Mary Carson
F, #11251, b. about 1816, d. 28 February 1872
Biography
- Birth: About 1816; Ireland
- Marriage: 5 February 1837; Thomas Meredith; St James Church, Toronto, Upper Canada
- Death: 28 February 1872; Amaranth tp, Grey County, Ontario
- Note: 03-Mar-1872 (Orangeville Sun) "Died" MEREDITH -- In Amaranth, on the 28th of February, Mary, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Meredith, aged 55 years, deeply lamented by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
03-Mar-1872 (Orangeville Sun) OBITUARY -- An old settler of Amaranth, Mrs. Thomas Meredith, has been removed by death, at the age of fifty five years. She was the mother of thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, twelve of whom were present at the time of her interment. Mrs. Meredith endured a lingering illness of six months with Christian fortitude. She was a zealous member of the Church of England. Her funeral was attended by a very large company of friends and neighbors, by whom she was much respected. Her husband and children are left to deplore the severe loss of a loving wife and tender mother.
(Information extracted by LP)
- Note: Thomas Meredith; Thomas Meredith, widower, of Mono tp and Mary [X] Carson, spinster of Mono, married by Missionary Mono - special lic. Witnesses Henry Carson, Thomas Jackson and Robert Jackson. Clergy Adam Elliott.
Family: Thomas Meredith (b. about 1806, d. 13 February 1887)
- Anne Meredith (b. 28 January 1838, d. before 1918)
- Susanna Meredith (b. 25 October 1840, d. before January 1918)
- Joseph Meredith+ (b. 20 May 1842, d. before 1918)
- Henry Meredith+ (b. 1 April 1844, d. before 1918)
- Elizabeth Meredith+ (b. 6 November 1845, d. 23 January 1930)
- Jackson Carson Meredith (b. 17 January 1847, d. 13 January 1899)
- Dr. Thomas Meredith+ (b. 1 January 1849, d. 14 January 1905)
- Mary Ann Meredith (b. 20 December 1850, d. before January 1918)
- John James Meredith+ (b. 25 April 1853, d. 14 January 1918)
- Margaret Jane Meredith (b. 25 February 1855, d. December 1855)
- William Meredith (b. 15 November 1856)
- George O. Meredith (b. 5 December 1858, d. 8 April 1919)
- Matthew Henderson Meredith+ (b. 26 December 1864, d. 5 December 1928)
- Last Edited: 9 March 2006 00:00:00
Joseph Meredith
M, #11252, b. 20 May 1842, d. before 1918
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 20 May 1842; Orangeville, Canada West (Ontario)
- Marriage: 26 July 1880; Elizabeth; Orangeville, Ontario
- Last Edited: 7 March 2005 00:00:00
Elizabeth
F, #11253, b. about 1852
Biography
- Birth: About 1852; Canada West
- Last Edited: 25 January 2004 00:00:00
William Meredith
M, #11254, b. 15 November 1856
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 15 November 1856; Orangeville, Canada West (Ontario)
- Note: In 1881 William was a carpenter living with his father--his age was given as 23.
- Last Edited: 17 April 2004 01:00:00
Matthew Henderson Meredith
M, #11255, b. 26 December 1864, d. 5 December 1928
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 26 December 1864; Orangeville, Canada West (Ontario)
- Death: 5 December 1928; Battleford, Saskatchewan
- Burial: Battleford Cemetery
- Note: Mathew was living with Thomas in the 1881 census.
In 1901 he was in Battleford, then part of the North West Territories (Film T-6553, p. 3):
All of the children were said to have been born in the North West Territories.
Meredith Mathew Head M Dec 26 1864 36
Meredith Elizabeth Wife M Mar 11 1865 36
Meredith Mary E. Dau S Jul 28 1887 13
Meredith Robert E. Son S May 26 1889 11
Meredith Margaret N. Dau S Sep 1 1891 9
Meredith James Son S Mar 31 1893 8
In both the 1916 census and in January 1919 Mathew was a clerk in the land titles office and living in Battleford, SK.
- Note: Margaret Ogilvie Carruthers; Marriage reg'n #23340-1919, witnesses: Jean F. Carruthers of Avening and Dr. W. J. S. Millar of Battleford, Saskatchewan.
- Last Edited: 27 March 2013 00:19:22
Veia
F, #11256, b. about 1880
Biography
- Birth: About 1880; Pennsylvania
- Last Edited: 20 January 2004 00:00:00
Mary Anne Wilkinson
F, #11257, b. 1832, d. 30 March 1899
Parents
Biography
- Christening: 1833; Coolbanagher parish church, Queen's county
- Marriage: 4 February 1856; Jeremiah Meredith; Coolbanagher, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
- Death: 30 March 1899; Meelick, Clonaslee district, Queen's County
- Note: Mary Ann was from Coolbanagher parish. Death registration gives cause of death as Bright's Disease, age 66.
