Person:Hannah Meakins (3)

Hannah Meakins claimed to have been born around 1825 in either Woburn or the nearby village of Woburn Sands in Bedfordshire. She also gave her father's name as James when she married. No birth or baptism record has yet been found for her.

By 1841 she had moved a few miles south of Woburn to the town of Leighton Buzzard, where she lived in the house of a painter and worked as a servant.

In 1844 Hannah married William Rowe at Leighton Buzzard. They went on to have eleven children together between 1845 and 1869. Each census from 1851 to 1881 finds the family living in Leighton Buzzard. Hannah worked as a charwoman and laundress, whilst William was at different times described as a wharf labourer, agricultural labourer, and bricklayer's labourer.

Hannah died on 31st January 1886 at South Street, Leighton Buzzard. She was said to be 61 years old. William survived her by about twenty years.

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 5; Book 21; Folio 8; Page 10, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: High Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Edward Watkin, male, 20 [1816-21], Painter, not born in county
   Elizabeth Watkin, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Edward Watkin, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
   Hen[?] Forster, male, 20 [1816-21], Joiner, not born in county
   Hanah Meakin, female, 15 [1821-6], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county
   Will[ia]m Savenster[?], male, 30 [1806-11], Straw Bonnett Maker, born in county
   Bernard Savenster[?], male, 20 [1816-21], Straw Bonnett Maker, born in county

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1756; Folio 106; Page 16, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Parrotts Piece, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   W[illia]m Rowe, head, married, male, 27 [1823/4], Wharfe Lab[oure]r, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Hannah Rowe, wife, married, female, 25 [1825/6], Chairwoman, b. Woburn, Bedfordshire
   Susan Rowe, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Jno. Rowe, son, male, 4 [1846/7], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire

3. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 1006; Folio 34; Page 21, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Steppingstone Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   William Rowe, head, male, 37 [1823/4], Ag[ricultural] Laborer, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Hannah Rowe, wife, female, 36 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Laborer Wife, b. Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire
   John S. Rowe, son, male, 14 [1846/7], Ag[ricultural] Laborer, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Ann Rowe, daughter, female, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Linslade, Buckinghamshire
   Edward Rowe, son, male, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   George Rowe, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   William Rowe, son, male, 4 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Samuel Rowe, son, male, 1 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1562; Folio 58; Page 21, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Stepping Stone Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   William Rowe, head, married, male, 47 [1823/4], Bricklayer's Labourer, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Hannah Rowe, wife, married, female, 46 [1824/5], Laundress, b. Woburn, Bedfordshire
   William Rowe, son, unmarried, male, 14 [1856/7], Bricklayer's Labourer, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Samuel Rowe, son, unmarried, male, 11 [1859/60], Gardener's Boy, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Lizzie Rowe, daughter, unmarried, female, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Alice Rowe, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Henry Rowe, son, unmarried, male, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Emily C. Rowe, daughter, unmarried, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Arthur Pitkin, boarder, unmarried, male, 3 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

5. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1641; Folio 94; Page 27, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: South Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   William Rowe, head, married, male, 57 [1823/4], General Lab[oure]r, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Hannah Rowe, wife, married, female, 56 [1824/5], Laundress, b. Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire
   Henry Rowe, son, male, 14 [1866/7], Errand boy, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Emily Clara Rowe, daughter, female, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Hannah ROWE, March Quarter 1886, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Volume 3b, page 307, aged 61 [1824/5]

7. ↑ Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette
   Page 8, 9 Feb 1886.

   DEATHS.
   ROWE.-On the 31st ult., at South Street, Leighton Buzzard, Hannah, wife of Mr. William Rowe, aged 61 years.