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Elizabeth Chaytor

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Biography

• Birth: Before 1770; Ireland

• Last Edited: 19 December 2004 00:00:00

Thomas Colles

Biography

• Birth: Before 1770; Ireland

• Last Edited: 19 December 2004 00:00:00

Stephen Edward Colles

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Biography

• Birth: Before 1800; Ireland

• Note: Stephen was of Tieraclea, Tarbert, County Kerry.

• Last Edited: 19 December 2004 00:00:00

Rev. James Edmund Burton

Biography

• Birth: About 1776; County Galway, Ireland

• Marriage: 26 February 1824; Elizabeth Mary Graves; Dublin, Ireland

• Death: 25 October 1850; Dysart Enos, Queen's county, Ireland

• Note: Http://www.tuamfamilyhistories.com/familyhistories_members/burtons_of_tuam.htm:
  EDWARD and MARIA BURTON are said, in most books, to have had 8 children who survived to adulthood but I have discovered ten and there may have been more. They [include]:
  JAMES EDMUND (b. 1776/7) known as Edmund. He was a ‘Rev’’ and is sometimes confused with Edmond Esq. his cousin.
  James Edmund was said to have ‘wasted every farthing of his Irish property’. He married twice 1) to Margaret Boyce and 2) to Elizabeth Meredith, nee Graves (Elizabeth’s brother was Dr. James Graves the Irish Physician who investigated Graves Disease (Hyperthyroidism).)
  James Edmund had 22 children and step children. He was a pioneer preacher in the backwoods of Canada though he retired to die in Ireland at Dysert Enos in the Queen’s County where his name is over the door of the church he built there. James Edmund’s children include 2 military surgeons, one medical student, an officer said to have died in the Cawnpore massacre, a child prodigy on the piano, an authoress and two Canadian dignitaries!
  Other sources: http://www.montreal.anglican.org/parish/rawdon/intouchwinter2005.htm#6

• Last Edited: 30 November 2006 00:00:00

John Redmond

Biography

• Note: See this family pedigree in Google books ("Irish pedigrees ..." by , 1888.) I found this book by googling ' "john walsingham cooke" ireland '. Here is an excerpt on John, p. 364:
  "John Redmond, of Newtown, co. Wexford, and of Charlemont-street, city of Dublin, Esq., J. P., b. 1737. He mar. Anne, elder dau. . . . of John Cooke (footnote that John Cooke was a descendant of Sir Walsingham Cooke) of Cookestown, otherwise Sleanagrane, Esq. He died aged 82, on the 28th Nov., 1819, at his city mansion in Charlemont-street . . . interred at Meelnagh, leaving issue four sons and two daughters

• Last Edited: 20 March 2009 01:00:00

Miriam Isadore Hellmuth

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Biography

• Birth: 16 February 1881; Toronto, Ontario

• Marriage: 3 May 1905; John Redmond Walsingham Meredith; St. James Church, Toronto, Ontario

• Note: Daughter of Isadore F. Hellmuth and Harriett Emily Gamble.
• Note: John Redmond Walsingham Meredith; Marriage reg'n #1742: witnesses Phyllis Hellmuth and G.A.P. Hardy, both of Toronto.

• Last Edited: 9 October 2011 01:00:00

Peter McCann

• Last Edited: 19 December 2004 00:00:00

Richard Bladworth Angus

Biography

• Birth: 28 May 1831; Bathgate, Linlithgowshire [or Lindlithgowslieve?], Scotland

• Marriage: 13 June 1857; Mary Anne Daniels; Canada East (Quebec)

• Death: 17 September 1922; Senneville, Quebec, Canada

• Burial: 19 September 1922; Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal

• Note: Bio at:
  1871 census: Rich'd B. 39, Banker, Bank of Montreal; Mary Ann 38; Edith 13, Maud 11, Bertha 5, Donald Forbes 4, and Elsie 3; 4 servants in household.
  1901 census Richard, age 69, occupation Banker; household included wife Mary , children Maud M 40, Margaret F 9, William F 27 (a mechanic) and David J 25 (a student), plus 7 servants. Both Richard and Mary immigrated in 1857. Drouin record of burial from Church of St Andrew and St Paul indicates he was cremated and buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal; said to have been in his 92nd year.

