Henrietta Meredith
F, #10426, b. 8 September 1866, d. 4 January 1946
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 8 September 1866; Derrykern, Queens County, Ireland
- Christening: 9 December 1866; Roskelton Parish, Queens County
- Death: 4 January 1946; Portlaoise, Abbeyleix
- Burial: 6 February 1946; Portlaoise, Queen's County
- Note: IGI gives birth date as 8 September 1866; aged 79 at time of death. Unmarried in 1911. Death notice in newspaper: "February 4, 1946, at County Hospital, Maryborough [sic], Leix, after a short illness, Henrietta Meredith of Colt, Abbeyleix, Leix, aged 79, sole surviving daughter of the late Rice Meredith and Kate Ann Meredith of Derrykearon, Abbeyleix."
- Last Edited: 27 May 2010 01:00:00
William Christopher Meredith
M, #10427, b. 18 January 1868, d. 30 June 1916
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 18 January 1868; Derrykearn, Queens County, Ireland
- Christening: 13 October 1868; Roskelton Parish, Queens County, Ireland
- Death: 30 June 1916; Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: Unmarried in 1911 census. Named as heir to his mother's estate and farm at Derrykearn. Death registration indicates age 47. Administration of his estate was granted to his brother, Thomas F. Meredith (valued at £82).
- Last Edited: 17 May 2013 21:29:22
Susan Meredith
F, #10428, b. about 1861, d. 1 January 1933
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1861; Queens County, Ireland
- Burial: 5 January 1933; Church of Ireland, Portlaoise, Queens County, Ireland
- Note: Unmarried; death reg'n
- Last Edited: 5 July 2014 12:16:11
Rice Meredith
M, #10429, b. about 1854, d. 1 August 1925
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1854; Queens County, Ireland
- Death: 1 August 1925; Colb, Abbeyleix Parish, Queens County
- Burial: 18 August 1925; Church of Ireland, Portlaoise, Queens County, Ireland
- Note: Baptism record not found--probably in Abbeyleix parish? In 1911 Rice was listed as head of the household which included his sisters Henrietta and Susan and brothers William and Thomas Frederick. None was married. All were listed as Methodists. Age 71 at time of death.
- Last Edited: 1 April 2005 01:00:00
Thomas (of Iry) Meredith
M, #10430, b. about 1800, d. 9 August 1880
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1800; Ireland
- Death: 9 August 1880; Iry, Clonenagh parish, Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: Said to be a resident of Iry, Clonenagh Parish, Queens County, when presumed daughter Catherine Anne married in 1846. However, the Griffiths Valuation for Iry (1850) shows Thomas Meredith holding slightly more than 89 acres of land without any buildings on it? Death record for Thomas of Iry died 1880 age 80; cause of death bronchitis, farmer, married.
Valuation records show that land held by Thomas was later passed on to Edward.
- Last Edited: 2 February 2016 15:22:34
Frances Thompson
F, #10431, b. about 1794, d. 19 June 1882
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1794; Ireland
- Death: 19 June 1882; Irey, Mountmellick district, Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: Death reg'n: Frances was 88 and the widow of Thomas when she died of old age. Her son Edward was the informant.
- Last Edited: 20 May 2007 01:00:00
Frances (Fanny) Meredith
F, #10432, b. about 1856
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1856; Queen's County, Ireland
- Marriage: 13 February 1883; William Wilkinson; Roskelton Parish, Queens County, Ireland
- Note: Marriage record for "Fanny," daughter of Rice Meredith, farmer of Derry Keran, assumed to be from this family. 1901 census shows Fanny age 47, a widow in Colt, farmer, Methodist, one son; in 1911 she is still farming, age 58, a farm labourer also in the household; indicates she had married 28 years earlier and had one child, still living.
- Note: William Wilkinson; Roskelton 1845 Parish Register, record extracted by E. Jeffers had year 1865, according to my early records; however, from my notes the year was 1883; witnesses were Samuel Wilkinson and Rice Meredith.
