for info

Year: 1848
Month: May
Day: 4
Grooms_Surname: MEEK
Grooms_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Age: full
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Bailey East-dean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Surname: BOUGHTON
Brides_Forenames: Elizabeth
Brides_Age: full
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Bailey East-dean
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Henry Bossom
Witness_2: Mark of Caroline Boughton
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Edw[ar]d Machen
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P220 IN 1/8
Page_Number: 17
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean

1851 East Dean
MEEK Thomas 26 Wood Cutter Lea Bailey
Elizabeth 27 Mitchel Dean
George 3 Mitchel Dean
Edmund 1 East Dean
BOUGHTON James Stepson Illeg. 7 Westbury on Severn Work House

1861 Hasely Hill
Thomas Meek abt 1820 Lea, Herefordshire, England Head East Dean Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Meek abt 1820 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Meek abt 1857 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
George Meek abt 1848 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
John Meek abt 1851 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
Mary Meek abt 1859 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Sarah Meek abt 1853 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
William Meek abt 1860 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire

1871 Harry Hill
George Meck abt 1850 Sea Bailey, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean Gloucestershire
Hannah Meck abt 1845 Abinghall, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean Gloucestershire
George Meck abt 1870 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
John Meck abt 1853 Sea Bailey, Gloucestershire, England Lodger East Dean Gloucestershire

East Dean
Thomas Meek abt 1822 Bailey Hill East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Meek abt 1831 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire - Wife
Caroline Meek abt 1865 Drybrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Charlote Meek abt 1862 Drybrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Meek abt 1856 Sea Bailey, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Mary Meek abt 1858 Sea Bailey, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
William Meek abt 1860 Sea Bailey, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire

1881 Plump Hill
Amelia Meek abt 1875 Eastdean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
George Meek abt 1848 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Head Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
George Meek abt 1871 Eastdean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Hannah Meek abt 1844 Abinghall, Gloucestershire, England Wife Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Simeon Meek abt 1878 Eastdean Son Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
William M. Meek abt 1873 Eastdean, Gloucestershire, England Son Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucestershire, England

1891 Plump Hill
Meek, Amelia abt 1875 Plump Hill, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Meek, George abt 1848 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean Gloucestershire
Meek, George abt 1871 Plump Hill, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
Meek, Hannah abt 1844 Abinghall, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean Gloucestershire
Meek, Michael abt 1873 Plump Hill, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
Meek, Rhuben abt 1887 Plump Hill, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
Meek, Simeon abt 1878 Plump Hill, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire

1901 Plump Hill
Clara Meek abt 1875 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean Gloucestershire
Clarice Meek abt 1896 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean Gloucestershire
Howard S Meek abt 1895 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire
Michael Meek abt 1873 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean Gloucestershire
Tom Meek abt 1900 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire

Plump Hill
George Meek abt 1847 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean Gloucestershire
Hannah Meek abt 1844 Abbenhall, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean Gloucestershire
Reuben Meek abt 1887 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean Gloucestershire

There is quite a list of persons you have provided that have the same surname as myself. I shall have to make a serious study of them to see if there is a connection somewhere along the line with the 'Meek' line of ancestors I am working on. Although they were provided by you 'for info' I, for one, am grateful for the effort you have put into finding these names thereby saving me time in my quest for my ancestry which on my father's side is mainly within the Forest of Dean.

Hi Dennis. Did you have a connction with the above MEEK family? I have a connection with them.

Bill White

1891
Fanny F Mullins abt 1867 Wales Servant Christchurch, Hampshire Single

MEEK George
MULLINS Fanny
Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office
1896 10 185

1901 The Plump
George Meek abt 1871 Harrow on the Hill, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Fanny Meek abt 1870 Wales Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Sidney Meek abt 1894 Bournemouth, Hampshire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Rhoda Meek abt 1897 Plump, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Ressie Meek abt 1899 Plump, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

1911 Gloucester County Lunatic Asylum, Horton Road, Gloucester
George Meek abt 1871 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire Patient Barnwood, Gloucestershire

1911 Collofield, Littledean, Glos
Fanny Meek 41
Sidney Mullins 17 Bournemouth
Bessie Meek 12
Gladys Meek 10
Albert Meek 6
Frances Meek 3
Regenald Meek 2

Year: 1912
Month: Feb
Day: 4
Surname: MEEK
Forenames: George
Residence: County Asylum Gloucester
Age_at_death: 41 years
Officiating_Minister: James Lawton Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/14
Page_No: 30
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

