Charles Coote
M, #11401, b. 1655, d. 1709
Parents
Biography
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Arabella Herbert
F, #11402
Biography
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Charles Castle Coote
M, #11403, b. 1680, d. 1715
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Biography
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Henry Coote
M, #11404, b. 1683, d. 1720
Parents
Biography
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Algernon Coote
M, #11405, b. 1689, d. 1744
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Letitia Fortescue
F, #11406, b. about 1625, d. about 1685
Parents
Biography
- Death: About 1685; Ireland
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Margaret Brown
F, #11407, b. 28 February 1818, d. 17 February 1901
Parents
- Father: John Brown (b. about 1790, d. January 1842)
- Mother: Margaret (b. about 1792, d. 7 January 1856)
Biography
- Birth: 28 February 1818; USA
- Death: 17 February 1901; Port Hope, Ontario
- Note: 1881 census indicates that Margaret was born in the USA. However, the family bible online transcript says she was born in Port Hope. Her elder sister Rosanna is said to have been born in New York City in the bible. In the 1891 census Margaret ils said to be 73 years of age.
Ontario death reg'n #20534, 1901.
- Note: Ralph Henry Howard Meredith; Upper Canada Marriage Bonds (1803-1865)
Name of Future Husband: MEREDITH, Henry Howard
Residence: Cobourg
Name of Future Wife: BROWN, Margaret
Residence: Port Hope.
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 41
Bond Number: 8063
Date: 1840-09-14
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6790
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Amy Margaret Elizabeth Meredith
F, #11408, b. 24 January 1847, d. 28 June 1902/03
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 24 January 1847; Port Hope, Canada West
- Death: 28 June 1902/03; Portland, Maine
- Burial: Port Hope, Ontario
- Note: In 1881 Amy and her children were enumerated next to her parents in Port Hope. In 1891 she and the three children were still living in Port Hope. I haven't yet found them in the 1901 census. A story about Amy's cousin defending her honour by assaulting her husband is told in the book: "Little Tales of Old Port Hope" by W. Arnot Craik (1966). Cause of death heart attack.
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William Howard Graves (Howard) Meredith
M, #11409, b. 14 January 1856
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 14 January 1856; Port Hope, Canada West
- Note: Howard was a cashier in 1881, living with his parents. In 1910 he was living at 650 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit; he had entered the USA in 1884. He was a Vice-Consul, V-P N-Y Coal Co. In 1920 his occupation was listed as "British Consul." He was a widower and had three servants living in his household.
- Note: Helen Newland; Source: Weekly Guide newspaper, 21 Nov 1890, p. 4 (son of H.H. Meredith of Port Hope)
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William Henry Kittson
M, #11410, b. 20 January 1810, d. 2 May 1882
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 20 January 1810; Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec
- Death: 2 May 1882; Ontario
- Burial: Church of the Ascension Cemetery, Hamilton
- Note: William was a Collector of Customs at Cobourg in 1841 when he married; same occupation, aged 70, in 1881 (Hamilton census, Ward 2, div 2, p.4).
- Note: Harriet Meredith; Reid's Marriage Notices, p. 161, give the date as June 20, whereas a news item from the Dublin Evening Mail of 15 March 1841 says:
"January 15, at Coburg, Upper Canada, by the Rev. A.N. Bethune [probably the famous Norman Bethune?], William H. Kitson, Esq., to Harriet, only surviving daughter of the late Rev. Doctor Meredith, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin."
Re: the discrepancy in the date reported by Reid, I'm guessing a transcriber incorrectly read "Jan" as "Jun", but unsure of explanation of the 20th vs 15th.