- Last Edited: 26 August 2015 17:23:05
William Wilkinson
M, #10433, b. before 1835, d. before 1901
Parents
Biography
- Birth: Before 1835; Ireland
- Death: Before 1901; Ireland
- Note: William was a widower and a farmer, resident in Colt, when he married Fanny. His first wife appears to be Mary Jessop. Fanny was a widow in 1901 census.
- Note: Frances (Fanny) Meredith; Roskelton 1845 Parish Register, record extracted by E. Jeffers had year 1865, according to my early records; however, from my notes the year was 1883; witnesses were Samuel Wilkinson and Rice Meredith.
- Note: Mary Jessop; Witnesses were William Jessop and ? Pratt.
- Last Edited: 26 August 2015 17:17:04
Esther Ethel Elizabeth Thompson
F, #10434, b. about 1878, d. 1943
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1878; Ireland
- Death: 1943; Queens County, Ireland
- Burial: 9 March 1943; Church of Ireland, Portlaoise
- Note: Marriage register shows her first name as Esther Elizabeth; baptism record for son Frederick gives her name as Ethel Elizabeth. She was the daughter of Abraham Thompson and a resident of Cappagh when she married. She lived in Derrykearn, Roskelton parish at time of her death at age 65.
Death registration index, Abbeyleix registration district, 2nd quarter 1943 and
- Note: Thomas Frederick Meredith; Thomas was a bachelor and resident of Derrykern, Abbeyleix at the time of his marriage (Register, p. 72, # 144).
- Last Edited: 5 July 2014 12:15:18
Frederick William Thomas Meredith
M, #10435, b. 22 May 1921
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 22 May 1921; Derrycairn, Queens County, Ireland
- Christening: 24 July 1921; Roskelton Parish, Queens County, Ireland
- Burial: 17 April 1991; Church of Ireland, Portlaoise
- Note: Baptism record indicates mother's name was "Ethel." Unsure if this is a different wife, or if Ethel was also Esther Elizabeth. The family was living in Derrycairn when baptized (Register, p. 40, #413). 1991 burial record for William Frederick of Derrykearn, Abbeyleix, aged 69, assumed to be this person.
- Last Edited: 29 December 2006 00:00:00
Maude Meredith
F, #10436, b. about 1860, d. 1862
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1860; Canada East
- Death: 1862; Quebec, Canada East
- Last Edited: 12 March 2005 00:00:00
Edmund "Arthur" Jarvis Meredith
M, #10437, b. about 1862, d. January 1895
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1862; Montreal, Canada East
- Last Edited: 20 August 2006 01:00:00
Clarence Meredith
M, #10438, b. 8 June 1867, d. 28 August 1868
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 8 June 1867; Ottawa, Ontario
- Death: 28 August 1868; Ottawa, Ontario
- Note: Clarence died at the age of 14 months.
- Last Edited: 12 March 2005 00:00:00
John Meredith
M, #10439, b. about 1826, d. 19 June 1874
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1826; Queens County, Ireland
- Marriage: 16 February 1860; Mary Ann Lewis; Alma, Wellington County, Canada West (Ontario)
- Death: 19 June 1874; Ontario
- Burial: Greenfield Cemetery, Wellington County, Ontario
- Note: John was said to be aged 28 when he married in 1860, but 48 when he died in 1874? He was a resident of Essa tp when he married. In 1861 he and Mary Ann were evidently visiting his brothers in Essa tp when the census was enumerated, as they were listed with that household. Their residence was then said to be Mulmur tp. Also in the household were several members of Mary Ann's family, including her parents, the Lewises. Their home was said to be Peel tp. In 1871 John and Mary Ann were enumerated in Peel tp, Wellington county (div. 4, p.4) and John's age was said to be 40.
Could he be the John Meredith, born Queen's county, age 19, who enlisted in the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1846 (FHL film #856059)?