<><><><> possible marriage for Fanny

WILLIAMS Samuel
MEEK Fanny
Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office
1914 16 58

possible Samuel
1911 16 Aberpennar St Mountain Ash Glam
Samuel Williams abt 1869 Cinderford, Gloucester, England Brother Llanwonno, Glamorgan

possible death for Fanny

Name: Fanny F Williams
Birth Date: abt 1865
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1937
Age at Death: 72
Registration district: Gloucester City
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 352

--
Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

Hi Slowhands

I spent a very long time replying to this posting. When I clicked on submit, I had a message saying the site was busy and it was all lost. As I am not too busy at the moment, I will have another go.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have Thomas & George Meek in my Family Tree, connected but not related, but I have connections to relations via George Thomas Meek & Hannah Barnard via their daughter Amelia Meek 1874 who married my half 3rd cousin Charles Brain 1869. As an aside their daughter Amelia May Brain 4 Nov 1898 married Lionel Watkins 1898, whose grandmother was Esther Watkins, great great grandmother of David Watkins.

As ever I gained information from your posting, so in fairness I thought I would add to the story, having discovered that Samuel Williams 1869 is in my Family Tree. He is not related but connected, and I am sure you can already see a Marfell connection on the horizon !!

Samuel Williams was the son of Amos Williams 1839 & Harriett Turner 1840 - still not related but you know my penchant for following the siblings & parents of spouses. Harriett Turner was the daughter of William Turner 1801 & Maria James 1811 Bristol, married 12 Dec 1833 Cheltenham - 7 children including George Turner 1845 who married my 1st cousin 3 times removed Elizabeth Marfell born 28 Jun 1849, married 13 Oct 1867 St John's West Dean - 10 children.

Amos Williams 1839 was the son of John Williams 1786 & Elizabeth - 4 children including Sarah Williams 1828 who married John Yemm 20 Feb 1831 on 7 Jun 1855 Cinderford, again connected but not related, but their children lead to related Brain's, Baldwin's, Meeks etc.

Census data for some of the above :

1841 Census Ruardean Hill Dean Forest
John Williams 55 Stone Cutter
Elizabeth 40
Samuel 20
James 15
John 10
Sarah 13
Amos 4

1871 Census east Dean
Amos Williams 32 Collier East Dean
Harriett 30 East Dean
George 9 East Dean
Emma 7 East Dean
Clara 4 East Dean
Samuel 2 East Dean
William Bosley nephew 13 East Dean
William Turner father in law 75 East Dean
Maria Turner mother in law 62 East Dean
+ Lodgers

1851 Census
145
TURNER William 51 Coal Miner East Dean
Maria 42 Bristol
Jane 17 East Dean
Elizabeth 15 East Dean
William 13 East Dean
Harriet 11 East Dean
George 7 East Dean
James 4 East Dean

1861 Census East Dean
RG9 1754 231
William Turner 60 Miner
Maria 50 Bristol
George 15 East Dean
Marai Waldwin 50 Handservant East Dean
George 50 Lodger Miner

1881 Census : Image George Marfell 1832
George TURNER M 36 M East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Coal Miner
Elizabeth TURNER M 31 F East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Wife
Samuel TURNER 13 M East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
William TURNER 11 M East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Jane TURNER 8 F East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
Reuben TURNER 6 M East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Sidney TURNER 4 M East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
George TURNER 1 M East Dean, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar

1891 Census
Ref RG12/2004 Folio 124 p9
East Dean Enumeration District 11 Westbury on Severn
George Turner head 45 coal miner born Bury Hill
Elizth wife 41born Drybrook
Jane dau 20 gen servant
Ruben son 16 coal miner
Sydney son 15 coal miner
George son 10 scholar
Leonard son 9 scholar
Oliver son 5 scholar
Richard son 2
Infant grson 6w

1901 Census East Dean Image George Turner 1845
George Turner 57 1844 Gloshire East Dean East Dean Coal Hewer
Elizabeth Turner 52 1849 Gloshire East Dean East Dean
Leonard Turner 18 1883 Gloshire East Dean East Dean Coal Hewer
Oliver Turner 16 1885 Gloshire East Dean East Dean Belt Boy
Richard Turner 13 1888 Gloshire East Dean East Dean
Evan Turner 10 1891 Gloshire East Dean East Dean

The Great Grandaughter of George Turner 1844 shown here via son Leonard 1883 is Kerryl Turner, my 4th cousin and main Australian contact, who I met in Perth in 2008. She is currently recovering from an operation on her Kidney, I am sure you will join me in wishing her a speedy recovery.

Jim Ashton

PS I saved this before submitting and again a message came up web site too busy

Edited. PPS Same message but success on third attempt.