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Family of Henry MEECHAM and Elizabeth RITCHINS
Husband: | Henry MEECHAM (1764?-1849) | |
Wife: | Elizabeth RITCHINS (1776-1844) | |
Children: | John MEECHAM (1792-1823) | |
Henry Thomas MEECHAM (1794-1867) | ||
Anne MEECHAM (1796- ) | ||
William MEECHAM (1798-1849) | ||
Fanny MEECHAM (1809?-1895) | ||
James MEECHAM (1809- ) | ||
Maria MEECHAM (1813?-1813) | ||
Thomas MEECHAM (1813-1892?) |
Husband: Henry MEECHAM
Name: | Henry MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Henry MEECHAM (1740?-1787) | |
Mother: | Elizabeth ASHLEY (1743-1780) | |
Birth | 1764 (app) | Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
Death | 16 Jan 1849 (age 84-85) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Census | 1841 (age 76-77) | Bisley, Gloucestershire. |
Residence | 1841 (age 76-77) | Daneway, Bisley, Gloucestershire |
Christening | 8 Aug 1768 (age 3-4) | Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
Burial | 24 Jan 1849 (age 84-85) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) | 16 Jan 1849 (age 84-85) | Having been suffering apparently from English Cholera Died by Visitation of God |
Wife: Elizabeth RITCHINS
Name: | Elizabeth RITCHINS | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 1776 | Unresearched or unknown? |
Death | 9 Feb 1844 (age 67-68) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Census | 1841 (age 64-65) | Bisley, Gloucestershire. |
Residence | 1841 (age 64-65) | Bisley, Gloucestershire. |
Burial | 15 Mar 1844 (age 67-68) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) | 9 Feb 1844 (age 67-68) | Infirmity |
Child 1: John MEECHAM
Name: | John MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | SOPHIA (1791-1854) | |
Birth | 6 Mar 1792 | Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
Death | Sep 1823 (age 31) | Frampton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Christening | 14 Feb 1794 (age 1) | Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
Burial | 22 Sep 1823 (age 31) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Child 2: Henry Thomas MEECHAM
Name: | Henry Thomas MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Rachel PHELPS (1797-1836) | |
Birth | 1794 | Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
Death | 1867 (age 72-73) | Workhouse, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
Census (1) | 1841 (age 46-47) | Stroat, Tidenham, Gloucestershire |
Census (2) | 1851 (age 56-57) | Coates, Gloucestershire, England. |
Census (3) | 1861 (age 66-67) | Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Residence (1) | 1841 (age 46-47) | The Hamlet of Stroat. |
Residence (2) | 1851 (age 56-57) | Coates, Gloucestershire, England. |
Residence (3) | 1861 (age 66-67) | Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Christening | 14 Feb 1794 (age 0) | Cirencester, Gloucestershire. |
Child 3: Anne MEECHAM
Name: | Anne MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 1796 | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Death | Unresearched or unknown? | |
Christening | 24 Apr 1796 (age 0) | Sapperton Gloucestershire |
Child 4: William MEECHAM
Name: | William MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Mary Eleanor COOKE (1801-1854) | |
Birth | 1798 | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Death | 6 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) | Fulcomb, Bisley, Gloucestershire, England. |
Census | 1841 (age 42-43) | Bisley, Gloucestershire. |
Residence (1) | 1841 (age 42-43) | Puck Mill, Bisley, Gloucestershire |
Residence (2) | 6 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) | Fulcomb, Bisley, Gloucestershire, England. |
Christening | 29 Jul 1798 (age 0) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Burial | 14 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) | 6 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) | Cholera 5 Days |
Child 5: Fanny MEECHAM
Name: | Fanny MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse: | Job WHITING (1799-1869) | |
Birth | 1809 (app) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Death | 1895 (age 85-86) | Stroud, Gloucestershire, England |
Christening | 25 Dec 1809 (age 0) | Sapperton Gloucestershire |
Child 6: James MEECHAM
Name: | James MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 1809 | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Death | Unresearched or unknown? | |
Christening | 25 Dec 1809 (age 0) | Sapperton Gloucestershire |
Child 7: Maria MEECHAM
Name: | Maria MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 1813 (app) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Death | 5 Feb 1813 (age 0) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Christening | 31 Jan 1813 (age 0) | St Kenelm, Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Child 8: Thomas MEECHAM
Name: | Thomas MEECHAM | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Eliza HUNT (1816?- ) | |
Birth | 2 Jan 1813 | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England |
Death | 1892 (app) (age 78-79) | Gloucestershire |
Christening | 31 Jan 1813 (age 0) | St Kenelm, Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Census (1) | 1841 (age 27-28) | Coates, Gloucestershire, England |
Census (2) | 1851 (age 37-38) | Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England. |
Residence (1) | 1841 (age 27-28) | Round House, Coates, Gloucestershire, England |
Residence (2) | 1851 (age 37-38) | Througham Slad, Gloucestershire, England |
Note on Husband: Henry MEECHAM - shared note
The 1841 census return also shows Sophia Meecham aged 15 at this address who could be Sophia Meecham daughter of John Meecham and Sophia. Granddaughter to Henry and Elizabeth.
Details of the theft of Henry and Elizabeths life savings by their Grandsons:
George Meecham, aged 15, and Henry W Meecham, aged 20, were charged with stealing, at Sapperton, on 8th July, thirty seven sovereigns, the property of Henry Meecham.
This was a cruel and unnatural robbery. The prosecutor and his wife are a very aged couple and the money stolen was the savings of a long life.
The prisoners were their grand- children, and on the day in question, they visited the old people, and shortly after they had gone away, the box which contained the money was found to be broken in pieces, and the money gone.
Information of this robbery having been given to the Police, the prisoners were apprehended in a beer shop, at Stroud, when thirty three sovereigns and some shillings were found upon one of them, and some coppers on the other.
The money was given to the committing magistrates, and will be returned to the aged couple.
Verdict Guilty; Seven months hard labour.
Source Gloucester Journal July 22nd 1843
Listed as aged 84 years old at time of death which was recorded 2 months and 4 days after the event. The informant was John G Ball Coroner.
Note on Wife: Elizabeth RITCHINS - shared note
Elizabeth death was registered by Sophia Dix