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safc

safc Report 1 Feb 2017 00:27


1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Tudors Yard Durham South Shields, South Shields, Durham, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
Jane Wray Wife Married Female - 37 1874 Durham South Shields
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Thomas Meech Son - Male At School 13 1898 Durham South Shields
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Caroline Meech Daughter - Female At School 10 1901 Durham South Shields

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safc Report 1 Feb 2017 00:19


1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
3, West Walpole Street, South Shields, Durham, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Meach Head Married Male 25 1876 Gas Works Stoker North Shields, Northumberland, England
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Jane Meach Wife Married Female 26 1875 - South Shields, Durham, England
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Richard T Meach Son - Male 3 1898 - South Shields, Durham, England
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Caroline Meach Daughter - Female 0 1901 - South Shields, Durham, England
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Margaret Henderson Sister-In-Law Single Female 17 1884 - South Shields, Durham, England

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safc Report 1 Feb 2017 00:18

MEACH, CAROLINE HENDERSON Order
GRO Reference: 1900 S Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 819


MEACH, RICHARD THOMAS HENDERSON Order
GRO Reference: 1898 M Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 805

Kala

Kala Report 1 Feb 2017 00:03

My great-great grandmother, Caroline Meach b. 08/07/1900 d. March 1972 had a brother, Richard Thomas Meach (I believe he sometimes went by just Thomas). On the 1911 census their father, Richard Thomas Meach, is abscent (he died in 1901) and his wife is listed, Jane Wray. Jane lists that she has had only 1 child born alive and that that child has died so it would appear that she is Caroline and Richard jnr's step mother. However, on the 1901 census when Richard jnr. Is 4 years old and Caroline is only 9 months she is listed as married to Richard and has his surname, Meach. I understand that she might have taken her maiden name back after Richard died in 1901 (?) but I'm struggling to find a previous wife for Richard. Can anyone help?