Joseph & Hanna MEEK (General)

by jimashton , Saturday, June 09, 2007, 05:32 (6379 days ago) @ DaiJones

Dai

You need to exercise a little caution with Joseph & Hanna Meek, also Thomas Meek, the names are quite common and it is easy to get them the wrong way around.

"A" Joseph Meek married Hannah Cook 13.5.1809 at Ruardean. I believe the 1841 & 1851 census records for this couple are :

1841 Census
Joseph 58 =1783 Harry Hill
Mary 27=1814 Harry Hill
Hannah 25 = 1816 Harry Hill
Elizabeth 23 = 1818 Harry Hill
Aaron 18 = 1823 Harry Hill
Ann 16 = 1825 Harry Hill
Solomon 11 - 1830 Harry Hill

1851 Census
MEEK Joseph 69 Rtd Collier Ruardean
Hannah 60 Ruardean
Solomon 21 Collier Ruardean

Note this Joseph born 1782 by census records and baptism, is a different Joseph & Hannah census record found by slowhands in this posting. This Joseph Meek baptised Ruardean 1.12.1782 to Joseph Meek & Ann Harris.

If that is not enough confusion, there are two Thomas Meeks baptised to Joseph & Hannah at about the same time, this is not unusual if one dies, but I don't think this is the case as the baptism shows different residences and occupation for Joseph Meek, plus of course we know that there are two Joseph Meek and Hannah's :

(1) Thomas Meek baptised 11.4.1819 at Drybrook to Joseph Meek & Hannah, occupation Labourer residence Bailey Hill

(2) Thomas Meek baptised 14.1.1821 at Drybrook to Joseph Meek & Hannah, occupation Coal Miner residence Drybrook.

I would be interested in others observations on the above as I have the marriage between Thomas Meek & Elizabeth Boughton, also the marriage between Amelia Meek & Richard Goode in my Family Tree and had not previously positively identified the parents of Amelia Meek. My interest in Amelia (who is connected to me rather than related) is that she and Richard Goode had 6 children including a daughter Amelia who married a George Reed, they had 7 children, one of whom - Gertude Helen Reed married William Ernest Marfell.

Good Luck

Jim Ashton