Giles MEEK of Ruardean (General)

by pianoboogieman, Thursday, November 09, 2006, 02:11 (6582 days ago) @ jimashton

Thanks jimashton for your prompy reply to my posting .Some interesting info ,however, I’m still really none the wiser as to whether there were two Gile MEEKs , one born in Ruardean son of Moses and one in Ampney(where incidentally there are a number of other MEEKs born) or whether there was only one born in Ruardean who ended up in Ampney and thought mistakenly he was born there and for some reason didn’t know who his father was.Anyone any ideas why?

What became of Moses MEEK and Ann MEEK (nee BRAINE) – does anyone have burial records?

I have only located one Giles MEEK on the 1841 census living in Ampney with what appears to read Hannah though very faint.and haven’t found so far any evidence of a Giles MEEK burial between 1807 and 1841 which tends to suggest there was only one Giles MEEK .If anyone knows of a burial record for Giles MEEK between 1807 and 1841 this would confirm there were two , otherwise it does seem to suggest there was only one

There is a marriage for Giles MEEK in 1827 at Gloucester St Nicholas to Rosanna PUGH (source parish record) so I’m assuming Rosanna/Hannah are one and the same .This is definitely ‘my’ Giles.He became a toll collector and moved around the country ending up in Wells,Somerset with his second wife Mary HUTTON(my g.g.grandmother)

Does anyone know of a definite link between the Forest of Dean MEEKs and those of the Ampney/Cirencester area. ?

I would dearly love to prove the connection and thus a link between our families .