Person Sheet


Name Sarah MEAKIN, GGG Aunt, 148
Birth 1828, Meir Staffs
Christen 8 6 1828, Longton
Christen Memo VRI(B&C)
Death 1890, Congleton area Age: 62
Death Memo IoD 2Q1890 Congleton 8a195
Father James MEAKIN, 93 (1807-1852)
Mother Fanny COLCLOUGH, 94 (1807-1855)
Spouses:
1 Robert L JOHNSON, 149
Birth 1821, Grindley
Death 1917, Leek area Age: 96
Death Memo IoD 3Q1917 Leek 6b254
Occupation 1851, 1861: farmer. 1881: retired. 1891, 1901, 1911: retired farmer.
Father Joseph JOHNSON, 1706 (~1781-)
Mother Abigail BENNETT, 3269 (1791-1841)
Marriage 9 9 1851, Hope Staffs60
Marriage Memo IoM 3Q1851 Stoke on Trent17/187 #27
Children: Henry James "Harry", 345 (1852-1931)
Elizabeth Sarah (No children), 1359 (1853-1873)
Frances, 597 (1855-1888)
Robert Lewis, 347 (1856-1909)
Annie Meakin, 596 (1857-1922)
Frederick George, 346 (1858-)
Martha Jane (Died as Child), 1360 (1860-1862)
Alfred, 348 (1862-)
Notes for Sarah MEAKIN
Meakin Family Tree 200197: 1st of12. Scandal has it that she "ran off with the coachman": note from MC that no family member was witness and that, from IoB, Harry born within 6 months of marriage. FRC101100: census1881. FRC301202: census1861. FRC190304: VRI(B&C). 1837Online111106: census1841. Ancestry131206: census1851. Ancestry030119: IoD aged61.
Census
Census1841 1006/15/20/8: aged13, ass dau at Heron Wood Farm Draycott in the Moors. Census1851 2009/408/12: aged22, unmar, dau at Totmonslow Draycott le Moors, PofB "Mear". Census1861 1952/52/6: aged 32, wife at New Building Farm Draycott le Moors, PofB Meir. Census1881 3536/106/24: aged53, at Woodlands Church Lawton, PofB Meir.
Census Notes for Robert L (Spouse 1)
Census1841 995/17/50/5: aged15-19, ass son at Grindley parish of Stowe Drointon. Census1851 2009/397/12: aged29, unmar, son at Blakeley (??) Draycott le Moors, PofB Grindley. Census1861 1952/52/6: aged 39, at New Building Farm Draycott le Moors, occ. Census1881 3536/106/24: aged 59 assYofB1821, at Woodlands Church Lawton, PofB, occ. Census1891 2847/102/14: aged 69, wid, hd at Lawton Road Alsager, occ, PofB Grindley Stowe. Census1901 2575/33/12: aged 79, widower, at Rose Cottage Oulton (next Oulton Rocks), occ, PofB. Census1911 16644/362/11/3: aged 89, mar 60yrs (children 8,4,4), widower, father at Westwood Hall Leek w Henry James Johnson (345), occ, PofB Grindley.
Misc. Notes
Meakin Family Tree260197. Scandal has it that he was the coachman of James Meakin (93) who eloped with his spouse, Sarah (148). Pauline's trees: forename. FRC101100: census 1881. Online161102: census1901. FRC301202: census1861. MC: occ1851. FRC241106Ancestry: census1851. Ancestry260114: census1911. Ancestry290114: census1891. Ancestry040214: IoD aged95.
Notes for Robert L & Sarah (Family)
FRC050304: VRI(M) cfm.
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