John MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born on 3 Dec 1803 in Cook Gates, Manchester, Lancashire, England. He was christened on 3 Dec 1803 in Saint Georges Road Oxford Street Baptist, Manchester, Lancashire, England. He died in Sep 1859 in Manchester, England. He married Maria DEAN on 15 Apr 1827 in Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
1841 census shows living at Eldon Place, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester
St Cath's Death Ref V8d P158 Sep 1859 Manchester
Occ at death Warehouseman
Source:- Pamela McLennan pammclennan@ozemail.com.au
Maria DEAN was born in 1800 in pos Manchester, Lancashire, England. She died in Jun 1854 in Chorlton, Manchester, England. She married John MERRYWEATHER on 15 Apr 1827 in Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
St Cath's Death Ref V8c P349 Jun 1854 Chorlton
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? BIRCH was born in 1873 in pos Atlanta. He married Eliza EATON.
Eliza EATON was born in 1873 in Atlanta, USA. She married ? BIRCH.
Other marriages:MERRYWEATHER, Squire
Squire MERRYWEATHER was born in 1873 in pos Cardiff, Wales OR USA. He died on 17 Sep 1918 in At Sea. Merchant Navy. active service. He married Eliza EATON.
Donkeyman S.S. "Wellington" (Cardiff), Mercantile Marine
who died on Tuesday, 17th September 1918. Age 45.
Additional Information: Husband of Eliza Merryweather (formerly Birch,nee Eaton), of 93, Raglan St., Newport, Mon. Born at Atlanta,
(No English Mar Record Found pos Mar in the USA)
Commemorative Information
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/Panel Number: U.S.A.
Location: The Tower Hill Memorial which commemorates men of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who have no known grave, stands on the south side of the garden of Trinity Square, London, close to The Tower of London. The Memorial Register may be consulted at Trinity House Corporation, Trinity Square (Cooper's Row entrance), Tel: 0171 480 6601, which will be found behind the Memorial.
Historical Information: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL 1914 - 1918 This memorial stands on Tower Hill, London, on the south side of the pleasure garden of Trinity Square. The Memorial consists of a vaulted corridor 21.5 metres long, 7 metres wide and 7 to 10 metres high. It is open at each end. It has three wide openings at the front and back, in which are placed pairs of columns. It rises in the middle in rectangular blocks. It is built of Portland stone finished with a circular treatment. The Names of the War Dead are carried on bronze panels, covering the eight main masonry piers which support the roof. They are arranged alphabetically under their ships of the Merchant Service. 1939 - 1945 When the question arose of commemorating the men of the Merchant Navy who lost their lives during the 1939-1945 War and have no known grave, it was the general desire that the new Memorial should be combined with the existing 1914-1918 Tower Hill Memorial to form a complete whole. The architect achieved this by designing a semi-circular sunken garden adjoining the 1914-1918 Memorial; in this way a sufficient wall area was obtained to record the total of nearly 24,000 names, without building high walls on Tower Hill. The garden is 2 metres below the general level of Tower Hill Gardens, so that the surrounding walls rise only 1 metre above that level. From the1914-18 Memorial, stone steps flanked by high stone pylons, on which are the Merchant Navy badges and wreaths, lead down to the sunken garden. Between the flights of steps is the main dedicatory inscription, which reads: 1939-1945 THE TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND OF THE MERCHANT NAVY AND FISHING FLEETS WHOSE NAMES ARE HONOURED ON THE WALLS OF THIS GARDEN GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND HAVE NO GRAVE BUT THE SEA This inscription is guarded by sculptured figures in stone representing an officer and a seaman of the Merchant Service. The internal face of the semi-circular wall surrounding the garden is cased in bronze, which bears in relief the names of the men commemorated. At regular intervals round this bronze casing are seven stone sculptured allegorical figures representing the Seven Seas. The garden itself is primarily a lawn, surrounded by a stone path on which there are oak seats. In the centre is a "pool" of bronze, engraved as a mariners' compass, and set to magnetic north. An Introductory Part of this register, containing a plan of the Memorial and an index to the Panels, together with a description of the work of the Mercantile Marine is also available separately for each World War.
