William Meade

Birth Name William Meade
Gender male
Age at Death about 90 years, 10 months

Narrative

William evidently married two different women named Mary Driscoll. By the first, he had one son, Florence. He was a widower when he married the second Mary Driscoll, the mother of his other children.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1852 County Cork, Ireland   1a
Event Note

William's 1901 Census said he was born about 1852. His 1911 census said about 1853.

Residence January 4, 1880 Crookhaven Townland, Kilmoe Civil Parish, County Cork, Ireland   2a
Event Note

William was living in Crookhaven when he married Mary Driscoll.

Census (Head) March 31, 1901 Crookhaven Townland, Kilmoe Civil Parish, County Cork, Ireland   1a
Event Note

1901 Census of Ireland
house 25 in Crookhaven (Crookhaven, Cork)

Meade, William, 49, Male, Head of Family, Fisherman, Cannot read, Married
Meade, Mary, 40, Female, Wife, Cannot read, Married,
Meade, Sarah, 16, Female, Daughter, Scholar, Read and write, Not Married, -
Meade, Daniel, 13, Male, Son, Scholar, Read and write, Not Married, -
Meade, Mary A, 8, Female, Daughter, Cannot read, Not Married, -
Meade, Eliza, 7, Female, Daughter, Cannot read, Not Married, -
Meade, Ellen, 4, Female, Daughter, Cannot read, Not Married, -
Meade, Charles, 1, Male, Son, Cannot read, Not Married

all Roman Catholic, all born in County Cork.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Crookhaven/Crookhaven/1158046/

Residence August 1908 Crookhaven Townland, Kilmoe Civil Parish, County Cork, Ireland   3a
Event Note

William Meade was living in Crookhaven Townland when his daughter Sarah listed him on her passenger manifest as her closest relative in Ireland.

Census (Head) April 2, 1911 Crookhaven Townland, Kilmoe Civil Parish, County Cork, Ireland   4a
Event Note

1911 Census of Ireland
2 April 1911

house 12 in Crookhaven Town (Crookhaven, Cork)

Meade, William, 58, Male, Head of Family, Roman Catholic, Cork, Fisherman, Can read and write, Married
Meade, Mary A, 54, Female, Wife, Roman Catholic, Cork, Read and write, Married, 35, 7, 6
Meade, Daniel, 23, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, Cork, Fisherman, Read and write, Single
Meade, M A, 18, Female, Daughter, Roman Catholic, Cork, Read and write, Single
Meade, Lizzie, 17, Female, Daughter, Roman Catholic, Cork, Domestic Servant, Read and write, Single
Meade, Nellie, 13, Female, Daughter, Roman Catholic, Cork, Scholar, Read and write, Single
Meade, Charlie, 11, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, Cork, Scholar, Read and write, Single

All were Roman Catholic, all were born in County Cork

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cork/Crookhaven/Crookhaven_Town/444031/

 

Death November 1, 1942 Crookhaven Townland, Kilmoe Civil Parish, County Cork, Ireland   5a
Event Note

Superintendent Regitrar's District: Schull, Registrar's District: Goleen, County Cork
Deaths

in Crookhaven
November 1, 1942
William Meade, 80, married, fisherman, of old age, no recent medical attendant, informant: Charles Meade, son, of Crookhaven, present at death

 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father John Meade
Mother
         William Meade about 1852 November 1, 1942

Families

Family of William Meade and Mary Driscoll
Married Wife Mary Driscoll ( b. about 1852 d. November 3, 1878 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage        
Event Note

I did not find a civil or parish record of this marriage.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Florence MeadeJanuary 12, 1877

Family of William Meade and Mary Driscoll
Married Wife Mary Driscoll ( b. before January 6, 1857 d. September 8, 1949 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage January 4, 1880 Goleen, Goleen Townland, Kilmoe Civil Parish, County Cork, Ireland   2a
Event Note

Civil Record:
Superintendent Registrar's District: Schull, Registrar's District: Goleen, County Cork

At the Roman Catholic Chapel of Goleen
January 4, 1880
William Meade, a widower, of full age, a boatman, of Crookhaven. father: John Mead, a pilot
Mary Driscoll, a spinster of full age, a servant, of Crookhaven. father: Dan Driscoll, a boatman

married by Patrick Dineen RCC
witnesses: Terry Mahoney, Mary -her mark- Mahoney

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Parish Record:
Schull West Parish Register
the image of the book says Goleen Parish
Marriages
January 4, 1880

William Meade and Mary Driscoll, witnesses: Terry and Mary Mahoney. of Crookhaven
(dispensatio obtenta in 3^0 gradii affinitatis)

Note: I think the dispensation indicates that William's two wives were first cousins, or aunt and niece to each other. Great grandchild/great grandmother would also be included, but that would probably be much of a difference in ages. Both Marys were born in the 1850's.

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Sarah MeadeApril 10, 1885December 4, 1948
Daniel MeadeDecember 24, 1887
Nancy MeadeJuly 13, 1890October 23, 1893
Maryanne MeadeJune 6, 1892
Eliza MeadeAugust 5, 1893
Ellen MeadeNovember 9, 1896
Charles MeadeJuly 13, 1899

Source References

  1. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 25 in Crookhaven (Crookhaven, Cork)
  2. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Meade-Driscoll, January 4, 1880, Goleen Registrar's District, Co Cork
  3. Ellis Island Passenger Record
      • Page: Sarah Meade, passenger manifest, arrival August 21, 1908, SS Lusitania
  4. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 12 in Crookhaven Town (Crookhaven, Cork)
  5. Irish Civil Registration Records, Deaths
      • Page: November 1, 1942, William Meade, Crookhaven, Goleen, Cork