- Note: Jeremiah Meredith; Marriage registration, Coolbanagher parish: witnesses Thomas Thompson and Eliza Wilkinson
- Last Edited: 11 September 2010 01:00:00
Jeremiah W. Meredith
M, #11258, b. 12 December 1867, d. 20 January 1945
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 12 December 1867; Queen's County, Ireland
- Death: 20 January 1945; County Laois, Ireland
- Burial: Ballyfin, County Laois
- Note: Jeremiah was said to be 28 on the 1901 census, 37 in 1911. Death reg'n 1st qtr 1945, Mountmellick District; death notice in the Irish Times, 21 January 1945; died at his residence, Meelick, Rosenallis; tombstone reads: Jeremiah Meredith of Meelick, Rosenallis, who died Jan. 20, 1945, aged 77 years.
- Note: Sarah Furlong; Marriage registered 2nd quarter 1911, Mountmellick District. Marriage notice in the Weekly Irish Times, 1 July 1911: names Jeremiah as the second son of Jeremiah of Meelick, Rosenallis and Sarah as the fourth daughter of John Furlong of Tinnahinch, Clonaslee.
- Last Edited: 16 December 2010 00:00:00
Arthur Edward Meredith
M, #11259, b. 2 March 1862
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 2 March 1862; The Oak, Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 18 April 1862; Mountrath parish, Queen's county
- Note: Parents were residents of The Oak when Arthur was baptised (Mountrath Parish Register, 1837, p.80).
- Last Edited: 18 March 2004 01:00:00
Martha Meredith
F, #11260, b. 24 February 1865, d. 1865
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 24 February 1865; The Oak, Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 20 March 1865; Mountrath parish, Queen's county
- Death: 1865; Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Residents of The Oak in 1865 (Mountrath register, 1837, p. 87). Parish register says born 10 March, but IGI gives birth date of 24 February, 1865, in Mountmellick, and that is the date shown on the birth registration. Death registered in Mountmellick for Martha Meredith age 4 months 23 July 1865 probably this child. Cause of death "Marasmus from Birth" [marasmus: progressive wasting of the body, occurring chiefly in young children and associated with insufficient intake or malabsorption of food]
- Last Edited: 28 May 2010 01:00:00
Marion (Mary Anne) Meredith
F, #11261, b. 6 October 1873
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 6 October 1873; Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Name recorded as Mary Anne in birth registration, Marion on the censuses: age listed as 25 in 1901, 32 in 1911.
- Note: Arthur Furlong; Marriage registered 3rd qtr, North Dublin District
- Last Edited: 31 October 2009 01:00:00
Mary Anne Meredith
F, #11262, b. 27 September 1867, d. 1932
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 27 September 1867; Queen's county, Ireland
- Death: 1932; Massachusetts
- Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Mass.
- Note: Birth record from IGI, Film C011886.
In 1894 Samuel and his daughter Mary Sheppard 26, married, with Mary's three children, sailed from Queenstown to Philadelphia on the ship British Princess, departed 5 Sept. 1894. They were said to be residents of Portarlington. Mary had previously visited Worcester, Mass. in 1893. She had $60. with her, and was to visit her brother in Worcester, Mass.
The 1900 census shows Mary Anne as an inmate in a hospital for the insane in Worcester. Her two eldest children were living with her parents. She is found in this hospital in all subequent censuses, up to and including 1930. An aerial view of the hospital is available at:
Photo of her tombstone:
- Note: William Sheppard; Marriage registration, 3rd qtr 1888, Killadysert District (which is in County Clare).
- Last Edited: 31 March 2015 11:07:17
Alfred Meredith
M, #11263, b. 11 November 1866, d. 1873
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 11 November 1866; Mountmellick, Queens County, Ireland
- Death: 1873; Queen's County, Ireland
- Last Edited: 18 June 2005 01:00:00
Charlotte Meredith
F, #11264, b. 24 February 1872, d. 18 September 1891
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 24 February 1872; Queen's county, Ireland
- Death: 18 September 1891; Massachusetts
- Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Mass.
