See also

Family of Stanley Abram Meekings and Adelaide Elizabeth Dunstan

  • Husband:

  • Stanley Abram Meekings (1896-1976)

  • Wife:

  • Adelaide Elizabeth Dunstan (1890-1967)

  • Marriage:

  • 1921

  • Victoria, Australia1,2

Husband: Stanley Abram Meekings

  • Name:

  • Stanley Abram Meekings3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Frank Meekings (1871-1912)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Charlotte Hammond (1869-1961)

  • Birth:

  • 7 Jun 1896

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1,3,5,6

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • 271 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living with his parents Frank and Emma, and brothers Frank and Charles. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • 271 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son working as a barbers boy and living in five rooms with his parents Frank and Emma, and brothers Frank, Charles and Cyril. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Military Beginning:

  • 1917 (age 21 yrs 4 mns)

  • Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

  •  

  • as no:8219 in the Australian Army

  • Death:

  • 22 Jan 1976 (age 79)

  • Brighton, Bayside City, Victoria, Australia1,4

  • Interred:

  • 1976

  • Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia1

  •  

  • and he is aslo recorded in the Australian War Graves section, Wall A, Inscription 001

Wife: Adelaide Elizabeth Dunstan

  • Name:

  • Adelaide Elizabeth Dunstan7,8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 2 Mar 1890

  • Collingwood, Yarra City, Victoria, Australia7,8

  •  

  • daughter of John Dunstan and Catherine Emily nee Pow

  • Death:

  • 21 Mar 1967 (age 77)

  • Hampton, Bayside City, Victoria, Australia7,9

  • Interred:

  • 1967

  • Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia7

Note on Husband: Stanley Abram Meekings

Stanley emigrated to Australia, the only travel record found was in September 1911 when he would have been 15, so this record has not been included in case it is wrong

Note on Wife: Adelaide Elizabeth Dunstan

Previously married Thomas Henry Bell in Victoria Australia in 19137,10

Sources

1.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:203067757. Cit. Date: 18 January 2024.

2.

Victoria Government Registry, (on-line at www.my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history). 1921 register:11921/1921. Cit. Date: 18 January 2024.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1896 quarter:3 volume:4a page:893. Cit. Date: 15 January 2024.

4.

Victoria Government Registry, (on-line at www.my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history). 1976 register:2193/1976. Cit. Date: 18 January 2024.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1779 folio:139 page:23 schedule:155. Cit. Date: 15 January 2024.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10840 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:15 schedule:235. Cit. Date: 15 January 2024.

7.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). memorial id:203067910. Cit. Date: 18 January 2024.

8.

Victoria Government Registry, (on-line at www.my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history). Collingwood 1890 register:11624/1890. Cit. Date: 18 January 2024.

9.

Ibid. 1967 register:6218/1967. Cit. Date: 18 January 2024.

10.

Ibid. 1913 register:2394/1913. Cit. Date: 18 January 2024.