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Facts and Events
Hannah Goodge’s origins have yet to be established. As an adult, conflicting ages were given for her, suggesting she may have been born as early as 1806 or as late as 1815.
Hannah’s first confirmed sighting is on 10th December 1833, when she married a labourer and hawker called John Meakins at the church of St John Horsleydown in the borough of Southwark, in the southern suburbs of London. One of the witnesses to their marriage was an Ann Goodge, who was presumably a relative of Hannah’s.
Hannah and John had a son called John in 1837, at which time they were living at 8 Mint Square in Southwark. Mint Square was at the crossroads of King Street (later renamed Caleb Street) and Queen Street (roughly on the line of modern Quilp Street).
In 1840 they had a son called Alfred, but he died when only nine weeks old.
The 1841 census finds Hannah, John and their son John living at Mint Square, with John working as a labourer. Later that year they had a daughter called Sarah.
In 1844 Hannah and John had a daughter called Mary. She died in August 1845, when only sixteen months old.
Hannah died just a few months after her daughter. She had been suffering with hematemesis for nearly two years and phthisis (tuberculosis) for nine months. She died on 17th December 1845 at 8 Queen Street in Southwark. She was said to be thirty years old. John survived her by nearly fifteen years.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 1084; Book 9; Folio 11; Page 16, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Mint Square, St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey
John Mekins, male, 30 [1806-11], Labourer, not born in county
Hannah Mekins, female, 30 [1806-11], not born in county
John Mekins, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
- ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
| REGISTRATION DISTRICT SAINT GEORGE THE MARTYR SOUTHWARK | | 1845 DEATH in the Sub-district of The Borough Road in the County of Surrey | | No. | When and where died | Name and surname | Sex | Age | Occupation | Cause of death | Signature, description and residence of informant | When registered | Signature of registrar | | 89 | Seventeenth of December 1845 at No 8 Queen Street | Hannah Meakins | female | 30 Years [1814/15] | Wife of John Meakins, Hawker | Hematemesis, 20 Months
Phthisis, 9 Months
Certified | Mary Meakins her X mark
present at the death
8 Queen Street, St George the Martyr | Twenty ninth of December 1845 | James Bedrock[?], Registrar |
It is possible that 8 Queen Street was the same house as the 8 Mint Square where Hannah and John had been living in 1837 when their son John was born; Mint Square was at the crossroads of Queen Street and King Street, and Hannah’s burial record gives her abode as Mint Square.
- ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish of St George the Martyr, Borough (Surrey). Parish Registers, 1602–1965. (London: London Metropolitan Archives).
| BURIALS in the Parish of Saint George the Martyr Southwark in the County of [blank] in the Year 1845 | | No | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | 461 | Hannah Meakins | Mint Square | 1845 December 31st | 30 [1814/15] | H. O'Neill |
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