George Meek - who was his 1st wife ? (General)

by cmfenton , Ferndown, Dorset, Monday, September 22, 2008, 01:54 (5917 days ago) @ djones

Information I have from Jim Ashton gives a first wife's name as Charlotte (born c1829 Abenhall and marriage c1848) and a daughter Julia born 1849. Second marriage then follows 30Dec1860.

I cannot trace the marriage in the Parish Records but BMD indexes give George Meek marrying Charlotte Gough (Ross 1849 Q2 26 385)

We can then find the following from the Parish Records

BAPTISM

Record_ID: 110607
Entry_Number: 0
Year: 1829
Month: Feb
Day: 11
Parents_Surname: GOUGH
Child_Forenames: Charlotte
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Esther
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: John Horlick
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Daughter of
Notes:
Register_Reference: D6026 8/1
Page_Number: 14
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean Congregational

BURIAL

Record_ID: 444
Entry_Number: 447
Year: 1860
Month: May
Day: 10
Surname: MEEK
Forenames: Charlotte
Residence: Michaeldean [sic]
Age_at_death: 33
Officiating_Minister: J. Davies
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/11
Page_No: 56
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

But also for daughter Julia born prior to the marriage and baptised Julia Gough

Record_ID: 42407
Entry_Number: 722
Year: 1849
Month: Jan
Day: 7
Parents_Surname: GOUGH
Child_Forenames: Julia
Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Mothers_Forenames: Charlotte
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Michel Dean
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: E. Machen Rector
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: base child of. In the Year 1849
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 220 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 91
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean

I cannot find the family in the 1851 census either.

Regards

-Colin