tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24212149623759430772024-03-13T06:22:47.603-07:00MeearsThe George Meears (1803-1891) and Sarah Ann (Gibson) Meears (1806-1869) family were nineteenth century English converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Most family members eventually immigrated to the United States.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-38506003497494760502012-03-05T16:37:00.000-08:002014-08-27T07:51:29.285-07:00Sarah Meears Amerson (1835-1878)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarah
was the daughter who stayed; she was the only child of George and Sarah Ann
Gibson Meears who chose to live out her life in England. All other family
members emigrated to the USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarah
“Meers” was born 20 September 1835, according the Bristol Road Branch Records
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">[i]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This record includes her baptism date
of <span style="color: orange;">21 October 1851,</span> and is the
earliest birth record found-- and was created in her life time. The first primary source was made by L.H.
Burrows, curate, of the Ombersley parish in Worcester solemnizing her baptism
18 October 1835.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">[ii]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Her
abode was listed as <a href="http://g.co/maps/qdcqq" target="_blank">Hadley</a>. Her father,
George, was listed as a labourer and her mother as Sarah. The last name was
spelled Meers just as it was in the LDS branch record.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarah
was five years old when her sister, Emma, was born in Batheaston, Somersetshire.
This meant that George, Sarah Ann--the mother, and the four girls moved from
Hadley before Emma’s birth. The 6 June 1841 census listed Sarah and noted
George’s occupation as railway labourer.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">[iii]</span></span></span></a> This
might have accounted for the move since
there was great growth in the rail industry at this time period in England. <i>Sarah Meears was listed as a six year
old in that census even though her birthday was still two months away.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On 30 March 1851 the family was living on Upper Bishop Street in
Birmingham but Sarah is not listed in the household that day.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[iv]</span></span></span></a>
A search in the 1851 census was unfruitful.
She was 15 and could have been working out as a servant. This assumption was further supported by the
report in in the Bristol Road Branch Records that listed her as a dress maker.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[v]</span></span></span></a>
This source recorded her baptism 21 October 1851 by Henry Cooper, a priest, and
confirmation 22 October 1851, by Elder Henry Brides. It is the only record for
her in the 1850s. She was again counted
with the family 7 April 1861 in the census record and was still working as a
dress maker.<span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title="">[vi]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn6" name="_ednref6" title=""></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Later in that year, on 22 December 1861, Sarah married John William
Amerson in All Saints parish, Birmingham, Warwickshire.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn7" name="_ednref7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[vii]</span></span></span></a>
A <a href="http://www.freebmd.org.uk/" target="_blank">FreeBMD</a> search in the marriage index showed records for both John and Sarah
on the same volume and page for the 4<sup>th</sup> Quarter of 1861.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn8" name="_ednref8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[viii]</span></span></span></a>
The marriage record was ordered and received from the General Register Office
(GRO). The marriage, after banns, was of John William Amerson, 22, bachelor,
commercial clerk residing on Sherlock Street whose father was John Amerson, a
miller, to Sarah Meears who was 25, a spinster, and draper’s assistant, also
residing at Sherlock Street whose father was George Meears who worked in
agriculture.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn9" name="_ednref9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[ix]</span></span></span></a>
The marriage record was signed by the couple and witnessed by George Kenitson
and Sarah’s sister, Emma Meears. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note: Sarah was 26 years old and 4 ½ years
older than her husband when they married. (There was also a Sherlock Street
address in the 1861 census listing for Sarah’s sister, Selena Meears, who was a
servant in the Thomas Hancock household.) </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Certified copy of an entry of Marriage, General Register Office, 22 Dec. 1861, John William Amerson & Sarah Meears</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A search for the Amerson family in the later census records
found them 2 April 1871 in Edgbaston, on 80 Bristol Road.10 John was a 31 year
old corn merchant born in Olney, Buckinghamshire. Sarah, wife, 35 and a son, William G.