- Note: Birth registered Mountmellick District. Photo of tombstone:
- Last Edited: 31 March 2015 11:22:37
Maria Meredith
F, #11265, b. about 1871
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1871; Ontario
- Last Edited: 25 January 2004 00:00:00
Ida Meredith
F, #11266, b. about 1873
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1873; Ontario
- Last Edited: 25 January 2004 00:00:00
Thomas Meredith
M, #11267, b. 11 November 1838
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 11 November 1838; Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 30 June 1839; Ballyfin, Clonenagh Parish, Mountrath
- Last Edited: 26 January 2004 00:00:00
John Meredith
M, #11268, b. 23 February 1840, d. before 1845
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 23 February 1840; Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 17 April 1840; Ballyfin, Clonenagh Parish, Mountrath
- Death: Before 1845; Queen's County, Ireland
- Note: Presumed to have died in early childhood, as another John was baptised in January 1845.
- Last Edited: 2 September 2004 01:00:00
Dr. James David Thorburn
M, #11269, b. 27 December 1865
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 27 December 1865; Toronto, Canada West
- Note: James was a physician. On his daughter Jean's birth registration he is said to be a throat and lung specialist.
- Note: Isabel Magdalene Meredith; Ontario Marriage Registration 1896, #14997: both were residents of Toronto at time of marriage; James was Presbyterian, Isobel Church of England. Witnesses: H. B. Osborne of Hamilton; Constance Meredith and Georgie H. Thorburn, both of Toronto.
- Last Edited: 4 June 2007 01:00:00
Susanna Meredith
F, #11270, b. 5 May 1843, d. 1895
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 5 May 1843; Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 20 October 1843; Ballyfin, Clonenagh Parish, Mountrath
- Death: 1895; Queen's county, Ireland
- Note: Not proven that this is the woman who married Abraham Thompson. Marriage reg'n names her as "Susan" and that her father was Thomas. Death reg'n for Susan Thompson, Mountmellick district, 3rd qtr 1895, age 52 fits.
- Note: Abraham Thompson; Witnesses were George Worrell and Esther Meredith.
- Last Edited: 20 August 2010 01:00:00
John Meredith
M, #11271, b. 28 January 1845
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 28 January 1845; Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 30 March 1845; Ballyfin, Clonenagh Parish, Mountrath
- Note: Possibly the John Meredith, age said to be 21, born Queen's county, registered at Maryborough Gaol in 1864 for drunkeness, but there are some other possibilities?
- Last Edited: 30 June 2012 01:00:00
Samuel Meredith
M, #11272, b. 16 October 1846, d. 1901
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 16 October 1846; The Oak, Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 6 December 1846; Ballyfin, Clonenagh Parish, Mountrath
- Marriage: 6 August 1885; Caroline Wilkinson; Ballintubber, Ballyadams Parish, Queens County
- Burial: 23 June 1901; Maryborough, Queen's County
- Note: Samuel and his two daughters were living in Omoresforest for the 1901 census. His age was said to be 52, and he was a widower and farmer at the time. His son Thomas was living with John and Margaret Wilkinson.
- Last Edited: 2 June 2010 01:00:00
Esther Meredith
F, #11273, b. 8 April 1849
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 8 April 1849; The Oak, Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 30 September 1849; Ballyfin, Clonenagh Parish, Mountrath
- Marriage: 7 September 1875; Richard Thompson; Mountrath parish, Queens County, Ireland
- Last Edited: 26 January 2004 00:00:00
Charles Henry Meredith
M, #11274, b. 6 March 1858, d. Q4, 1920
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 6 March 1858; Queen's County, Ireland
- Christening: 15 May 1858; Ballyfin, Queen's county
- Death: Q4, 1920; County Carlow, Ireland
- Note: In 1901 Charles 43 and Jane 36 were living in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Charles was a Constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary. They were in Tankardstown, County Carlow in 1911. He had been married for 21 years. Assume the death of 62 year old Charles Henry Meredith in Carlow must be this man.
- Note: Jane Carr; Marriage registered Dublin South, 4th qtr 1889.
- Last Edited: 7 June 2010 01:00:00
Richard (of Cappagh) Meredith
M, #11275, b. about 1795, d. 3 June 1850
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1795; Cappagh, Queen's county, Ireland
- Death: 3 June 1850; New York city
- Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Note: Not certain that Richard's parents were Samuel and Sarah Ince, but the naming patterns of his children suggest that--no documentation however and DNA results suggest this may not be the case. More DNA results may provide more support one way or the other.