• Last Edited: 9 November 2011 00:00:00

Edward Standish

• Last Edited: 19 December 2004 00:00:00

Elizabeth Mary (Lila) Connolly

Biography

• Birth: About 1850; London, England

• Marriage: About 1882; William Henry Meredith; Dublin, Ireland

• Death: After 1911

• Note: Name was recorded as Lila Anzani nee Connolly in the William rice Meredith genealogy. In the 1911 census the wife os William Henry is listed as Elizabeth Mary--apparently Lila was a nickname for Elizabeth Mary? Note that in the census a visitor in the household was Eleanor Connolly, 55, single, born London, presumably a sister. Eleanor was also Roman Catholic, suggesting that William probably converted upon marrying? Possibly the Elizabeth Meredith, age 82, whose death was registered 2nd quarter, 1933, Dublin South.
• Note: William Henry Meredith; Had been married for 29 years as of the 1911 census. Marriage index gives a marriage for William Henry Meredith, registered first quarter of 1882, Dublin North.

• Last Edited: 30 August 2008 01:00:00

Dermot Owen Meredith

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 1891; Dublin, Ireland

• Marriage: 1918; Unknown; Dublin, Ireland

• Note: Birth registration index 4th quarter, 1891, Dublin South. In 1911 Dermot/t was 19 and living in the household of George Jago, Foreman Railway Fitter, at 2 St Mary's Villas in Kilmainham, Dublin. Dermot was one of three apprentice Engine Fitters; added to his occupation is what appears to be: "Undergaduate T.C.D."
• Note: Unknown; marriage recorded 2nd qtr Dublin South district; spouse unknown

• Last Edited: 30 August 2008 01:00:00

Catherine Carew Meredith

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 1883; Dublin, Ireland

• Note: Birth registration index: Katherine Carew, Dublin South, 2nd quarter 1883. "Kathanne Carew" was a "Teacher School of Art Needlework", age 27 in the 1911 census.

• Last Edited: 30 August 2008 01:00:00

Isabella Agnes Mary Meredith

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Biography

• Birth: 1887; Dublin, Ireland

• Marriage: 1917; Unknown; Dublin, Ireland

• Note: Birth registration index, Isabel Agnes Mary born 2nd quarter, 1887, Dublin South. In 1911 Isabella (name recorded by William Rice Meredith) was 23, a "Civil Servant, 2nd Class Clerk, G.P.O., A.G.[2?]".
• Note: Unknown; Marriage registered 4th qtr 1917, Dublin South District, spouse unknown.

• Last Edited: 30 August 2008 01:00:00

Robert John D'Esterre

Biography

• Note: Marriage registration for daughter Mary indicates Robert was a Gentleman

• Last Edited: 14 May 2010 01:00:00

John Pollock

• Last Edited: 19 December 2004 00:00:00

Colonel William Rice Meredith

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Biography

• Birth: 24 August 1882; Rathdown registration district, Ireland

• Marriage: 1910; Yolande Perceval Compton Corbet Singleton

• Death: 14 March 1964

• Note: Birth registered 3rd quarter of 1882. William was a student at a residential school (Clifton College, 1 Albert Road) in Bristol, England in 1901. He later attended Sandhurst Military College. He was awarded the CBE in 1935 and the DSO in 1918. He served in Egypt, Cyprus, Somaliland, East Africa, Uganda, India, Iraq, Malaya and Nigeria, and during World War II in Europe.
  From bio extracted by kw:
  Career: 2nd Lt The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1902; Lieut, 1905; Capt., 1914; Major, 1917; Lt-Colonel (Brevet) 1928; Colonel, 1932; Staff College graduate, 1919; served in Egypt, Cyprus, Somaliland, East Africa, Uganda, India, Iraq, Malaya, Nigeria; employed with King’s African Rifles, 1908–13; specially employed, War Office, 1915; Brigade Major, Home Forces; GSO2 Mersey Garrison, GSO2 France; DAQMG, India; Commandant FMS Volunteer Forces; Commandant Nigeria Regiment, and Mem. Nigerian Executive and Legislative Councils, 1932–36; served East Africa (Somaliland), 1908–10 (medal and clasp); Waziristan, 1921 (medal and clasp); European War, France, Belgium, Gallipoli (wounded, despatches, 1914–15 star, BWM and Victory Medal); retired pay, 1936; 1940 restored to active list and served in France; reverted to retired pay, 1943. Gold Staff Officer Coronation of King George VI.

