Emma McBride Weir (Preston) Meares (1822 - 1900)

Born 2 May 1822 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Turtle Horn Meares — married 6 Aug 1846 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1900 at age 77 in St Petersburg, Hillsborough County, FL

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Emma (Preston) Meares is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Emma McBride Wier Preston was born 2 May 1822 in Nassau, Bahamas to William Thacker Preston and Mary Ann Fine Preston. She was christened at Christ Church, Nassau, 5 January 1823.

In the summer of 1846, Emma married Richard Turtle Horn Meares, son of William George Meares and Meriam Amelia Roberts Meares, in Key West, Florida. The couple had children William Fletcher, Richard Turtle, George Wesley, Alfred Franklin, Clarence Alday, Robert, and Emma Meares. Richard and Emma moved their family in 1859 - 1860 and helped establish Anona, Florida (much of which is now Largo.)

Emma McBride Wier Preston Meares died in Pinellas County, Florida 18 April 1900 at 78 years of age. She is buried at St. Bartholomew Episcopal Cemetery, St. Petersburg.

Sources

• Kinfolks, volume 2 - William Curry Harllee, Kinfolks, volume 2 (931 Lafayette St., New Orleans, LA: Searcy & Pfaff, Ltd., 1935).

• Monroe County, Florida, Marriage Index pg 5, "Deed Record Book D, Page 235, Richard Meares and Emma Preston, 6 Aug 1846"; "Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31340-22497-69 : accessed 8 June 2016), Monroe > Deeds 1849-1857 vol E > image 261 of 518; Monroe County, Florida.

• Source: 1850 Census Florida, Monroe County, Key West District 2, Sheet 168 stamped, Line 32, House 345, Family 364, Mears, RIchard household
• Source: 1860 Census Florida, Monroe County, Key West. Page 18 written between stamped pages 353 & 355, Line 33, Household 151, Family 147. Fernando J. Moreno, Ass't Marshall.

• Source: 1870 Census1870 US Census, Florida, Hillsborough County, population schedule, Tampa Post Office, page 71 (written) 147 (stamped), dwelling 562, family 562, Richard and Emma Meares family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11675-87733-97?cc=1438024 : accessed 31 May 2016), Florida > Hillsborough > Hillsborough County > image 71 of 82; citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 130.

• Source: 1880 Census1880 US Census, Florida, Hillsborough County, population schedule, Precinct 2, ED 61, Page 7C (written) 393 (Stamped), dwelling 74, family 74, Richard T H and Emma McB W Mears family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25142-8219-15 : accessed 31 May 2016), Florida > Hillsborough > Precinct 2 > ED 61 > image 3 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 128.

• Source: 1885 Census 1885 Florida Census, Hillsborough County, population schedule, page 43C, family 446, R. H. and Emma Meares family ; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11806-134450-74 : accessed 2 June 2016), Hillsborough > Population > image 147 of 168; citing NARA microfilm publication M845, roll 4.

• Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Florida Marriages, 1822-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999, Key West, Monroe County, 1846.

• Find A Grave Memorial #25670383 - with headstone. Created by: Lisa Vivirito.

• Meares, Sarah (Roberts), diary, 1890-1916, n.p.,; Miller, Marian and Sherry Rasmussen, "Transcriptions of Sarah (Roberts) Meares Diary," Yahoo Group: Meares Researchers, 2001; Meares Family Files. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag. "1900 [...] April 18 Mrs. Emma GrandMa Meares died"