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George Kittson
M, #11411
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Nancy Tucker
F, #11412
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Mary Magdalen Redmond
F, #11413, b. about 1785, d. June 1851
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1785; Ireland
- Death: June 1851; Ireland
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John Walsingham Cooke Meredith
M, #11414, b. 9 May 1809, d. 24 May 1881
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 9 May 1809; Dublin, Ireland
- Marriage: 1 December 1835; Sarah Pegler; Westminster tp, Middlesex County, Upper Canada
- Death: 24 May 1881; London, Ontario
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery, London
- Note: John enrolled in Trinity College 7 November 1825, at the age of 16. He completed the BA in 1830 (Alumnae Dublinensis).
The following biographical notes were in his family Bible:
1809: John Cooke Meredith natus May 9th
1819: Sept. 5th sent to Hamilton's school
1823: Jan. 13 sent to Behane school
1825: November 7th Entered Trinity College and obtained 13th place from 109 Candidates
1827: A. C. Meredith Obit. August 10th [identity of this person not known: smh]; appears to say age 16y, 1m, 10 d--perhaps a sibling?
1828: November 12th entered a student at King's Inns. Entrance [pounds] 46, 5, 4.
1829: Feby 16th to July 1st Recd. 21 lessons in shorthand
1829: Aug. 10th B[essie?] Meredith Obit [also unkinown]
1829: December 10th weighed 10 stone 7 lbs
1830: Graduated on February 23rd as a Bachelor of Arts, having obtained 12 examinations
1830: May 3rd sailed from Kingston for England
1830: July 6th returned to Dublin
1831: February 14th weighed 11 stone 2 lbs
1831: April 30th sailed for Liverpool
1831: May 4th admitted a member of Gray's Inn office 33-7-6
1831: June 25th admitted a member of the Eccentric Club Marz Building
1831: June 30th prosecuted A. Hyde
1831: July 3rd sailed for Dublin
1831: July 16th my father and mother sailed for Liverpool
The following is an excerpt from the obituary for his son, published in the London Free Press, 29 October 1945:
[Meredith] was a family name well known in this city almost since its beginning, and for many years, as the result of the attainments of the group of brothers, one of the most prominent in the Dominion. The Merediths, originally Welsh, entered Ireland about 1600. John Cook Meredith, father of Thomas G. Meredith and his seven brothers and four sisters, was early in his life seized with the wander-spirit of youth. Although the son of a Dublin solicitor and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, he elected a backwoods farm near what is now Glanworth as the arena in which he would work out his future. He crossed the Atlantic in 1834. Subsequently he was deputy collector of customs at Port Stanley, became market clerk here when London was a town of 5,000 and in 1847 became clerk of the Division Court of Middlesex, a position he held until his death, a victim of the Victoria disaster on the Thames River. He was married to Miss Sarah Pegler.
A major source of information on the family of John W C Meredith was: Clarke, B. F. (1978). Case studies of the London elite. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Western Ontario.
- Note: Sarah Pegler; Upper Canada Marriage Bonds (1803-1865)
Name of Future Husband: MEREDITH, John Cooke
Residence: Westminster Township, Middlesex County
Name of Future Wife: PEGLAR, Sarah
Residence: Westminster Township, Middlesex County
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 30
Bond Number: 4769
Date: 1835-11-16
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6784
Family: Sarah Pegler (b. 4 July 1819, d. 12 September 1900)
- Ann Cooke Meredith (b. 26 July 1838, d. 23 July 1920)
- Sir William Ralph Meredith+ (b. 13 March 1840, d. 22 August 1923)
- Isabella Magdalene Meredith (b. 15 October 1841, d. 24 December 1907)
- John Stanley Meredith (b. 6 August 1843, d. 25 May 1920)
- Edmund Meredith+ (b. 1 March 1845, d. 21 November 1921)
- Hon. Richard Martin Meredith (b. 27 March 1847, d. 20 May 1934)
- Sir Henry Vincent Meredith (b. 28 February 1850, d. 24 February 1929)
- Ada Walsingham Meredith (b. 7 November 1851, d. 20 December 1916)
- Thomas Graves Meredith+ (b. 6 June 1853, d. 28 October 1945)
- Charles Meredith (b. 17 December 1854, d. 1928)
- Louisa Jane Meredith (b. 30 January 1857, d. 15 March 1932)
- Albert Allen Meredith (b. 13 September 1858, d. 23 September 1863)
- Llewellyn Meredith (b. 1 June 1860, d. 20 April 1933)
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William Rice Meredith
M, #11415, b. about 1813, d. 20 October 1888
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1813; Dublin, Ireland
- Death: 20 October 1888; Ireland
- Burial: Mount Jerome Cem, Dublin
- Note: Listed in the Trinity College alumni, son of John, Pragmaticus (solicitor), born Dublin, age 15 when entered TCD 2 November, 1829. There is no indication that he was awarded a degree however.
