Person Sheet


Name Thomas Walmsley MEAKIN, 1C4R, 209
Birth 1829, Longton
Christen 19 4 1829, St James Longton
Christen Memo VRI(B&C)
Death 1 10 1879, Blythe Villa Blythe Bridge Age: 50
Death Memo IoD 4Q1879 Stone 6b25
Occupation 1861: grocer. 1871: grocer/landowner.
Father William MEAKIN, 91 (1804-1854)
Mother Mary BURGESS, 92 (1809-1858)
Spouses:
1 Esther ASTBURY, 210
Birth 1830, Longton
Christen 4 7 1830, Stoke upon Trent
Christen Memo IGI C009962
Death 21 2 1871, Blythe Bridge85 Age: 41
Death Memo IoD 1Q1871 Stone 6b32 #286
Father James Bagnall ASTBURY, 1753
Mother Jane SHELLEY, 4501 (1791-)
Marriage 27 6 1854, St James Longton86
Marriage Memo IoM 2Q1854 Stoke-upon-Trent 6b212
Children: Esther, 220 (1855-1895)
William Astbury, 211 (1856-1932)
Mary Jane "Polly", 222 (1857-1933)
Emily, 1767 (1859-1860)
Lucy, 3347 (1861-1861)
Fanny, 223 (1862-1919)
Thomas Walmsley, 1768 (1864-1864)
Sarah, 227 (1865-)
Susan, 228 (1866-)
Elizabeth Walmsley "Lizzie" (No children), 229 (1867-1946)
2 Mary Anne FORD, 1148
Birth 1844, Blythe Bridge
Christen 21 4 1844, St Nicholas Fulford
Christen Memo C034041
Father James FORD, 1690 (1809-)
Mother Jane WALKER, 1691 (1821-)
Marriage 8 10 1872, Chapel of St Peter Forsbrook87
Marriage Memo IoM 4Q1872 Cheadle 6b501 #37
Notes for Thomas Walmsley MEAKIN
Meakin Family Tree 260197: only child? Rodney's notes in Pauline's hand 020897: 2nd name Walmesley, grocer at Longton, built a house at Blythe Bridge (see Note for Mary Anne - 2nd Wife). FRC030303: IoD, aged 50. MC1872: aged43. FRC041203: census1871. FCR190304: VRI(B&C). Ancestry021206: census1861. 1837Online121106: census1841. AncestryProbate130810: DandPofD. AncestryPBER250515: res.
Census
Census1841 991/1/16/27: aged12, ass son at Church Street Lane End Stoke-upon-Trent. Census1861 1941/53/21: aged32, mar, hd at 5 Market Street Longton, occ, PofB Longton. Census1871 2827/35/25: aged42, wid, hd at Grindley Road Normacott Stone, occ, PofB Longton: also Mary Shelley, cousin, unmar, aged23, seamstress, PofB Croxton, see spreadsheet 1848Q1.
Census Notes for Esther (Spouse 1)
Census1841 991/12/37/21: aged11, ass dau at Hill Street Penkhull Stoke upon Trent. Census1861 1941/53/21: aged30, wife at 5 Market Street Longton, PofB Stoke.
Misc. Notes
IoM: "Esther". FRC180703: IoD, aged 40. Ancestry021206: census1861. LDSOnline210707: ChrR.
Notes for Thomas Walmsley & Esther (Family)
FRC160703: IoM. FRC050304: VRI(M). AncestryESM020317: YandPofM.
Census Notes for Mary Anne (Spouse 2)
Census1861 1914/39/42: aged16, dau at Blythe Bridge (ass Swan Inn) village of Normacot, sch, PofB Blythe Bridge. Census1881 2695/26/3: "Mary Ann", aged 36, wid, hd at Blythe Bridge; too young to be mother of Mary Jane (23) so assume second wife of Thomas Walmesley Meakin and widowed too; PofB.
Misc. Notes
FRC111000: census1881. MC: full names, aged28. Online120903: census1901: not found as widowed Meakin. LDSonline230312: ChrR. Ancestry230312: census1861.
Notes for Thomas Walmsley & Mary Anne (Family)
FRC180703: IoM.
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