William Alfred MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born in Mar 1878 in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England. He died in Jun 1949 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. He married ? in Jun 1904 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
St Cath's Birth Ref V7b P188 Mar 1878 Basford
1881 census shows age 3 Living with parents
St Cath's Mar Ref V7b P817 Jun 1904 Nottingham.
St Cath's death Ref V7b P370 Jun 1949 Nottingham, age 71.
?. married William Alfred MERRYWEATHER in Jun 1904 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
Alfred MERRYWEATHER was born in Sep 1860 in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England. He died in See Notes. He married Sophia ATKINSON in Sep 1877 in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England.
St Cath's Birth Ref V7a P425 Sep 1860 Lincoln, this may be incorrect!
St Cath's Mar Ref V7b P232 Sep 1877 Basford
1881 census shows age 22 Living with his wife and 2 children at GilbertSt, Hucknel Torkard, Nottinghamshire, Occ Coal Miner.
They had two lodgers.
pos St Cath's Death Ref V7a P473 Sep 1916 Lincoln, age 53. age is three years out so may not be the same person!
Sophia ATKINSON was born in 1860 in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England. She died in Mar 1939 in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England. She married Alfred MERRYWEATHER in Sep 1877 in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England.
1881 census shows age 21 Living with her husband and 2 children atGilbert St, Hucknel Torkard, Nottinghamshire,
They had two lodgers
St Cath's Death Ref V7b P163 Mar 1939 Basford, age 78.
They had the following children:
M i William Alfred MERRYWEATHER was born in Mar 1878. He died in Jun 1949. F ii Annie MERRYWEATHER was born in May 1881.
William MOORE was born in 1856 in pos Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England. He married Charlotte ?.
Charlotte ? was born in 1856 in pos Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, England. She married William MOORE.
They had the following children:
M i William MOORE was born on 27 Sep 1877.
John Francis MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born on 17 Aug 1823 in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England. He died in Mar 1873 in Holborn, London, England. He married ? in Dec 1849 in Edmonton, London, England.
John Francis MEREWETHER, born August 17th, 1823, at "1/2 past 2 PM. Privately baptised on October 26th, 1823. Christened in Hampton Church by the Reverend W Church, on October 31st, 1823. Sponsors; Reverend F Bakerby proxy, John F Worth Esquire, Mrs Baker by proxy, Mrs Merewether, M A Merewether, his aunt, and Francis Merewether, his uncle.
source= John Johnstone Gr Gr Grandson of the Dean of Hereford
Merewether, John, first son of John of Hampton, Middlesex (Dean of Hereford). Oriel College, matric 27 May, 1842, aged 18. source Alumni Oxonienses by J Foster 1968
St Cath's Mar Ref V3 P111 Dec 1849 Edmonton
St Cath's Death Ref V1b P491 Mar 1873 Holburn, age 53. (note 3 years out)
?. married John Francis MERRYWEATHER in Dec 1849 in Edmonton, London, England.
Thomas ARMSTRONG was born in 1753 in ?. He died in 1770. He married Christian AMIEL.
Capt 64th Regt.
Source=Alan Merryweather. 60 Trafalgar Rd, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Christian AMIEL [Parents] was born on 17 May 1753 in Suffolk, Boston, USA. She married Thomas ARMSTRONG.
Source=Alan Merryweather. 60 Trafalgar Rd, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
E F MERRYWEATHER was born in 1897 in pos Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. He died on 13 Oct 1918 in Romeries, North France. on active service. He married Nellie Maud ?.
Lance Serjeant 13229 2nd Bn., Scots Guards
who died on Sunday, 13th October 1918.
Additional Information: Husband of Nellie Maud Merryweather, of High St., Sandy, Beds.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: IV. B. 17.
Location: Romeries is a village approximately 16 kilometres south of Valenciennes and 4 kilometres north-east of Solemes. The Communal Cemetery is on the west side of the village on the north side of the road to Solemes.
