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ErikaH
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10 Mar 2014 22:36 |
http://www.mygenesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1322652
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Gwyn in Kent
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27 Aug 2012 14:19 |
Looking for information re. Meredith and Drew and wondering why the family were in a tiny sleepy Hampshire village...?
Meredith & Drew Limited Biscuit manufacturer at Ovenden. Founded in 1830. The firm was originally based in the East End of London. When their Shadwell factory was bombed in 1940, they moved to the provinces, and the Halifax plant became operational in 1941. In 1966, the firm was taken over by United Biscuits. At one time, they were the largest producers of biscuits in England. They also occupied Brookfoot Mill, Brighouse in the 1940s
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27 Aug 2012 13:53 |
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Dec 1842 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meredith Joseph Hardham Thakeham 7 423
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21 Aug 2012 15:14 |
Thank you all for the information. It looks as though my family tree DOES contain the right parents for Alice Meredith; as the siblings suggested are those I have listed; but if anyone can help me with info on how she ended up on Ascension and whether her then future husband Joseph was already there or not; I'd be really grateful.
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21 Aug 2012 12:37 |
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 Name: Joseph Clapson <<<Of Bank Chambers, Redhill Surrey
Petty Officer RN, killed in the north sea, in action Probate Date: 13 Jul 1916 Death Date: 31 May 1916 Death Place: Surrey, England Registry: London, England £190.00 to widow Alice Mary
UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 Name: Joseph Clapson Rank: Sh Corpl 1st (Pensr) Birth Date: 2 Jan 1863 Birth Place: Bearsted, Kent, England Branch of Service: Royal Navy Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action Official Number Port Division: 350021 (Po) Death Date: 31 May 1916 Ship or Unit: HMS Invincible Location of Grave: Not recorded Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial Relatives Notified and Address: Wife: Alice, Bank Chambers London Road, Redhill Surrey
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21 Aug 2012 12:05 |
1911 England Census Name: Jessie Christina Clapson Age in 1911: 14 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897 Relation to Head: Daughter Gender: Female Birth Place: Queensferry, Scotland Civil parish: Chichester County/Island: Sussex Country: England Street Address: 20 Lyndhurst Rd Chichester Sussex Occupation: school Registration district: Chichester Registration District Number: 86 Sub-registration district: Chichester ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Household schedule number: 360 Piece: 5412 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Clapson 49 <<Carter Wine & spirit Merchant Alice May Clapson 50 Joseph Cyril Clapson 19 Alice Marie Clapson 16 Jessie Christina Clapson 14
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21 Aug 2012 12:00 |
Births Mar 1855 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meredith Alice Mary Droxford 2c 105 Reg Area for Hambledon
1871 England Census 1871 England Census Name: Alice M Meredith Age: 16 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Relation: Servant Gender: Female Where born: Hambledon, Hampshire, England Civil parish: Portsea Ecclesiastical parish: St Bartholomew County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Registration district: Portsea Island Sub-registration district: Landport ED, institution, or vessel: 48 Household schedule number: 115 Piece: 1147 Folio: 16 Page Number: 26 Household Members: Name Age Lizzie Deans 28 Lizzie T Deans 2 Alice M Meredith 16 >>>servant
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21 Aug 2012 11:58 |
1901 England Census Name: Alice M Clapson Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Joseph Clapson Gender: Female Where born: Hambledon, Hampshire, England Civil parish: Portsmouth Ecclesiastical parish: St Bartholomew Town: Portsmouth County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Registration district: Portsmouth Sub-registration district: Kingston and East Southsea ED, institution, or vessel: 20 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 102 Piece: 988 Folio: 29 Page Number: 16 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Clapson 39 Alice M Clapson 44 <<<Ships corporal born Kent Joseph C Clapson 9 <<Island of Ascension Alice M Clapson 6 <<Fratton, Portsmouth Jessie C Clapson 4 <<Queensferry, Scotland William D Clapson 4 <<Queensferry, Scotland
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21 Aug 2012 11:44 |
1861 England Census
Name: Alice Meredith Age: 6 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Thomas Meredith Mother's Name: Louisa Meredith Gender: Female Where born: Hambledon, Hampshire, England Civil parish: Hambledon Ecclesiastical parish: Winchester County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Registration district: Droxford Sub-registration district: Hambledon ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 147 Piece: 698 Folio: 16 Page Number: 25 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Meredith 42 <<<Baker Louisa Meredith 37 Hardham Meredith 18 Louisa Meredith 13 Phillip Meredith 11 Fanny Meredith 8 Alice Meredith 6 Eva Meredith 4 Rose Meredith 2 1881 England Census Name: Charles Higgins Age: 34 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Hambleton, Hampshire, England Civil parish: St George County/Island: London Country: England Street Address: 38 Brook Street Occupation: Opthalmic Surgeon Registration district: Chelsea Sub-registration district: Hanover Square ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 91 Folio: 58 Page Number: 21 Household Members: Name Age Charles Higgins 34 Fred Durham 36 Tom Bird 37 Julia Doller 26 Alice Meredith 25 <<<<<<<Servant George Goodfellow 22
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21 Aug 2012 11:39 |
I AM TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE ABOVE. Alice Meredith would have been my maternal great grandmother. She was born in Hambledon Hampshire in 1855. Through GU I found a half uncle I didn't know existed. He managed to trace some of Alice's life to Ascension Island and this year returned there to see where Alice had married his grandfather [at St. Mary's Church in 1890]Joseph Clapson and returned some inherited photos of Alice's to the island. The mystery is how Alice ended up there. We understand that she was the daughter of a man that ran the Meredith and Drew biscuit factory and had two sisters. There appeared to be some trouble within the family when the father either drank away or gambled the family fortune. My new half uncle is convinced that Alice only had two sisters; but from my own research she seemed to come from a larger family that included a brother Hardam; unless I have the wrong information. We know that Alice married Joseph on Ascension Island in St. Marys church and later returned to the UK after Joseph went down on HMS Invincible in 1916. What we cannot confirm is how Alice ended up there and how she met Joseph [ b- 02/01/1863 in Maidstone Kent]. Was he already there or did she travel out there with him? My Uncle believes he might have been a footman; but we don't know whether in the services or as a footman IN service. My Uncle seems to remember hearing something about Alice possibly working for a Lord and Lady De Walden who were the Governors of Ascension; but I can find no information about her parents and the Meredith and Drew biscuit factory or the De- Waldens. This is a huge gap in the family history and I would love to be able to fill in the gaps and see whether I do have the right siblings and parents for Alice or if indeed I have got the wrong family attached to her. Is someone able to help me fill in the gaps please?Many thanks,
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