• Last Edited: 13 June 2010 01:00:00

Edmund Richard Meredith

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Biography

• Birth: 5 March 1884; Dublin, Ireland

• Christening: 10 April 1884; St. Stephen's, Dublin, Ireland

• Death: 20 August 1917; Italy

• Burial: Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy

• Note: Sometimes listed as Richard Edmund, including baptism--record at and birth registration. Birth registered in 2nd quarter of 1884, Dublin South District. Edmund was a barrister. His name was listed as Edmund R. Meredith in the 1911 census, at which time he was living with his parents and youngest sister, and as Edmund Richard in the war record. Recorded as a casuality in the Commonweath War Graves website . Edmund was a chauffeur with the Red Cross. He was buried in the Ravenna War Cemetery in Italy--assume he died in Italy.
  His name is listed on a plaque in the Four Courts in Dublin: "In memory of the Irish barristers who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918"; and also in the Memorial Hall in Trinity College: "In piam memoriam atque honorem qui e lare nostro ad bellum egressi exemplum virtutis supremum dederunt haed aula aedificata est MCMXIV MCMXVIII - optime de Patria meritorum."
  On a Meredith tombstone at Mount Jerome Cemetery: "Also of his second son | EDMUND RICHARD | who died 20th August 1917 | while serving with The | British Red Cross in Italy | and was buried at Gradisca | The best of sons and brothers"

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John Carew Meredith

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Biography

• Birth: 12 November 1886; Dublin, Ireland

• Christening: 18 December 1886; St. Stephen's Parish, Dublin

• Marriage: 2 October 1931; Eileen Mary Grech; Bombay

• Note: Birth registered 4th qtr 1886, Dublin South District. Baptism record at --listed as "John Caxin Meredith". John attended boarding school in Shrewsbury, England, where he was enumerated in the 1901 census, age 14. William Rice noted John served in the military. Another informant told me he had served with his grandfather with 103rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during World War 1. At an online London Gazette Supplement dated 17 December 1917: Captain (acting Major) John Carew Meredith, Royal Garrison Artillery, was awarded the "Croix de Guerre." In 1921, according to his medal index card, he lived at 16 Charing Cross, London SW1.
• Note: Eileen Mary Grech; The Times, 21 Aug. 1931, p. 13: "Forthcoming Marriages: The marriage arranged between Major John Carew Meredith, D.S.O., Royal Artillery, and Eileen Mary Grech will take place in Bombay on October 2."

• Last Edited: 6 June 2010 01:00:00

Elizabeth Mabel Meredith

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 1881; Dublin, Ireland

• Marriage: July 1908; Edward Drew McLaughlin

• Death: 16 March 1969

• Note: Birth registered 3rd qtr 1881, Dublin South District.

• Last Edited: 15 May 2010 01:00:00

Isabella Anne (Nancy) Meredith

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Biography

• Birth: 15 August 1891; Dublin, Ireland

• Christening: 2 September 1891; St. Stephen's parish, Dublin

• Marriage: 9 January 1918; Frank Rundall Stuart Charles

• Note: Baptism record available at . Birth registration index lists Annie Isabella Meredith, registered 3rd quarter, 1891, Dublin South District. In 1911 the census lists her as Isabella Annie, at which time she was living with her parents. A forthcoming marriage announcement in The Times, 15 Dec. 1917 names her as Nancy; The Times report of her silver wedding anniversary (1943) gives her name as Isabella Anne!

• Last Edited: 15 May 2010 01:00:00

Edward Drew McLaughlin

Biography

• Birth: About 1857

• Marriage: July 1908; Elizabeth Mabel Meredith

• Death: 2 April 1942

• Note: Edward was Chief Clerk of the Lord Chancellor.

• Last Edited: 26 October 2009 01:00:00

Jessica (Jessie) Twemlow

Biography

• Birth: About 1860; Ireland

• Marriage: 8 March 1900; Arthur Francis Carew Meredith; St. Paul's, Dublin, Ireland

• Note: Marriage regin indicates Jessie was from Mea Hill, Dalkey. In 1911 Jessie had given birth to three children, all still living. Biography of her son notes Jessica: "was one of the first women in Ireland to obtain a [university] degree--she and eight others were dubbed 'the nine muses.'"
• Note: Arthur Francis Carew Meredith; Witnesses Nora Twemlow and Ada G. Meredith

• Last Edited: 26 November 2014 17:08:48

Carew Arthur Meredith

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Biography

• Birth: 28 July 1904; Dublin, Ireland

• Death: 31 March 1976; Dublin, Ireland

• Note: Carew Meredith was a noted scholar. See: . The concluding sentence ends: "Many . . . will remember him as a brilliant logician, a generous teacher and a delightful friend."

• Last Edited: 2 October 2008 01:00:00

Margaret Meredith

Biography

• Birth: Before 1860; Ireland

• Note: Not known who this woman was. Her daughter Margaret was born in the workhouse and the father was not named.

• Last Edited: 1 February 2008 00:00:00