Historical Information: In the Retreat from Mons part of the II Corps retired through this area; and in 1918 our Army came back to it. The Pursuit to the Selle, one phase of the Advance to Victory, lasted from the 9th to the 12th October, 1918, and the Battle of the Selle (part of the "Final Advance") from the 17th to the 25th October. Briastre was captured on the 10th October, Belle Vue Farm on the 20th, Romeries itself and Beaudignies on the 23rd and Englefontaine on the 26th. The Battle of the Sambre, the last great action of the War, carried the front forward into Belgium and ended with the Armistice. Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension is one of the burial grounds of those who fell between these dates. The original Extension is Plot I. It was made by the 3rd and New Zealand Divisions, and it contains 128 graves. The remaining plots were made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from small cemeteries and isolated positions on the battlefield, including (in PlotX) a few graves of the 25th August, 1914. There are now over 800, 1914-18war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 130 are unidentified and 15 soldiers from the United Kingdom, who are believed to be buried among them, are commemorated by special headstones. The 2ndRoyal Scots, the 1st Gordon Highlanders, the 8th Royal West Kents and the1st Otago Regiment erected wooden memorials in the cemetery to their officers and men who fell on the 23rd October, 1918. The Extension covers an area of 3,397 square metres and is enclosed by a red brick wall. Of the larger sites concentrated here:- BRIASTRE-SOLESMES ROAD MILITARYCEMETERY, BRIASTRE (Nord), was used by the 37th Division and the 1stWellington Regiment (New Zealand) from the 11th to the 16th October,1918. It contained the graves of 25 soldiers from the United Kingdom (12of the 4th Middlesex) and 11 from New Zealand. It was 800 metres South-East of Briastre, across the Selle. BRIASTRE CHURCHYARD contained the grave of one New Zealand soldier. BELLE VUE FARM CEMETERY, BRIASTRE,was 180 metres South of the Farm, which was almost immediately East of Briastre, across the Selle. It contained the graves of 16 soldiers of the4th Middlesex who fell on the 10th October. BEAUDIGNIES CHURCHYARD (Nord) contained the graves of five New Zealand soldiers who fell on the 4thNovember. ENGLEFONTAINE GERMAN CEMETERY contained the graves of threesoldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 26th and 27th October. GRAND GAY FARM CEMETERY, LOUVIGNIES-QUESNOY (Nord), was 1.6 kilometres South of Louvignies. There were buried in it 37 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 24 of whom belonged to the 9th Duke of Wellington's. SALESCHES CHURCHYARD (Nord) contained the graves of three soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 25th and 29th October. ST. PYTHON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION was made by the 2nd Division. It contained the graves of 23 soldiers from the United Kingdom, two from New Zealand, and one from Canada, who fell between the 27th October and the 8th November.
Nellie Maud ? was born in 1897 in High St, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. She married E F MERRYWEATHER.
George SHORT [Parents] was born in 1814 in St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He married Mary MERRYWEATHER on 17 Sep 1835 in Saint Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Bachelor at Mar to Mary
Mary MERRYWEATHER was born in 1814 in St Edmund, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. She married George SHORT on 17 Sep 1835 in Saint Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Spinster at Mar to George by Licence
George SHORT was born in 1793 in pos St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
He had the following children:
M i George SHORT was born in 1814.
William MERRYWEATHER was born in Jun 1853 in pos Crakenhall, Nr Bedale, Yorkshire, England. He died on 1 Jan 1923. He married Anne Elizabeth SPENCE in Jun 1877 in Bedale, Yorkshire, England.
St Cath's Birth Ref V9d P427 Jun 1853 Bedale
St Cath Mar Ref V9d p943 June 1877 Bedale
1881 census shows age 27 living at Denmark Street, Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, Occ Green Grocer
From a letter from Mary Lowe Nee Merryweather she states William was a sawyer by trade, after marriage he moved to West Hartlepool, Durham (now Cleveland)
Anne Elizabeth SPENCE [Parents] was born in 1854 in Malton, Yorkshire, England. She died on 22 Oct 1944 in West Hartleypool, Durham, England. She married William MERRYWEATHER in Jun 1877 in Bedale, Yorkshire, England.
1881 census shows age 27 living at Denmark Street, Sandal Magna, Yorkshire.
St Cath's Death Ref V10a P160 Dec 1944 W Hartlepool, age 90. shown as Merriweather.
They had the following children:
M i John George MERRYWEATHER was born in Dec 1878. M ii William Edward MERRYWEATHER was born in Jul 1880. He died in 1931. M iii Alfred MERRYWEATHER was born in 1881. He died in 1957. M iv Henry MERRYWEATHER was born in 1883. He died in 1976. F v Annie MERRYWEATHER was born in 1885. F vi Ellen MERRYWEATHER was born in 1888. She died in 1976. M vii Anthony Spence MERRYWEATHER was born in 1890.
John MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born on 11 Aug 1816 in Nocton, Lincolnshire, England. He was christened on 11 Aug 1816 in Nocton, Lincolnshire, England. He died in 1891. He married Mary MERRYWEATHER in 1837.
Other marriages:?, Ellen
1851 census aged 35 living with wife and two children at Branston,Lincolnshire
Mary MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born on 20 Aug 1820 in pos Nocton, Lincolnshire, England. She was christened on 20 Aug 1820 in Nocton, Lincolnshire, England. She died in 1846. She married John MERRYWEATHER in 1837.
They had the following children:
F i Letitia MERRYWEATHER was born in Jan 1838. She died on 16 Dec 1858.
Trevor and Gillian Brownen Nee Merryweather
43 Great Rea Rd,
Brixham, Devon, TQ5 9SW
England, UK
Tel: 44 01803 858164
Send e-mail to: admin@xtal.info