Florence Stacey Barton Meads (1893 - 1975)

Born 10 Dec 1893 in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Died 1975 at about age 81 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

This profile is part of the Meads Name Study.

Florence was born in 1893. She is the daughter of Thomas Meads and Ada Harris. She was baptised on 22 January 1894 at St Leonards Christ Church, Sussex, England.^[1]

In the 1901 census Florence (age 7) was in Hastings at a boarding school , All Saints, Sussex, England.^[2]

Florence G B Meads F 7 Hastings

In the 1911 census Flora (age 17), General Servant, was the single servant of David Kershaw at 71 Magdalen Road, Wandsworth Common S W, Wandsworth, London, England.^[3]

David Kershaw Head Single M 37 PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Trim, Antrim, Ireland

Ellen Kershaw House keeper (housekeeper) Single F 37 House Keeper Ridge, Sussex, England

Flora Stacy Borton Meads Servant Single F 17 General Servant St Leonard, Sussex, England

In the 1921 census Florence (age 27), Staff Nurse Acting Baby Ward, was a single officer in Cornwall Nursing Hostel, Princes Road, Lambeth, London & Surrey, England.^[4]

In the 1939 register Florence (age 45), Certified Childrens Nurse, was recorded as single at 37, Battersea, London, England.^[5]

Thomas Henry Meads Married M 16 Aug 1885 Railway Checker

Lilian Meads Married F 18 Apr 1897 Coal Office Clerk

Florence S B Meads Single F 10 Dec 1893 Certified Childrens Nurse

Edward A Smith Married M 13 Aug 1887 Electrician (Heavy Worker) Facto Maintenance

Gertrude E Smith Married F 20 Jun 1890 Unpaid Domestic Duties

Dorothy M Smith Single F 3 Apr 1916 Printer Multigraph Operators

Closed Record

Florence's death (age 81) was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1975 in the Hastings district.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920", East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR 470/1/2/3, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 62125 #1627341 (accessed 22 February 2024), Florence Stacey Barton Meads baptism on 22 Jan 1894, child of Thomas Meads & Ada Meads, at St Leonards Christ Church, Sussex, England.
2. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England Census", Class: RG13; Piece: 864; Folio: 12; Page: 16; ED, institution, or vessel: 01; Household schedule number: 101, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7814 #6086421 (accessed 22 February 2024), Florence G B Meads (7) in Hastings, All Saints in Hastings registration district in Sussex, England. Born in Hastings.
3. ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 England Census", The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911; Registration District Number: 26; ED, institution, or vessel: 19; Piece: 2388, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2352 #3835910 (accessed 22 February 2024), Flora Stacy Borton Meads (17), single servant, General Servant, in household of David Kershaw (37) at 71 Magdalen Road, Wandsworth Common S W, Wandsworth, London, England. Born in St Leonard, Sussex, England.
4. ↑ 1921 Census: "1921 Census Of England & Wales", Archive: The National Archives; Series: RG 15; Piece number: 02025; Page: 1; District reference: RD 25 RS 2 ED 10, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 22 February 2024), Florence Meads (27), single officer, Staff Nurse Acting Baby Ward, in Cornwall Nursing Hostel, Princes Road in Lambeth registration district in London & Surrey, England. Born in St Leonard's on Sea, Sussex, England. Employed by Cornwall Nursery Hostel, Kennington S E 11.
5. ↑ 1939 Register: "1939 England and Wales Register", The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/32b; Line Number: 39; Schedule Number: 132; Sub Schedule Number: 3, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61596 #5969002 (accessed 22 February 2024), Florence S B Meads (born 10 Dec 1893), single, Certified Childrens Nurse, at 37, Battersea, London, England.
6. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007", General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 18; Page: 1106, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7579 #45369726 (accessed 22 February 2024), Florence Stacey B Meads death registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1975 in Hastings (born 10 Dec 1893).