Amerson, 8, born Birmingham, Warwickshire were also listed with a servant, Anne
Parks.<span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title="">[x]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn10" name="_ednref10" title=""></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1871 England census, Warwickshire, Edgbaston, district 7, page 11, schedule 42, John W. Amerson household.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">John was listed as a widower in the 1881 census.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn11" name="_ednref11" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[xi]</span></span></span></a> Consequently a search in <a href="http://www.freebmd.org.uk/" target="_blank">FreeBMD</a> found Sarah Amerson's death listed in 4<sup>th</sup> Quarter,
1878, in King’s Norton records.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn12" name="_ednref12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[xii]</span></span></span></a> The certified copy of the entry of death was
ordered from the GRO. Upon arrival it revealed
death in the sub-district of Edgbaston in the counties of Warwick and Worcester
where death occurred 18 December 1878.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_edn13" name="_ednref13" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">[xiii]</span></span></span></a>
They resided at 93 Belgrave Road, Edgbaston, Warwick. Sarah Amerson was the 44
year old wife of John William Amerson, a corn merchant. The informant was William Amerson, her
sixteen year old son, who was present at the death at their home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref1" name="_edn1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[i]</span></span></a> Sarah Meers, Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, Bristol Road Branch, British Mission, Record of Members,
1852-1857, item 1, Branch Register, page
22, number 4, FHL film 86988.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref2" name="_edn2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[ii]</span></span></a>
Sarah Meers christened 18 October 1835, Church
of England, Bishop’s Transcripts for Ombersley, 1608-1876, Baptisms and
burials, 1820-1838, page 182, no. 1353, FHL film 350594.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref3" name="_edn3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iii]</span></span></a>
Sarah Meears in the George Meears household,
Batheaston, Somerset, England 1841 census, district 1, folio 11, page 14, line
13, Batheaston Street, www.ancestry.com, accessed 9 September 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iv]</span></span></a>
George
and Sarah A. Meers household, 1851 England census, Warwick, Birmingham, St
Martin, district 8, folio 208, page 4, householder 43, Upper Bishop St.,
accessed 11 October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[v]</span></span></a>
Bristol Road Branch, item 1, Branch Register,
page 22, number 4, FHL film 86988.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref6" name="_edn6" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[vi]</span></span></a>
Sarah Meears, daughter in Sarah Ann Meears
household, St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England 1861 census, district
11, folio 22, page 37, household 184, www.ancestry.com, accessed 7 September
2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref7" name="_edn7" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[vii]</span></span></a> John William Amerson and Sarah Meears
marriage 22 December 1861, All Saints, Birmingham, Warwick, England, “England
Marriages, 1538-1973,” index; batch number M07142-3, FHL film 1520008 (FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org):
accessed October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref8" name="_edn8" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[viii]</span></span></a>
John William Amerson and Sarah Meears marriage,
1861,Q4 Dec, A, page 31 and 1861, Q4 Dec, M, page 82, <i>England & Wales, Free BMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983</i>, vol. 6d,
page 19, www.freebmd.org.uk, accessed 5 March 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref9" name="_edn9" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[ix]</span></span></a>
John William Amerson and Sarah Meears marriage
entry on 22 December 1861, citing 6d/19/316, All Saints parish, Birmingham,
Warwick; General Registry Office, Southport, England.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref10" name="_edn10" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[x]</span></span></a>
John W. and Sarah Amerson household, Edgbaston,
Warwickshire, England 1871 census, district 7, page 11, schedule 42, 80 Bristol
Road, www.ancestry.com, accessed 12 October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref11" name="_edn11" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[xi]</span></span></a>
John W. Anderson household, St Martin,
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England 1881 census, district 5, page 42, schedule
235, www.ancestry.com, accessed 21 October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson/Sarah%20Meears%20Amerson%20blog.docx#_ednref12" name="_edn12" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[xii]</span></span></a> Sarah Amerson death entry, “<i>England & Wales, Free BMD Death Index:
1837-1983</i>,” A, Q4 1878, page 5,
column 2, <u>www.ancestry.com,</u> accessed 12 October 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sarah Amerson death entry, 18 December 1878,
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><i>A search was performed in the Ombersley parish records for any record using the Meears surname [under any of its variant spellings] for the years 1833 to 1840 because these were the years George and Sarah Ann Gibson Meears lived with their family in that area. We know they had moved to Batheaston in Somersetshire by 9 September 1840 when their daughter Emma was born. </i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The only records listed under the Meears surname for the 1833-1840 period of time were connected with their family. Thus, it was concluded that Eliza Mears of Hadley was the daughter of George and Sarah Ann Gibson Meears and had died as an infant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is important to note that this child <b>did</b> live. There is often an effort to combine her records with those of her sister, Elizabeth, who was listed as Eliza on the </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Amazon’s</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> manifest when she emigrated. Elizabeth was born 3 July 1833 and lived a full life, married Thomas Sunderland Hawkins, and had descendants. Elizabeth Meears Hawkins died in Mexico 20 March 1901. See the previous blog. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-50663956142125274692012-02-28T00:04:00.001-08:002012-03-05T15:02:22.248-08:00Elizabeth Meears Hawkins 1833-1901 continued… Born in England – Died in Mexico<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">In the February 16</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">