William was called to the bar in 1840 and established a law practice in Dublin. The Dublin City Directories of 1850 lists him at 10 Rutland Street. In 1864, 1878 and 1880 he was listed at 39 Summer hill. A Dawson Street law firm in 1921, "W.R. & Sons", may have been William's family. William was a member of the the Law Society of Ireland and the Solicitor's Benenvolent Association.
Death registered 4th qtr 1888, Rathdown district.
The following notice re: child of W.R. Meredith is believed to refer to this family: Nov. 8, [1853] at Summerhill, Mrs. W. R. MEREDITH, of a son (Source: http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cavan/1853/NOV.html).
- Note: Isabella Agnes Standish; Marriage registration extracted by KW has Wm Rice Meredith marrying in Kinsale in 1847, although family records say they married in Dublin.
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Isabella Agnes Standish
F, #11416, b. about 1820, d. 29 January 1900
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1820; Ireland
- Death: 29 January 1900; Dublin, Ireland
- Burial: Mount Jerome Cem, Dublin
- Note: Published in the "Anglo-Celt" newspaper (Cavan, county Cavan), 17 November 1853:
Nov. 8, at Summerhill, Mrs. W. R. MEREDITH, of a son
A tombstone in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, reveals that Isabella was raised by her aunt Catherine, Mrs. John F. Lincoln Carew: "Erected | by | her fondly loved | and adopted child | ISABELLA A. MEREDITH | To the Memory | of her beloved Aunt | CATHERINE | the wife of the Late | JOHN F. LINCOLN CAREW Esqre | She died Sep. 22nd 1869 | aged 71 years | "She magnified that Saviour | whom she loved and trusted | both by her life and by her death" .
- Note: William Rice Meredith; Marriage registration extracted by KW has Wm Rice Meredith marrying in Kinsale in 1847, although family records say they married in Dublin.
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John Edward Meredith
M, #11417, b. about 1851, d. 11 August 1912
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1851; Ireland
- Note: John attended Trinity College, Dublin, completing his BA in 1875. The Meredith family pedigree indicates he practiced two professions in Maidstone, England. He was also an M.D. Their marriage registration indicates that in 1878 he was a resident of Maidstone and that his profession was Doctor of Medicine. The 1901 census for England shows him and his wife still in Maidstone, County Kent--no children in the household. John is said to have turned 49 at his last birthday. There were two female servants in the household, a cook and a housemaid.
- Note: Mary D'Esterre; Marriage registration
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Catherine Carew Meredith
F, #11418, b. about 1850, d. 23 November 1870
Parents
Biography
- Birth: About 1850; Dublin, Ireland
- Death: 23 November 1870; Dublin N, Ireland
- Burial: Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin
- Note: Resident of 39 Lower Gardiner St, Dublin when she married. She was a minor at the time she married. Catherine had one child who only lived a few days--gender and name unknown. 1871 death registration for "Kate Carew Meredith," aged 20 (vol 2, p. 414), must refer to Catherine.