- Note: Mary Ann Lewis; Witnesses were John Meredith of Essa and George H. Lewis of Peel. Report in Elora Observer 2 March 1860: "At Alma, on the 16th ult., by the Rev. M. Swann, Mr. John Meridith, of the township of Essa, to Mary Ann, daughter of Jonathan Hill Lewis, Esq., of the township of Peel."
- Last Edited: 3 August 2014 10:38:19
Colborne Powell Meredith
M, #10440, b. 15 September 1874, d. 1966
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 15 September 1874; St. Andrews, New Brunswick
- Note: Colborne was an architect by profession. See: http://www.magma.ca/~djeanes/architects/Meredith.html . He was said to have had one son--apparently the second boy who died before his second birthday, was not considered.
Canada Archives website shows he had the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and was the recipient of the Order of Sainte Anne 2nd Class.
Biography / Administrative History
Lieutenant-Colonel C.P. Meredith, the son of Edmund Allen Meredith, was born at St. Andrews, N.B. He trained as an architect and became president of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1912. In 1908 he became a commissioner of the Ottawa Improvement Commission, and served as general secretary of the League of Nations Society of Canada from 1925 to 1934. Meredith joined the Militia in 1892, and from 1915 to 1918 was camp engineer and later camp commandant of Camp Petawawa.
C.P. Meredith and his wife, Alden G. Griffin,, had an active interest in the history of early Ontario settlers, and wrote a number of articles on this subject. Mrs. Meredith was the author of Mary's Rosedale and Gossip of Little York, 1928.
See: Canadian Men and Women of The Times, 1912, p. 796.
- Note: Emily W. Alden Griffin; Ontario Marriage Registration 1901 #4799: witnesses were Clarence J. Burritt and Mary Cotton, both of Ottawa.
- Last Edited: 11 December 2010 00:00:00
Elspeth Hudson Angus
F, #10441, b. 2 March 1868
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 2 March 1868; Quebec
- Marriage: 6 June 1893; Charles Meredith; St Paul's Presbyterian, Montreal, Quebec
- Note: Elslpeth was the daughter of Richard B. Angus, described in one source as a "financier and philanthropist." He was with the Bank of Montreal.
- Note: Charles Meredith; Witnesses: L. Meredith, Maud Angus, ?. Angus, W.R. Meredith
- Last Edited: 7 August 2005 01:00:00
Thomas McLeod
M, #10442, b. 1 June 1842
Biography
- Birth: 1 June 1842; Toronto, Canada West
- Note: Living with daughter Minnie Jackson in Toronto in 1901--occupation miller.
- Note: Jane Elizabeth Meredith; Thomas McLEOD, 21, Toronto, Tecumseth, s/o Thomas & Mary McLEOD, married Jane MEREDITH, 22, Ireland, Essa, d/o John & Jane MEREDITH, wtn: Charles BANTING, of Tecumseth on April 3, 1863.
- Last Edited: 5 October 2006 01:00:00
Caesar McLeod
M, #10443, b. about 1864
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1864; Tecumseth tp, Canada West (Ontario)
- Note: Caesar/Cesar was a painter and a resident of Toronto when he married in 1888.
- Note: Rebecca Maria Agnew; Ontario marriage reg'n #11131: witnesses Robert Agnew of Essa and of Ellen Jebb of Cookstown.