blog we were able to trace Betsey from her birth in Ombersley in 1833, thru her
appearance in the 7 April 1861English census records.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Elizabeth’s life then
moved abroad as she emigrated with her mother and siblings. They arrived in New
York on 20 July 1863 aboard the <i>Amazon</i>.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[i]</span></span></span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">There was not much
published about the <i>Amazon</i>. I found </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">this picture on <i>Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada. This site is a virtual exhibition and educational website produced by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.</i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f7f7eb; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0b5394; font-size: 14pt;">[ii]</span></b></span></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </span> <o:p></o:p><span style="background-color: #f7f7eb; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">This ship was built in 1861 and its’ name later changed.</span><span style="background-color: #f7f7eb; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f7f7eb; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">This <i>Amazon</i> is the only ship I have found functioning in the correct time period; it is possibly the ship the Meears family traveled on.</span></div>
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about Elizabeth’s life has not been found so church and census records were used
to piece together her life. Her marriage
and sealing to Thomas Hawkins were performed on 28 May 1864 in the Endowment
House, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was also the date she received her
initiatory and endowment ordinances.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[iii]</span></span></span></a>
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she was part of a polygamous marriage when she appeared in the census, 21 Jul
1870, in the 14<sup>th</sup> Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lake, Utah, with her two
children, Elizabeth and David. They lived next door to Thomas and his first wife, Hariet
Hawkins, who had six children.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[iv]</span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">She was living in Lehi,
Utah with Thomas, who was working as a tin smith, and their four children, Elizabeth, David, Alma and Louisa on
3 June 1880.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_edn5" name="_ednref5" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[v]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Elizabeth and her family
did not appear in any other US records and might have moved to Mexico before
the 1900 US census was taken. The Mormon
colonies in Mexico were believed to have been settled when the federal
government tried to curb polygamy by making it a felony. Since the Hawkins families were participating
in the practice, they could have been among the first colonists that located
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20 July 1863, passengers 369-375, 391, <u>www.ancestry.com</u>, accessed 28
November 2011; Sarah Ann Mears family emigration record 20 June 1863, Record of
Members, Birmingham, Warwickshire Branch, item 4, page 83, FHL film 86981.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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accessed 27 February 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_ednref3" name="_edn3" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iii]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Elizabeth Meears, Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, IGI, batch 6940194, FHL film 035130; Thomas Hawkins
sealing to Elizabeth Mears, 28 May 1864, EHOUS, Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, IGI, FHL film 183395, page 325, reference 6699.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iv]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Elizabeth Hawkins household, Salt Lake
City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, US 1870 census, ward 14, page 14, lines 15-17,
dwelling 99, household 29, <u>www.ancestry.com</u>, accessed 21 October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Betsey%20Meears%20emigrates%20to%20USA%20then%20marries%20and%20moves%20to%20Mexico.docx#_ednref5" name="_edn5" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference">[v]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Thomas and Elizabeth Hawkins household, Lehi,
Utah, Utah , US 1880 census, ed 87, page 6B, lines 34-43, dwelling 44,
household 45, <u>www.ancestry.com</u>, accessed 21 October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Latter-day Saints (Juárez Ward), Library number 26365, FHL microfilm 35130,
lines 167-175; Elizabeth Hawkins burial Colonia Juarez created by TB,
findagrave.com, accessed November 2011.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-83963128544736283672012-02-21T11:27:00.001-08:002012-03-05T15:33:13.222-08:00Smith Farm Apples<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the reasons I chose to create a blog for the George and Sarah Ann
Gibson Meears family was because I was unable to find documentation on the family. I was also sad to find very little narrative
history even after I had begun to find sources. I had always
been told that Aunt Norma left her files to her son, Glen Smith, in Lehi.
In order to make the podcast I went to visit him and spent several
hours at his home. He allowed me to copy a history of Oliver Smith that
was written by Mary Pulley. This told of the farm that Jane and Oliver
Smith created South of American Fork and West of Pleasant Grove. Today
it is being</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> divided up and sold. Much of the property is condominiums.