In 1913 Richard's grandson, Lawrence Bellman, contacted numerous people seeking information on this family. A letter from William Sythes of Maryborough, a former colleague of Richard's, indicated that Richard was from Cappagh, Queen's county. He immigrated to New York in 1847. Family of Richard, age 50, Ann 50, Mary Ann 21, Elizabeth 18, John 16, Fred 12 and Robert 10 sailed on the Liverpool, arriving in New York 31 July 1847, travelling steerage. Richard is said to have no occupation. He appears to have lived in Lea parish, Portarlington from 1820 to 1830 (baptism records for six children from St. Paul's Church, extracted by PMK). Baptisms for two younger children were found in Maryborough Methodist records by KK.
The following is a letter written to Lawrence Bellman by William Sythes of Maryborough in 1913 [Wm Sythes had been a Warden in the Maryborough prison; he can be found in the 1911 census, age 83, living in Maryborough with two unmarried daughters; this was a rather poor quality photocopy of a typewritten copy of the letter; I think it very likely the original would have been handwritten and there may be some transcription errors in the spellings of the places listed where the early families lived]:
"Dear Sir- In reply to your communication received at the Maryboro Court House I have to inform you that the within Richard Meredith was Deputy Governor of Maryboro Goal. He resigned and left his son Samuel Meredith who was appointed to his position by the Board of Superintendence. I think you are right about the years 1822 to 1847.
"He had a large family of sons and daughters - John and Richard whom I went to school with, one daughter Sarah was married to James Gray, Clerk of Union McCrea. His son Samuel also resigned and was ordained a minister of the Methodist church and preached to large congregations in America.
"Question - Place of Birth of Richard Meredith - Cappagh Maryboro.
"Question - Date Not Known
"Question - Name of his Father and Mother Not Known
"Question - Where did his father come from Not Known
"They were connected with all the old families of Queens Co., O'Moores Forest, Reary Rolenallis [sic, but I think that "s" in old script is often confused with "l"], The Oak Cappagh, Clonteglas Southfield Belliman, Clonreher, fine families, highly respectable, all the same and dovetailed in each other."
The following is from a letter written to Lawrence Bellman by Dr. Sarah Gray of London, England, a grand-daughter of Richard and Anne Greene, dated March 2, 1913. Bellman had asked her about their belief that Richard Meredith (her grandfather) was the son of General Samuel Meredith of Philadelphia (now known to be incorrect):
"My first thought on reading your question was a regret that it could not have been asked of my dear father. He knew so many of the Merediths of grandfather's generation that he could have give a final answer.
"My belief is that the story is quite without foundation. I cannot give you the name of my great-grandfather Meredith, but I know that my grandfather was always spoken of as having belonged to a large class of Merediths, (of Cappagh, Derryconlihan [?] and other places the the Queen's County). If such an interesting fact as my grandfather having come from America had been known to my mother, I think we should have heard it.
"There was a romantic side to his marriage to Anne Greene of Sword, Co. Dublin. But I am sorry to say his part was not heroic. He was engaged to a Miss O'Neill, in Maryboro, when some business took him to Swords, he fell in love with my handsome (but rather terrible) grandmother and returned and confessed his fickleness to his old sweetheart.
"She was the Heroine. She not only forgave him but was the first and staunchest friend of his bride when she came and the friendship was life-long and descended to my mother and even gave me one of the prettiest memories of my childhood - a little fichu that Miss O'Neill made for me when at the age of five I visited her house with my Mother.
"Those Queen's County Meredith's were supposed - I think I may say known - to be descendants of Cromwellian soldiers. Some of them, we used to hear, had the old cappeo[?] leases of their lands given by the Protector. They must have been a prolific race, and a very stongly-marked type. Their faces and their characters alike remarkable, and I never saw or heard of one who was not tall. Most of them seem to have been farmers, some are still (I believe) flour-millers in the county, and one was a barrister - Rice-Meredith (Rhys, corrupted) who died in Dublin a few years ago. He was a cousin, how near I do not know, of mother and Aunt Lottie. Another cousin of whom we used to hear had gone to Canada before 1850, and it was he who advised my brother Richard to go into the U.S.
"My grandfather was a poor man and, I gather, rather 'restless', but very lovable.
"Probably your General Samuel Meredith came from the same Welsh Stock, and he may even have come throgh Ireland - i.e. from people who had migrated to ireland in the seventeenth century. Lots of them went to "The Plantations" in the eighteenth century, and the Merediths have a roving instinct."
Yours very sincerely,
Sarah Gray
Death reg'n gives age as 60, born Ireland, resided at 81 West 26th, Manhatten, marital status unknown.
"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6MP-PYX : accessed 29 March 2015), Richard Merideth, 03 Jun 1850; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm
- Note: Anne Greene; Older children baptised Lea Parish, in or near Portarlington, Ireland.
- Last Edited: 28 March 2015 17:39:12