Dora MEALING

Birth Name MEALING, Dora
Gender female

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1872 High Wycombe, Bucks.   1a 2a 3a
Divorce about 1900 High Wycombe, Bucks.   4a 5a

Relation to the centre person (Kate Mary BOWLER) : third cousin

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Albert Edwin MEALINGabout 185112 January 1924
Mother Sarah STRATFORDabout 1851before 1921
         Dora MEALING about 1872
    Sister     Bertha MEALING about 1875
    Brother     Albert Edwin MEALING about 1877 12 June 1915
    Brother     Freeman William MEALING about 1878
    Brother     Dennis MEALING about 1881 about 1921
    Sister     Winifred MEALING 29 July 1882 21 April 1964
    Sister     Stella MEALING 16 May 1885
    Brother     Randolph Nelson MEALING 3 April 1887 29 January 1946
    Sister     Dorothy Lea MEALING 26 September 1890
    Sister     Ella Ruby MEALING 31 January 1894 19 June 1967

Families

Family of Robert KEEN and Dora MEALING
Married Husband Robert KEEN ( * about 1875 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Divorce     Y  
Marriage 16 February 1895 High Wycombe, Bucks.   6a 7a
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 3E0939EE83F34D4B998099A6BDA478B05D71
 

Family of Dora MEALING
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Allf KEENabout 1905
Dennis KEENabout 1909
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
_UID F3ACF829FEF9E04DBBFFD737DD7C3079AEA8
 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
_UID 64C02578A0CC0A49B096B374029FF1BF3E6D
 

Source References

  1. 1891 census
      • Citation:

        First name(s) Dora
        Last name Mealing
        Relationship Daughter
        Marital status Single
        Sex Female
        Age 19
        Birth year 1872
        Birth town High Wycombe
        Birth county Buckinghamshire
        Birth county as transcribed BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
        Birth place England
        Occupation Mothers help
        Full address Avenue House, West End Road, Chipping Wycombe, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
        House name Avenue House
        House number -
        Street West End Road
        Town Wycombe
        Parish Chipping Wycombe
        City Wycombe
        County Buckinghamshire
        Country England
        Registration district Wycombe
        Sub district High Wycombe
        Enumeration district 5
        Parliamentary borough or division South Buckinghamshire
        Municipal borough or ward Western
        Ecclesiastical parish or district All Saints
        Archive reference RG12
        Piece number 1138
        Folio 12
        Page 17
        Schedule 97
        Record set 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census

  2. 1881 census
      • Citation:

        First name(s) Dora
        Last name Mealing
        Relationship Daughter
        Marital status Single
        Sex Female
        Age 9
        Age as transcribed 9
        Birth year 1872
        Birth town Wycombe
        Birth town as transcribed WYCOMBE
        Birth county Buckinghamshire
        Birth county as transcribed BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
        Birth place England
        Occupation Scholar
        Full address 10, Mendy Street, Chipping Wycombe, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
        House number 10
        Street Mendy Street
        Parish Chipping Wycombe
        County Buckinghamshire
        Country England
        Registration district Wycombe
        Sub district High Wycombe
        Archive reference RG11
        Piece number 1464
        Folio 22
        Page 37
        Schedule 185
        Record set 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census

  3. 1911 Census
      • Citation:

        Name Dora Keen
        Age in 1911 40
        Estimated Birth Year abt 1871
        Relation to Head Servant
        Gender Female
        Birth Place Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
        Civil parish Little Marlow
        County/Island Buckinghamshire
        Country England
        Street Address Flackwell Heath, Nr High Wycombe, Bucks
        Marital Status Widow............Note: this is more likely 'divorced'
        Registration District Number 145
        Sub-registration district Marlow
        ED, institution, or vessel 06
        Piece 7892

  4. Newspaper
      • Citation:

        This would appear to be a match but requires confirmation:-
        the South Bucks Standard, and Advertiser for Wycombe, Marlow, Slough, 06 July 1900

        LOCAL DIVORCE CASE
        In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice. on Monday, the case of Keen v. Keen - and Solway came on for hearing before Mr. Justice Gorell Barnes, as an undefended cause. This was the petition of Mr. Robert Keen, of High Wycombe, Bucks, for a dissolution of his marriage on the ground of the desertion and adultery of his wife, Dora Keen with the co-respondent, Harry H. Salway. Mr. J. C.
        Priestley, instructed by Mr. R. S. Wood. solicitor. of High Wycombe. appeared for the petitioners, and there was no appearance on the part of either the respondent or co-respondent. After hearing counsel's statement and the evidence of a number of witnesses, his Lordship granted a decree nisi with costs against the co- respondent.

  5. The National Archives
      • Citation:

        Divorce Court File: 959. Appellant: Robert Keen. Respondent: Dora Keen. Co-respondent:...
        Reference: J 77/689/959
        Description:
        Divorce Court File: 959. Appellant: Robert Keen. Respondent: Dora Keen. Co-respondent: Harry Horton Salway.
        Type: Husband's petition for divorce [hd].
        Date: 1900
        Held by: The National Archives, Kew
        Legal status: Public Record(s)
        Language: English
        Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

  6. GRO index FMP
      • Citation:

        + mentioned in fathers will as Dora KEEN
        First name(s) Dora
        Country England
        Last name Mealing
        Volume 3A
        Marriage quarter 1
        Volume as transcribed 3A
        Marriage year 1895
        Page number 749
        Registration month -
        Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
        MarriageFinder™ Dora Mealing married Robert Keen
        Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
        District Wycombe
        Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
        District number -
        Collections from Great Britain, England
        County Buckinghamshire

  7. Marriage Certificate
      • Citation:

        Parish Church, High Wycombe, Bucks, after Banns, 16th Feb 1895
        Robert KEEN, 20, bach, chair manufacturer, 61 Desborough Road, s of William KEEN, chair manufacturer
        Dora MEALING, 23, spin, , 94 Oxford Poad, d of Albert Edwin MEALING, chair manufacturer
        wit Arthur ABEL and Bertha MEALING