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Yes Janey. I am still sitting here looking through the docs and Meeklenburgh is the maiden name. The child is called Eliza Charlotte Smith. You were spot on with her details, I can confirm. Its her mother the German I want to trae. I presume the spellings from those days vary depending on the dialect/pronunciation.

A relative sent me photo copies of Eliza Charlottes birth. I have it in front of me.:: 23/03/1867
Eliza Charlotte
Father Charles Smith
Mother Sarah Elizabeth Smith, formerley Meeklenburgh
Occupation of father Farm Labourer
Residence of informant Sarah Smith Hareleigh

The thing is, Teresa - one post per subject. It's in the rules.

No one who saw this thread had seen the previous thread. And once again, you didn't offer up the information you do have (like the father's name!) until people had already spent time researching.

Apart from being against the rules, it isn't to your advantage to start new threads.

Everyone who had helped in your existing thread - like June who found the birth record - was ready to keep helping, and just waiting for you to come back with the birth cert info. We were familar with the question. You start another thread, and you lose those people. I just happened to be looking around when you started the new thread, and to recognize the names.

And then you lose people who've spent time on searches that have already been done and aren't well pleased.

So, bad idea all round.

Marriages Mar 1866
MECKLENBURGH Sarah E Maldon 4a 213
Smith Charles Maldon 4a 213


All I did was search at FreeBMD for the marriage of a Sarah to Charles Smith, in Essex, 1850 to 1870.

I did send you a reply earlier to let you know what I had tonight. I didnt realise there are rules about this/another thread etc.

No, Teresa, your PM said you had documents, confirming Eliza Charlotte's previous marriage, but did not give any other information.

For the rest - where you compose your post, it says:

"Before posting, please read the guidelines for message board use."

Always wise to do that.

So sorry.

I would guess, in 1861:

Name: Sarah Mecklingburgh
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Wife
-- "Wife" is *crossed out* and "Daur" entered
Spouse's Name: Matthas [father]
Where born: Purleigh, Essex, England
Occupation: dressmaker

Name: Matthas Mecklingburgh
Age: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah
Where born: Earl Bergholt, Suffolk, England
Occupation: Miller / Journeyman

Civil parish: Colchester St Botolph

Matthas Mecklingburgh 61
Sarah Mecklingburgh 19


But you need the marriage certificate to get her father's name!

I was looking under meeklenburgh/meeklinburg/meeklinbugh. So difficult to get the spelling Thanks Janey

So -- get the mrge cert and come back to *this thread* with it!


In 1851 that Matthias is a servant, married, not with family.

But here's a stroke of luck -- IF these are your people.


1851

Civil parish: Witham

Gabina Tyler 42
Nathan Micklingbrugh 15
Elijah Micklingbrugh 14
Maria Micklingbrugh 9
Mary Ann Mecklingbrugh 7
Charles Mecklingbrugh 6
Arthur Mecklingbrugh 4
Sarah Mecklingbrugh 3

Name: Gabina Tyler
[Sabina Mecklenburgh]
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Relation: Head
Where born: Bocking, Essex, England


An Ancestry user has corrected her name -- and says that Tyler was her birth surname. Are you an Ancestry subscriber? If so, you can go to that record and click on the corrected name, and then click on the name of the user who corrected it and send a message.

The user is very active -- 888 message board posts! -- and has research interests that include names in Germany, so would probably be an invaluable source of info.

so glad i seen this thread or i wouldnt know what happened !!!!!

dont know why i bother helping people ?


June x

Again June, so sorry about this, and thank you for all the help. Amazing that it changed from Meeklenburgh to Mecklenburgh over the years, and now there are hundreds of them.

Very interesting, Teresa!

When you say "reply", was this from the Ancestry user?

I can't say it often enough: correct / add notes to every relation you find at Ancestry! Someday, somebody related will see your name and get in touch.

I've just had a contact last week from ... wait for it ... a gr-granddaughter of the brother of the mother of "Uncle Charlie" - my mother's aunt's husband, who came to Canada as an orphaned Barnardo's boy and never again had any contact with family in England. I had discovered his parents' names on his marriage record in Ontario, and added this info to records for him and his mother at Ancestry. I'm working on putting Charlie's grandchildren (my generation), who grew up in the US, in touch.

No this was from a person on the search in genes reunited. I put in the name in the format of Mecklenburgh and up popped loads. I sent a message over to them by the dates and got thiss reply back tonight

Thread for this has been closed now, thanks Ladies and all who helped

On FreeBMD, Ancestry, etc use Meek*, Meeck* or Meck*