GEORGE MEEHAN

25. George³ Meehan (James², John¹)

Son of James & Rachel (White) Meehan b. circ. 1848 d. 21 Feb 1916, (G.S.) m’d 22 Mar 1874 Mrs. Eliza Charlotte (Matthews)-Jess as her second husband, b. circ. 1851 d. 29 June 1906 (G.S.) dau of Thomas & Mary Ann (Thompson) Matthews. Both George³ and Eliza are b’d on a Meehan family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery, Westbrook, Me. This family, with children, emigrated from Canada to the United States in 1892. [Record attached]. Information from Doris⁵ (Laffin) Laverty states that Eliza Charlotte Matthews was previously married to a man by the name of [William] Jess and divorced. She and Wm. Jess had one child by the name of John W. Jess, who was approximately 4 years of age when she married George³ Meehan. There is a John William Jess buried in the Meehan plot, Woodland Cemetery, Westbrook, Me., b circ 1872, d 18 Jan 1953, age 80 yrs. Eliza also had a younger sister by the name of Susan (Matthews) Matthews who lived in Westbrook, Me., b circ 1853 d. 25 Feb 1931 age 78 yrs. also b’d at Woodlawn Cemetery, Westbrook, Me.

In a Family Search “1881 Canadian Census-Household Record” we find this family listed as George³ Meehan, father, a “Journalier”, [daily worker].age 33, Leiza Meehan [Eliza] spouse, age 28, with children by the name of John age 9, James age 5, Thomas age 4, George age 3 and Mary Jeane born November, 6/12^th yr of age. The child John age 9 would be John Jess mentioned in the last paragraph. The surprise came with a child named James age 5. We have no knowledge of this child, even today. James would have been about 16 years of age at the time the remainder of the family emigrated [1892] to the United States, therefore, he might have stayed in Canada to make his own life or he might have died young. From the 1900 microfiche Census records obtained at the Westbrook, Me. Library for this same family, it gives all the children’s names but it also mentioned that Eliza Meehan was “the mother of nine children, of which seven were still living.” This apparently would mean John Jess, Thomas⁴, George⁴, Mary Jane⁴, Henry⁴, Robert⁴ and Elizabeth⁴ Meehan. We presume the James age 5 named above would made #eight of the nine. This year, 2009, we discovered there was another child [#9] by the name of Edwin Walter⁴ Meehan b.22 March 1889 or after Elizabeth⁴. This information came via baptismal records of the Anglican Church of Halesboro, Portneuf, Quebec as discovered by James⁶ Meehan Jr.

Children of George³ and Eliza Charlotte (Matthews) Meehan

41. Thomas⁴ b. 16 Mar 1879 d. 21 Sept 1943 @ 66 Yrs

George⁴ b. Mar 1879 d. 23 May 1948 @ 69 Yrs

42 Mary Jane⁴ b. 7 Nov 1880 d. 17 Oct 1957 @ 77 Yrs

William Henry⁴ b. Sept 1882 d. 23 Sept 1910 @ 27 Yrs.

43 Robert⁴ b. 31 July 1884 d. 26 Mar 1958 @ 73 Yrs.

44 Elizabeth⁴ b. 21 Nov 1887 d. 22 Feb 1963 @ 75 yrs.

Edwin Walter⁴ b. 22 Jun 1889

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