryman
Officiating_Minister: T. D. Fosbroke
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 102
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean

Name: Lucy Meek
Year of Registration: 1842
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Ross
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester
Volume: 26
Page: 201

1851 White Hill
George Meck abt 1802 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Head Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Ann Meck abt 1836 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Joseph Meck abt 1838 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Son Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Lucy Meck abt 1842 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Ruardean, Gloucestershire

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Jim

I'm glad you had this marriage for George 1801 as son of Joseph and Ann. I just picked it out of the Parish Records as a likely candidate.

Now I have another thread of Meeks to follow through. This George 1801 appears to be a second cousin 5 times removed!

-Colin

Slowhands,
I do not have a baptism for Lucy.
In the case of Ann, in her 1857 marriage to Cornelius Baldwin, she lists her age as 21, which agrees with the 1836 birth, and her father as George, stone cutter which I presume is similar to Quarryman.
Thank you for the interest and help.
Dewey

It all seems to fit :-)

Year: 1848
Month: May
Day: 17
Surname: MEEK
Forenames: Sarah
Residence: Morse
Age_at_death: 48 years
Officiating_Minister: K.G.Nicholls Incumbent
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: Note in Name Column-N.Y. Rwi 5 Div
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/11
Page_No: 103
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

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Dewey

I too have baptisms for 6 of the 8 children of George Meek & Sarah Brain, but not Ann & Lucy.

Jim Ashton

Why three question marks by the name of Edwin Griffiths ? He,s been an enigma to me while researching. It appears he may have taken to name of Meek and his sister, my mother rarely mentioned him.
Brian

Only because there are several Edwin's in the BMD listing taht "sort of" fit with the census entry in 1901

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Jim,
Thank you for the confirmation that we agree on eight children and two missing baptisms.

Dewey