I asked my father to travel there with me and tell me some of his
memories. This is a recording of Ronald Glen Smith telling his
experience as a child on the farm of William T. Smith. This was the
original Oliver and Jane Meears Smith family farm that is told about in
the life story written by Mary Pulley. To listen to the podcast please see the right sidebar.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-71816846925959763822012-02-16T12:33:00.000-08:002012-03-05T15:17:08.106-08:00Elizabeth "Betsey" Meears or is it Mears, Meers, or Miers?<br />
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born on 3 July 1833 in Ombersley, Worcestershire, England. Her christening on
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listed her as Elizabeth, daughter of George and Sarah<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Miers</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of Hadley.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Footnotes%20for%20Elizabeth%2018%20Feb%202012.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span></span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Her baptism ceremony was performed by L. H. Burrows, Curate. Starting with this record on July 28<sup>th</sup> 1833 through January of 1838 he was the recorder of all entries for the family found in the Ombersley parish records. These entries were made while the family resided in <a href="http://g.co/maps/7eu7a" target="_blank">Hadley</a>. Google Maps shows this to be a small hamlet 1.2 miles away from Ombersley. It is about a 23 minute walk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;">When Elizabeth was age seven, her family had
moved to <a href="http://g.co/maps/kdrsv" target="_blank">Batheaston, Somerset</a>, England as recorded 6 June 1841on the census
record. They had lived there at least six months since her newest sister, Emma,
was listed as having been born in the county of Somerset on the record. Today
this move is an 82 mile car ride or 70 mile walk.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;">It was possible
that they moved by rail since her father, George, was listed as a railway
worker in the census.</span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Footnotes%20for%20Elizabeth%2018%20Feb%202012.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[2]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Footnotes%20for%20Elizabeth%2018%20Feb%202012.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Elizabeth worked as a shoe binder and lived on Upper Bishop
Street, St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire when listed in the 30 March 1851
census. This census was the most complete of all the family listings found in
research. It included her parents, George and Sarah Meers and their children:
Mary A; Elizabeth; Jane; Emma; Selena; George; and Louisa. Missing are Eliza,
who died in infancy, and Sarah who has as yet not been found in the census
records that year.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Footnotes%20for%20Elizabeth%2018%20Feb%202012.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span></span></a> [Sarah may have been off
working but was listed with them again on 7 April 1861 in the family census
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<span style="font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Elizabeth’s occupation had changed to book binding in the
1861census. She was also listed as a book binder in the Bristol Road Branch
Records previously mentioned. The family seems to be very industrious in both
these records. It appeared they were all working toward immigration to
the United States. Father, George, and Mary Ann had both emigrated prior
to 1861.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Footnotes%20for%20Elizabeth%2018%20Feb%202012.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: Perpetua, serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Footnotes%20for%20Elizabeth%2018%20Feb%202012.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;" title="">[2]</a> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Elizabeth Meears in George Meears household, Batheaston, Somerset, England 1841 census, district 1, folio 11, page 14, line 15, Batheaston Street, </span><u style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.ancestry.com</u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">, accessed 9 September 2011. </span></span></div>
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daughter in Sarah Ann Meears household, St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
England 1861 census, district 11, folio 22, page 37, household 184, <u>www.ancestry.com</u>,
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-9837629372875751702012-02-05T02:30:00.000-08:002012-02-16T21:20:23.212-08:00Mary Ann Meears Taysum (1829-1891)...<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Twenty-year-old Mary Ann Meears was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 19 September 1850, just two days after sisters, Elizabeth, Emma, and Selina. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Their father preceded them when he joined the LDS church in January of 1848 and was followed by their mother in March the following year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Sarah A., Mary Ann and Elizabeth were listed as shoe binders in the 1851 English census. The other girls were listed “at home” on Upper Bishop Street. Brother George was the only family member listed as a scholar while father, George, labored at agriculture. The birth place listings revealed the variety of homes the family had lived in since their parent's marriage in Birmingham; moving first to Ombersley, Worcestershire; then to Bath, Somersetshire; back to Warwickshire at Solihull; and finally by 1851 back to the city of Birmingham.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Documents/%231%20BYU-Jan/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Mary%20Ann%20Meears%20Blog%20post%20%232.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="line-height: 115%;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the age of 25, Mary Ann was the first member to go to Zion. She traveled in the Richard Ballantyne Company with the group of ten that included her future in laws, Thomas and Alice Hinton Taysum and their children Nathaniel and Mary Ann [having the same name probably created confusion]. They arrived in the valley 25 Sep 1855.