See also

Family of Arthur George Meller and Maria Parish

  • Husband:

  • Arthur George Meller (1889-1925)

  • Wife:

  • Maria Parish (1890-1960)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1924

  • Wycombe "Registration District", Buckinghamshire, England1

Husband: Arthur George Meller

  • Name:

  • Arthur George Meller2 3 1 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • carman then as a railway labourer5 6

  • Birth:

  • 23 Oct 1889

  • Tottenham, Middlesex, England2 3 7 8 5 6

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Nov 1889 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Landsdowne Road, Tottenham, Middlesex, England3

  •  

  • son of Robert Meller (warehouseman) and Sarah Annie of 30 Scales Road, born on 23rd October 1889

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1)

  • 30 Scales Road, Tottenham, Middlesex, England7

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Robert and Sarah, brother Robert, and sister Rose. Born in Tottenham Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • 18 Gillray Square, Chelsea, London, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living in two rooms with his parents Robert and Sarah, brother Robert, and sister Jessie. Born in Tottenham

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 22)

  • 2 Stamford Place, Fulham, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son and an unemployed carman living in two rooms with his widowed father Robert, and brother Robert. Born in Tottenham

  • Military Service:

  • frm 4 Sep 1914 to 31 Mar 1920 (age 24-30)

  • Britiah Army Royal Horse & Field Artillery D/2nd Reserve Brigade as gunner no:223149

  •  

  • a labourer who was 5' 5½" tall with a chest of 38" and expansion of 2", a dark complexion, dark eyes and brown hair. He received a mild gun shot wound to his face on 28th April 1914

  • Medals:

  • 18 Feb 1921

  •  

  •  

  • Victory medal

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 32 yrs 8 mns)

  • 13 Ramsey Road, Hendon, Middlesex, England6

  •  

  • unmarried brother-in-law working as a railway labourer for the Midland Railway Coy at Hendon Station and living in three rooms with George and Rose (his sister) Penny and family. Born in Tottenham Middlesex

  • Death:

  • Q2 1925 (age 35)

  • Hendon "Registration District", Middlesex, England4

Wife: Maria Parish

  • Name:

  • Maria Parish10 11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Frederick Parish (1859-1923)

  • Mother:

  • Keziah Edwards (1863-1943)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • nurse maid then a domestic servant12 13 14

  • Birth:

  • 1 Apr 1890

  • Shelland, Suffolk, England10 15 12 13 14 16

  •  

  • 1901 and 1921 census say born in Combs Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1)

  • Shelland Green, Shelland, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Frederick and Keziah, and sisters Jane and Ellen. Born in Shelland Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Jun 1892 (age 2)

  • St. Margaret's Church, Southolt, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter of William Parrish (labourer) and Keziah of Worlingworth, baptised with her brother William

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 10)

  • Needham Road, Combs, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • a nurse maid living with Harry and Mary Waller and family, and another servant. Born on Combs Suffolk and note that her aged seems to have altered from 10 to 16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 21)

  • Willowdene, 13-14 Willow Road, Hampstead, London, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living in twenty rooms with Edwin and Pearlie Brock and family, and five boarders. Born in Shelland Green Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 2 Aug 1915 (age 25)

  • Maria Parish witnessed the marriage of Frederick Osborne and Ellen Parish on Monday on 2 August 1915 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Green, Bramford, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 30 yrs 3 mns)

  • 41 Church Road, Richmond, Surrey, England14

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic servant living in three rooms with Edwin and Georgette Lewin-Smith and their daughter Joan. Born in Combs Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 49)

  • 5 Quilter Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • a widowed housekeeper living with William and Charlotte Hodge-Wilson. Born on 1st April 1890

  • Death:

  • Q2 1960 (age 70)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England17

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Wycombe 1924 quarter:2 volume:3a page:2101. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Edmonton 1889 quarter:4 volume:3a page:345. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

3.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Tottemham St. Mary Lansdowne Road baptisms 1882-1922 page:42 entry:333. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hendon 1925 quarter:2 volume:3a page:318. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:371 class:RG78 piece:11 registration district:3 sub-district:5 enumeration district:34 schedule:30. Cit. Date: 13 November 2025.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:6584 registration district:130 sub-district:3 enumeration district:10 page:2. Cit. Date: 13 November 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1070 folio:114 page:82 schedule:546. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:78 folio:168 page:68 schedule:408. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

9.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive Series:WO 363 regiment:Royal Horse & Field Artillery no:22314. Cit. Date: 13 November 2025.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1890 quarter:2 volume:4a page:726. Cit. Date: 1 November 2025.

11.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Southolt St. Margaret baptisms entry:488. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

12.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1761 folio:35 page:17 schedule:106. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

13.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:599 class:RG78 piece:22 registration district:8 sub-district:1 enumeration district:9 schedule:295. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

14.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3728 registration district:41 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:180. Cit. Date: 12 November 2025.

15.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1455 folio:96 page:3 schedule:17. Cit. Date: 1 November 2025.

16.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6616G page:5 line:28 letter code:TWEC. Cit. Date: 13 November 2025.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1960 quarter:2 volume:4b page:798. Cit. Date: 13 November 2025.