- Note: Sir James Creed Meredith; Who Was Who, 1897-1916, gives marriage date of 29 January 1869. However, this was an error. Witnesses were what looks like Iblarke (possibly I. Clarke?) Lane and Wm R. Meredith
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Mary Jane Florence Hargrave
F, #11419, b. about 1847, d. 13 March 1869
Parents
Biography
- Death: 13 March 1869; Dublin, Ireland
- Note: Was a minor when she married. Daughter of William Hargrave. Death registration, Dublin S, Vol. 7, p. 583, age 22. Belfast News-Letter, 16 March 1869: "March 13, at Upper Mount Street, Dublin, the residence of her father, Dr. Hargrave, Florence, wife of James Creed Meredith, Esq., L.L.D., Barrister-at-Law, aged 22." Death registration gives cause of death as Scarlatina, 4 days; informant was James Creed Meredith.
- Note: Sir James Creed Meredith; Dubliln Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 11 August, 1866: "August 8, at St. Stephen's Church, J. Meredith Esq., Barrister-at-Law, eldest son of Major Meredith, of Upper Mount-street, late 18th Light Infantry, to Florence, youngest daughter of William Hargrave, Esq., M.D., Professor of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons."
Witnesses: Thomas Deane and William Hargrave
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Sarah Pegler
F, #11420, b. 4 July 1819, d. 12 September 1900
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 4 July 1819; England
- Death: 12 September 1900; London, Ontario
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery, London
- Note: John Walsingham Cooke Meredith; Upper Canada Marriage Bonds (1803-1865)
Name of Future Husband: MEREDITH, John Cooke
Residence: Westminster Township, Middlesex County
Name of Future Wife: PEGLAR, Sarah
Residence: Westminster Township, Middlesex County
Reference: RG 5 B9
Volume: 30
Bond Number: 4769
Date: 1835-11-16
Microfilm Reel Number: C-6784
- Ann Cooke Meredith (b. 26 July 1838, d. 23 July 1920)
- Sir William Ralph Meredith+ (b. 13 March 1840, d. 22 August 1923)
- Isabella Magdalene Meredith (b. 15 October 1841, d. 24 December 1907)
- John Stanley Meredith (b. 6 August 1843, d. 25 May 1920)
- Edmund Meredith+ (b. 1 March 1845, d. 21 November 1921)
- Hon. Richard Martin Meredith (b. 27 March 1847, d. 20 May 1934)
- Sir Henry Vincent Meredith (b. 28 February 1850, d. 24 February 1929)
- Ada Walsingham Meredith (b. 7 November 1851, d. 20 December 1916)
- Thomas Graves Meredith+ (b. 6 June 1853, d. 28 October 1945)
- Charles Meredith (b. 17 December 1854, d. 1928)
- Louisa Jane Meredith (b. 30 January 1857, d. 15 March 1932)
- Albert Allen Meredith (b. 13 September 1858, d. 23 September 1863)
- Llewellyn Meredith (b. 1 June 1860, d. 20 April 1933)
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Ann Cooke Meredith
F, #11421, b. 26 July 1838, d. 23 July 1920
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 26 July 1838; London, Upper Canada
- Christening: 30 April 1840
- Death: 23 July 1920; London, Ontario
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery, London
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Sir William Ralph Meredith
M, #11422, b. 13 March 1840, d. 22 August 1923
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 13 March 1840; Westminster tp, Middlesex county, Upper Canada
- Death: 22 August 1923; Montreal, Quebec
- Burial: St. James' Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
- Note: Sir William R. Meredith was in the 80's and 90's of the 19th century the acknowledged leader of the London Bar. In recognition of his legal attainments, he was appointed the Chief Justice of Ontario--a position held at the time of his death in 1923. He represented the City of London in the Ontario Legislature for many years , and was the leader of the Conservative party in that House (Obituary for his brother Thomas, London Free Press, 1945). In 1877 he was fined $100. after being found guilty of common assault following an altercation at Toronto Union Station, between himself and the estranged husband of his cousin, Amy Meredith Williams of Port Hope (Craick, 1966). Meredith pedigree has death date as 21 August 1923, noting he was in his 84th year.