</span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Documents/%231%20BYU-Jan/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Mary%20Ann%20Meears%20Blog%20post%20%232.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="">[2]</a></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">She died of nervous prostration at the age of 61, on 4 June 1891, and was buried on the 7</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Documents/%231%20BYU-Jan/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Mary%20Ann%20Meears%20Blog%20post%20%232.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 27px;">[6]</span></span></span></a><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"> </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The photo of the headstone was taken February 2, 2012 and shows just how fast evidence of a life can be erased. Hopefully someday the descendants of her eight children will find more of her life to share beyond the bare bones of these statistics.</span>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-35611390058695747822012-01-26T09:39:00.000-08:002012-01-26T09:52:17.927-08:00Mary Ann Meears Born 15 Nov.1829 in Birmingham<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxRikCL9jam2JywBVlba7xxy7Hs8ABQhxAHSB1dDtZAQEKLstOsg7-QQlafLEUsKjoC0A1VtlrKCbbb2DY5LzEpzNMVhTNr7iOkD3uSrFmtvX4KmkQLgzjcDwzTtmOW3VOBZPHs0E08U/s1600/1829+Dec+7+BTs+Baptism+Mary+Ann+Meers.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxRikCL9jam2JywBVlba7xxy7Hs8ABQhxAHSB1dDtZAQEKLstOsg7-QQlafLEUsKjoC0A1VtlrKCbbb2DY5LzEpzNMVhTNr7iOkD3uSrFmtvX4KmkQLgzjcDwzTtmOW3VOBZPHs0E08U/s320/1829+Dec+7+BTs+Baptism+Mary+Ann+Meers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701997148112038514" /></a><br /><p class="narrativetext"><b>Mary Ann MEEARS,</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the oldest child of George and Sarah Ann was born 15 November 1829 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England just one year after their marriage. Her baptism took place the following month 7 December 1829. The christening record is listed in the Bishop's Transcripts at the Parish of Saint Martin’s, Birmingham. They were living on Park Street and her father was listed as a labourer. If you look closely at the page you can see that from December 1<sup>st</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to the 7<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the name Mary Ann was listed 4 times in</p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJG-C3l3_ugJ_MryGR2RszMCCWIkw8njHLR2zqpgGf5zVb5iN75lrmwAwf4GoNHZMKRcRiqGufpO6DyyrvnvE0XFfYXc9D1vr13GuL4CXobv7G3TF7Cnl1mKfRuwkUsQUA6cr6Tk7ZUAg/s320/1841+Batheaston+Census+-+Meears.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701997316881604818" />this parish record. It must have been a very popular name at the time.<p class="narrativetext"><o:p></o:p></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <p class="narrativetext">By the time Mary Ann is 12 years old and is listed as Mary in the census taken on 6 June 1841, the family is living in Batheaston, Somerset, England. She has four living sisters who are Elizabeth, Sarah, Jane, and Emma. Her father, George, is listed as a Railroad labourer, and her family has moved several times. Note on the two records shown that the last name is listed as <b>Meears and Meers</b>. These are only two of the variant spellings that are found in the records as I tracked this family.<o:p></o:p></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <p class="narrativetext">I’ll continue the life of Mary Ann in my next blog. She continues to lead her family with a variety of firsts.<o:p></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-33607354906533029292012-01-17T20:49:00.000-08:002012-03-05T15:27:44.943-08:00George Meears marries Sarah Ann Gibson<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421214962375943077.post-35687941303819400112012-01-08T16:06:00.000-08:002012-02-18T21:14:44.002-08:00Jane Meears Smith (1837-1909)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Jane Meers
was born on 11 December 1837 at two in the morning.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span></span></a> Her mother, Sarah, was the
informant on the birth record listed in the General Record Office. Sarah said her residence was Ombersley, in
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the fifth daughter of George and Sarah Ann (Gibson) Meears. Her christening 7
January 1838 was recorded in Church of England records from the parish church
of Ombersley. <a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
It was from this record that we learn that the family abode was Hadley, a hamlet
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Jane was
three years old when the census was taken on 6 June 1841.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span></span></a> Her father, George, was working as a railway
labourer and living in Batheaston, Somersetshire. Her
living sisters were Mary, 12; Elizabeth, 8; Sarah, 6; and Emma, 6 months old. The
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The George
and Sarah A. Meers family had moved to Upper Bishop’s Street in St. Martin,
Birmingham, in the neighboring shire of Warwick, when the census was taken on
30 March 1851.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></span></span></a>
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baptized by Elder Thomas Taysum 23 September 1852 in Birmingham and confirmed a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the same day.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></span></span></a> As a side note: Jane’s
sister, Mary Ann, marries Andrew Taysum, the son of Thomas, in Salt Lake City
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Jane was hard
to find in England in 1861. A Jane Mears
was living as a family servant in the Mathew B. Copeman family residence in
Edgbaston, Warwickshire.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></span></span></a> This Jane’s age was 22 and her birthplace
listed as Bath, Somerset. The age is off by 2 years and the birthplace that of
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Jane
emigrated from the Port of London on the ship <i>Amazon</i> and arrived 20 July 1863 in New York, New York, USA.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></span></span></a> Jane traveled with her
mother, Sarah Ann Meears, and siblings; Elizabeth, Emma, Selina, George, and
Louisa. Future brothers-in-law, Joseph Blunt, a shoemaker, and Oliver E.