- Last Edited: 5 October 2006 01:00:00
William E. Meredith
M, #10444, b. 1860
Parents
Biography
- Note: 1871 Canada West census: age 10, living with his mother and uncle, Thomas Meredith, in Essa tp, Simcoe county; in 1881 they were in Innisfil, Simcoe county, listed as Methodists. Unable to find him on later censuses or elsewhere unless he is one or more of the following: Etobicoke, Ontario -William, age 30, labourer, Methodist, born Ontario and parents both born Ireland;
Kootenay East, BC - William Murdith, 35, lodger, born Ontario 10 Sep 1865, widower, carpenter
- Last Edited: 30 October 2011 01:00:00
Mary Ann Lewis
F, #10445, b. 22 May 1841, d. 19 June 1919
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 22 May 1841; Ireland
- Marriage: 16 February 1860; John Meredith; Alma, Wellington County, Canada West (Ontario)
- Marriage: 4 December 1876; William Byers; Alma, Peel tp, Wellington county, Ontario
- Death: 19 June 1919; Melancthon tp, Ontario
- Note: Mary Ann remarried 4 Dec. 1876 (1876 marriage registration #11632). In 1881 she and four of her Meredith children are living with her second husband William Byers in West Luther tp, along with two of his children by a previous marriage, and their two Byers children Norman 3 and Albert 1.
1901 census, Melancthon tp, Grey (east) county, p. 14:
Line #, Fam #, Surname, First name, Rel'n to head, Marital status, Date of birth, Age
14 127 Merrideth William M Head S Aug 6 1872 27
15 127 Byers Mary A. F Mother W May 22 1841 59
16 127 Byers Norman M Brother S Jan 22 1879 22
17 127 Merrideth Annie J. F Sister S Apr 21 1862 39
18 128 Merrideth Jonethan M Brother M Nov 3 1869 31
19 128 Merrideth Elizabeth F Sister in law M Jun 8 1875 24
20 128 Merrideth Mary A. F Neice S Dec 1 1900 4/12 21
Her death was registered under the name Meredith, Ontario death reg'n #11498, 1919.
- Note: John Meredith; Witnesses were John Meredith of Essa and George H. Lewis of Peel. Report in Elora Observer 2 March 1860: "At Alma, on the 16th ult., by the Rev. M. Swann, Mr. John Meridith, of the township of Essa, to Mary Ann, daughter of Jonathan Hill Lewis, Esq., of the township of Peel."
- Note: William Byers; Ontario Marriage Reg'n #11632, 1876
- Last Edited: 26 August 2009 01:00:00
Jonathan Lewis Meredith
M, #10446, b. 3 November 1866, d. 19 March 1940
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 3 November 1866; Peel tp., Wellington County, Canada West (Ontario)
- Christening: 21 January 1869; Peel tp.
- Death: 19 March 1940; Ontario
- Burial: Shelburne Cemetery
- Note: 1901 census has birth year as 1869; however, baptism record indicates 1866. In 1911 the date was 1867 and they were living on Lot 263, Concession 3, Melancthon tp, now in Dufferin county. 1911 census name is spelled incorrectly as Merrideth, and indexed as Morredith in ancestry, Merrideth in automated genealogy!
- Note: Elizabeth Agnes Forde; Both Jonathan and Elizabeth were residents of West Luther Tp, Wellington County, when they married. Jonathan was a farmer and his religion was given as Baptist. Witnesses were W. J. Meredith and Maude Forde, both of Gordonville, Ontario.
- Last Edited: 12 October 2011 01:00:00
Elizabeth Agnes Forde
F, #10447, b. 8 June 1876, d. 28 January 1905
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 8 June 1876; Fergus, Ontario
- Death: 28 January 1905; Melancthon tp, Ontario
- Burial: Shelburne, Ontario
- Note: Cause of death, puerperal fever, 7 days (death reg'd twice: #10828 in Grey county and #8509 in Dufferin county), age 28 years 3 months.
- Note: Jonathan Lewis Meredith; Both Jonathan and Elizabeth were residents of West Luther Tp, Wellington County, when they married. Jonathan was a farmer and his religion was given as Baptist. Witnesses were W. J. Meredith and Maude Forde, both of Gordonville, Ontario.
- Last Edited: 12 October 2011 01:00:00
Edward Forde
M, #10448
- Last Edited: 31 January 2003 00:00:00
Agnes McQuarrie
F, #10449
- Last Edited: 31 January 2003 00:00:00
Anne Meredith
F, #10450
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 23 January 1831; Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
- Last Edited: 4 February 2003 00:00:00