The Irish Merediths

Meredith families who settled in Ireland and their descendants

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Keith Meredith Watts

M, #8558, b. 28 February 1926, d. 22 March 2015

Parents

FatherPercy Kirk Watts b. 29 Oct 1889, d. 1974
MotherMargaret Meredith b. ca. 1894

Biography

Keith Meredith Watts was born on 28 Feb 1926. He died on 22 Mar 2015, at age 89, in Hemel Hempstead Registration District.
He was enumerated in the 1939 census with his parents at 37 Amberley Road, Southgate M.B., Middlesex.

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  • 1926
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    28 Feb 1926
  • 1974~48
    His father Percy Kirk Watts died in 1974 in Watford Registration District.
  • 201589
    Death:
    22 Mar 2015 | Hemel Hempstead Registration District


Last Edited14 Aug 2019

Richard H. Watts

M, #8559, b. 1922

Parents

FatherPercy Kirk Watts b. 29 Oct 1889, d. 1974
MotherMargaret Meredith b. ca. 1894

Biography

Richard H. Watts was born in 1922.

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  • 1922
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    1922
  • 1974~52
    His father Percy Kirk Watts died in 1974 in Watford Registration District.


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Richard Meredith

M, #8561, b. 4 November 1912

Parents

FatherJames Gardiner Meredith b. 19 Jun 1881
MotherMary Jane Bennett

Biography

Richard Meredith was born on 4 Nov 1912 in Church Street, Newtownards.1
His mother’s name is given as Minnie Gilleland on his birth certificate.

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  • 1912
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    4 Nov 1912 | Church Street, Newtownards


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  1. [S1462] Irish Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, database: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
Last Edited18 Oct 2019

Richard Joseph Patrick Meredith

M, #8563, b. 3 May 1882, d. 29 November 1957

Parents

Biography

Richard Joseph Patrick Meredith was born on 3 May 1882 in Warrington, England. He and Esther Bridget Deegan were married on 7 Oct 1908 in Maryborough Roman Catholic Church, Queen’s Co., Ireland.1 He died on 29 Nov 1957, at age 75. He was buried on 1 Dec 1957 in New Cemetery, Portlaoise.
He was the son of Thomas Meredith and Frances Elizabeth Leach of Warrington, England. He was educated at the Duke of York’s Military School and the Royal Hibernian Military School.. He joined the 3rd South Lancashire Regiment in 1900 and transferred to the 4th Leinster Regiment in Ireland in 1904. The 1911 Irish Census records him as a Soldier-Drummer. He was enumerated in the Irish Army Census of 1922 as a Bugler in the 3 Southern Division (indexed in the records as Richard Merridith)

He was baptised into the Roman Catholic faith on 6 Feb 1906 in Maryborough (now Portlaoise) Ireland, where he lived for over 50 years, latterly in Stradbally Road. His obituary was published in the Nationalist and Leinster Times on 7 Dec 1957. It described him as a well-known musician, having played with the Halle Orchestra and the British and Irish Army Bands.2

Family

Children with Esther Bridget Deegan b. ca. 1883

DaughterFrances Mary Meredith b. 31 Jul 1909
DaughterKathleen Eileen Meredith b. 21 Feb 1911
DaughterAnnie Josephine Meredith b. 7 Nov 1912
SonThomas Joseph Meredith b. 15 Aug 1914
SonWilfred Laurence Meredith b. 29 Nov 1916

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Citations

  1. [S1462] Irish Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, database: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
  2. [S1975] British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920; Ancestry.com [database online]
Last Edited1 Sep 2023

Esther Bridget Deegan

F, #8564, b. about 1883

Biography

Esther Bridget Deegan was born ca. 1883 in Queen’s County, Ireland. She and Richard Joseph Patrick Meredith were married on 7 Oct 1908 in Maryborough Roman Catholic Church, Queen’s Co., Ireland.1
She was the daughter of Thomas Deegan, a Schoolmaster.

Family

Children with Richard Joseph Patrick Meredith b. 3 May 1882, d. 29 Nov 1957

DaughterFrances Mary Meredith b. 31 Jul 1909
DaughterKathleen Eileen Meredith b. 21 Feb 1911
DaughterAnnie Josephine Meredith b. 7 Nov 1912
SonThomas Joseph Meredith b. 15 Aug 1914
SonWilfred Laurence Meredith b. 29 Nov 1916

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  1. [S1462] Irish Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, database: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
Last Edited20 Oct 2019

Frances Mary Meredith

F, #8565, b. 31 July 1909

Parents

FatherRichard Joseph Patrick Meredith b. 3 May 1882, d. 29 Nov 1957
MotherEsther Bridget Deegan b. ca. 1883

Biography

Frances Mary Meredith was born on 31 Jul 1909 in Tower Hill, Maryborough.1

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  1. [S1462] Irish Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, database: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
Last Edited19 Oct 2019

Kathleen Eileen Meredith

F, #8566, b. 21 February 1911

Parents

FatherRichard Joseph Patrick Meredith b. 3 May 1882, d. 29 Nov 1957
MotherEsther Bridget Deegan b. ca. 1883

Biography

Kathleen Eileen Meredith was born on 21 Feb 1911 in New Road, Maryborough.1

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  1. [S1462] Irish Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, database: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
Last Edited19 Oct 2019

Annie Josephine Meredith

F, #8567, b. 7 November 1912

Parents

FatherRichard Joseph Patrick Meredith b. 3 May 1882, d. 29 Nov 1957
MotherEsther Bridget Deegan b. ca. 1883

Biography

Annie Josephine Meredith was born on 7 Nov 1912 in Stradbally Road, Maryborough.1

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  1. [S1462] Irish Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, database: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
Last Edited19 Oct 2019

Thomas Joseph Meredith

M, #8568, b. 15 August 1914

Parents

FatherRichard Joseph Patrick Meredith b. 3 May 1882, d. 29 Nov 1957
MotherEsther Bridget Deegan b. ca. 1883

Biography

Thomas Joseph Meredith was born on 15 Aug 1914 in Stradbally Road, Maryborough.1

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  1. [S1462] Irish Civil Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, database: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
Last Edited19 Oct 2019

Wilfred Laurence Meredith

M, #8569, b. 29 November 1916

Parents

FatherRichard Joseph Patrick Meredith b. 3 May 1882, d. 29 Nov 1957
MotherEsther Bridget Deegan b. ca. 1883

Biography

Wilfred Laurence Meredith was born on 29 Nov 1916.1

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  1. [S1975] British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920; Ancestry.com [database online]
Last Edited19 Oct 2019

Thomas Henry Cox

M, #8571, b. 1919, d. 18 December 2005

Parents

FatherJohn James Cox b. 17 May 1880, d. 26 Oct 1939
MotherHarriet Anne Deverell b. 17 Oct 1878, d. 14 Aug 1941

Biography

Thomas Henry Cox was born in 1919 in Mountmellick Registration District. He died on 18 Dec 2005, at age ~86, in Regional Hospital, Tullamore. He was buried on 21 Dec 2005 in St. Mary’s, Geashill.

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  • 1919
    Birth:
    1919 | Mountmellick Registration District
  • 1939~20
    His father John James Cox died on 26 Oct 1939 in Ballylevin, Killeagh, Offaly.
  • 1941~22
    His mother Harriet Anne Deverell died on 14 Aug 1941 in Ballylevin, Killeagh, Offaly.
  • 2005~86
    Death:
    18 Dec 2005 | Regional Hospital, Tullamore
  • 2005
    Burial:
    21 Dec 2005 | St. Mary’s, Geashill


Last Edited20 Oct 2019