Lucy (Daw) Mepham (1835 - 1918)

Born 1835 in Warbleton, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Wife of James Mepham — married Jul 1857 in Hailsham, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1918 at about age 83 in Sussex, England

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Biography

Lucy (Daw) Mepham was born in Warbleton, Sussex, England.

Birth

Lucy Dawe was born in April 1835 at Herstmonceux, Sussex, England. She was the daughter of Benjamin Dawe and Hester (Bradford) Dawe.

In the 1851 Census^[1] Lucy Dawe (age 16) is working as a servant in the home of John and Elizabeth Huggett at Warbleton, Sussex, England.

Marriage

Lucy Dawe married^[2] James Mepham on 11 Jul 1857 at St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex, England. They had 7 children:

James Henry (born 1858),

Benjamin (born 1860),

Wiliam (born 1863),

Naomi (born 1865),

Horace (born 1867),

Margaret Jane (born 1870) and

Mercy Ann (born 4 November 1876).

Death

Lucy (Dawe) Mepham died^[3] in 1918. The death is recorded at Hailsham in 1918^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "1851 Census" Class: HO107; Piece: 1638; Folio: 164; Page: 17; GSU roll: 193541 Ancestry Record 8860 #1692277
2. ↑ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q4-WMCY
3. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 1 May 2021)", database entry for Mepham, Lucy - Age at death was 83 GRO Reference: 1918 M Quarter in HAILSHAM Volume 02B Page 134.
4. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Theresa Bashford, Tuesday, February 24, 2015