Eliza EATON was born in 1873 in Atlanta, USA. She married Squire MERRYWEATHER.
Other marriages:BIRCH, ?
Henry MERRYWEATHER was born in 1781 in pos Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, England. He married Hannah METCALF on 26 May 1802 in Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, England.
Hannah METCALF was born in 1781 in pos Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, England. She married Henry MERRYWEATHER on 26 May 1802 in Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, England.
They had the following children:
James WELLMAN was born in 1688 in pos Reading, Berkshire, England. He married Joan MERRYWEATHER on 6 Nov 1709 in Saint Mary, Reading, Berkshire, England.
Joan MERRYWEATHER was born in 1688 in pos Reading, Berkshire, England. She married James WELLMAN on 6 Nov 1709 in Saint Mary, Reading, Berkshire, England.
William MERRYWEATHER was born in 1715 in pos Ainderby Steeple, Yorkshire, England. He married Margaret ? in 1733 in Ainberby Steeple, Yorkshire, England.
Shown as William MERRIWEATHER and William MERRIWETHER
Margaret ? was born in 1715 in pos Ainderby Steeple, Yorkshire, England. She married William MERRYWEATHER in 1733 in Ainberby Steeple, Yorkshire, England.
They had the following children:
Bartholomew MERRYWEATHER was born in 1555 in pos Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. He married Mary PARKER on 27 Nov 1576 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.
Shown as Bartholomew MERIWETHER
Mary PARKER was born in 1555 in pos Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. She married Bartholomew MERRYWEATHER on 27 Nov 1576 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.
They had the following children:
Arthur James ISHERWOOD was born in 1874 in pos Langford, Bedfordshire, England. He married Bessie MERRYWEATHER on 19 Nov 1895 in Langford, Bedfordshire, England.
Bessie MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born in Mar 1873 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. She married Arthur James ISHERWOOD on 19 Nov 1895 in Langford, Bedfordshire, England.
St Cath's Birth Ref V3b P395 Mar 1873 Bigglewade
1881 census shows age 8 living with parents at Back Lane, Langford,Bedfordshire, at School.
St Cath's Mar Ref V3b P832 Dec 1895 Biggleswade
George MERRYWEATHER was born in 1839 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. He married Jane ? in Dec 1870 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England.
Other marriages:CAWDELL, Eliza
1881 census shows age 42 living with his wife and children at Back Lane,Langford, Bedfordshire, Occ Railway Labourer.
St Cath's Mar Ref V3b P637 Jun 1860 Biggleswade = Mar to Eliza.
St Cath's Mar Ref V3b P757 Dec 1870 Biggleswade = Mar to Jane
Jane ? was born in 1836 in Clifton, Bedfordshire, England. She married George MERRYWEATHER in Dec 1870 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England.
1881 census shows age 45 living with husband and children at Back Lane,Langford, Bedfordshire, Occ Charwoman
Jane was a Widow aged 26 when married to George
Mar date source Beth Merryweather beth.m@paradise.net.nz
They had the following children:
F i Georgina MERRYWEATHER was born in Jun 1871 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. She died in Jun 1871 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.
St Cath's Birth Ref V3b P346 Jun 1871 Biggleswade, shown as Merryweathers
St Cath's Death Ref V3b P212 Jun1871 Biggleswade, age 0. shown as Merryweathers.F ii Bessie MERRYWEATHER was born in Mar 1873. F iii Georgina MERRYWEATHER was born in Sep 1875.
William MERRYWEATHER was born in 1802 in pos Patrick Brompton, Yorkshire, England. He married Elizabeth ?.
Elizabeth ? was born in 1802 in pos Patrick Brompton, Yorkshire, England. She married William MERRYWEATHER.
They had the following children:
Trevor and Gillian Brownen Nee Merryweather
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