Roberts, a carpenter, traveled on the same ship. They were all listed in the
Birmingham LDS Record of Members emigrant page for 1863.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Oliver Smith’s marriage was estimated from the birth 26 November 1864, of their
first daughter, Emma Louise Smith, in American Fork. Oliver was the son of
Arnold and Charlotte (Blake) Smith, born 10 April 1837 in Horley Oxfordshire,
England. Together they had nine children: Emma Louise; Charlotte Elizabeth;
Oliver George; Edward A.; William Thomas; Alonzo Franklin; Alma Arnold; Alice
Eliza; and Sarah Ann Smith. The family
appears in the Pleasant Grove, Utah census records on both 7 June 1880 and 21
June 1900.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jane
received her LDS ordinances in 1868 in the Endowment House when she was sealed
to her spouse. Jane was sealed to her parents in 1900 in the Salt Lake temple
thus completing all her LDS ordinances in her lifetime. She died
of obstruction of bowels on 3 August 1909 at the age of 71 in American Fork and
was buried on the 5th in American Fork City Cemetery.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Jan/Desktop/%231%20Winter%202012/Computer%20-%20History%20434/Meears%20Blog%20Post%20articles/Jane%20Meers%20edited%20article%20with%20footnotes%20-%2018%20February%202012.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title="">[10]</a></span></span></span></div>
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Meers birth entry, born 11 December 1838; citing 18/223/68, Droitwich Union
registration and Ombersley & Hartlebury sub-district; General Registry Office,
Southport. [County of Worcester, registered January 4<sup>th</sup> 1838 by
Registrar Thomas Peirce Medwin.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Parish Church of Ombersley, Bishop’s transcripts for Ombersley, 1608-1876,
Baptisms and burials, 1820-1838, page 1, number 1, FHL film 350594, item 3.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mayars household, Batheaston, Somersetshire, England 1841 census, district 1,
folio 11, page 14, line 14, www.ancestry.com, accessed 9 September 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A. Meers household, St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England 1851 census,
district 8, folio 208, page 4, www.ancetry.com, accessed 11 October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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membership entry, Bristol Road Branch, British Mission, Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints (Warwickshire).
Record of members, ca. 1844-1857, Historian’s Office Library, The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Item 1, Branch Register, page 22, no. 5,
FHL microfilm 86988.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mary Copeman household, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England 1861 census, district
7, folio 133, page 57, household 264, www.ancestry.com, accessed 20 October
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20 July 1863, passengers 369-375, 391, <u>www.ancestry.com</u>, accessed 28
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family emigration record 20 June 1863, Record of Members, Birmingham,
Warwickshire Branch, item 4, page 83, FHL film 86981.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Smith household, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, 1880 US census, enumeration
district 89, page 12, lines 22-30, dwelling 100, family 105 accessed 20 October
2011; Oliver and Jane Smith household, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, 1900 US census,
enumeration district 162, sheet 21B, line 60, www.ancestry.com, accessed 20
October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Smith, 3 August 1909, American Fork, Utah, Utah, death certificate image, file
no. 303 [530]. “Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956,” www.familysearch.org,
accessed 20 October 2011.</span></div>
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