In 1881 William and his family lived in London, Ontario. He served as the second President and Vice-Chancellor of what is now The University of Western Ontario from 1886 until 1900, succeeding Bishop Isaac Hellmuth. He then became Chancellor of the University of Toronto. In the 1901 census the family is living in Toronto (Ward 2, p. 16), and William's occupation is listed as Judge. In 1919 he was said to reside at 4 Lamport Avenue, Toronto (Greene, 1919, p.1169).
Armstrong (1986) notes: [William] graduated from the University of Toronto and studied law with and became a partner of Thomas Scatcherd in London. When Scatcherd died in 1876 William succeeded him as city solicitor, and was one of the defence lawyers in the Donnelly trial. In 1872 William was elected to the provincial legistlature as a Conservative and from 1878 to 1894 was the leader of the party and of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly. He was chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario until his death in 1923. Knighted in 1896, Sir William sat on two commissions to revise the Ontario statutes and drafted the original 1915 Workmen's Compensation Act. See:
http://www.caw.ca/whatwedo/health&safety/newmillenium.asp
http://www.worksafebc.com/Publications/reports/historical_reports/meredith_report/default.asp ;
http://www.wcbsask.com/About_Us/Meredith_Principles.html ;
http://www.wcb.ab.ca/research/meredith_scholarship_fellowship.asp
William was chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900, and a member of the Royal Commission which restructured its government in 1905-1906. Sir William left an estate of $133,877 to his children. (p. 176)
A link to a photo of William is at: http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/archives/portraits/en/alpha/m/page01.shtm. A photo alleged to be William and his family is on the Internet at:
is actually his cousin Edmund Allen Meredith.
See biographical information at:
1881 Census Place: Ward 2, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Source: FHL Film 1375906 NAC C-13270 Dist 170 SubDist B Div 1 Page 5 Family 18
Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
William R MEREDITH M M 40 Irish Ontario Occ: Barristor K.C. Religion: Episcopal
Mary MEREDITH F M 38 Ontario Religion: Episcopal
Maude Allan MEREDITH F 17 Irish Ontario Occ: College Student Religion: Episcopal
Constance M R MEREDITH F 15 Irish Ontario Religion: Episcopal
Isobel Magdn MEREDITH F 12 Irish Ontario Religion: Episcopal
Jno R Waldugh MEREDITH M 2 Irish Ontario Religion: Episcopal
Family: Mary Holmes (b. 29 July 1842, d. 21 April 1930)
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Isabella Magdalene Meredith
F, #11423, b. 15 October 1841, d. 24 December 1907
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 15 October 1841; London, Canada West
- Death: 24 December 1907; London, Ontario
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery, London
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John Stanley Meredith
M, #11424, b. 6 August 1843, d. 25 May 1920
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 6 August 1843; London, Canada West
- Death: 25 May 1920; London, Ontario
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery, London
- Note: Armstrong notes: John Stanley (1844-1926) worked for the Merchant's Bank, largely in Montreal, and retired to London in 1898. His career must have been successful; though the first brother to die, he left $420,429 (p. 176). Ontario death reg'n #24363: cause of death pleurisy; age 76; retired bank manager; resided at 565 Talbot St., London; informant his brother Llewellyn Meredith, also of 565 Talbot. Unmarried.
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Edmund Meredith
M, #11425, b. 1 March 1845, d. 21 November 1921
Parents
Biography
- Birth: 1 March 1845; London, Canada West
- Death: 21 November 1921; London, Ontario
- Burial: Woodland Cemetery, London
- Note: The 1901 Census gives his birth year as 1846. Edmund and his family lived at 504 Colborne St. in London.
Armstrong (1886) notes: Edmund (1845-1921) specialized in criminal law and advised the Donnelly family in the trial, though he did not appear in court. He was mayor of London in 1882-83. (p. 176)
- Note: Theresa Clare McCann; Ontario marriage reg'n #6426: Married at the London residence of the two witnesses, John and Amanda Givens.
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