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Have come to a dead end and would appreciate any assistance in locating parents of Robert Mee from, probably, South Derbyshire area.
If his age on death in 1850 at Newhall, Derbyshire is correct, then he would have been born about 1809.
He was a Potter and married Mary Orgill 5/8/1834 at Church Gresley, Derbys and he was stated to be residing in Stapenhill, Derbys(subsequently Stapenhill has been moved to Staffordshire).

Many thanks in advance.

Brian

Well, this is him 1841, occ potter -

1841 England Census

Name: Robert Mee
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Gender: Male
Where born: Derbyshire, England

Civil parish: Stapenhill
Hundred: Repton and Gresley
County/Island: Derbyshire

Registration district: Burton upon Trent
Sub-registration district: Greasley

Robert Mee 30
Mary Mee 25
William Mee 6
Henry Mee 4
Ann Mee 6

birth: 01 Oct 1808
residence: 1808 —Derbyshire, England
parents: William Mee, Charlott

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Robert Mee
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 15 Dec 1808
baptism/christening place: INDEPENDENT,BELPER AND HEAGE,DERBY,ENGLAND
birth date: 01 Oct 1808
father's name: William Mee
mother's name: Charlott
indexing project (batch) number: C06652-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 590678


His siblings

birth: 27 Jan 1813
residence: 1813 —Derbyshire, England
parents: William Mee, Charlott

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
>>name: Matilda Mee
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 25 Sep 1833
baptism/christening place: INDEPENDENT,BELPER AND HEAGE,DERBY,ENGLAND
birth date: 27 Jan 1813
father's name: William Mee
mother's name: Charlott
indexing project (batch) number: C06652-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 590678


Ann Mee
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 07 Jun 1807
residence: 1807 —Derbyshire, England
parents: William Mee, Charlott

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
>>name: Ann Mee
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 10 Jul 1807
baptism/christening place: INDEPENDENT,BELPER AND HEAGE,DERBY,ENGLAND
birth date: 07 Jun 1807
father's name: William Mee
mother's name: Charlott
indexing project (batch) number: C06652-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 590678

His death. Is this the one you have?

Deaths Sep 1850 (>99%)
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Mee Robert Burton upon Trent 17 _8

Hello Brian..I have a couple of Derbyshire Threads on GR..and loads of |Derbyshired records..including the PR's for Stapenhill and for Church Gresley..........I haven't looked properly yet,,but there are two possibilities for the Birth of Robert Mee

at Heage Independent..born 01.10.1808..baptised 15.12,1808..son of William and Charlotte............and since Stapenhill is mentioned ,,there is another birth at Stapenhill 1811..depends really how sure you are of his birth date.......will get back to you..

Derek.

Hi Astra

buried 22/08/1850 at St.Johns, Newhall,Derbys(which was under Stapenhill parish at that time I believe) and his age was stated as 41.

Belper birth is a possibility as only about 20 miles away.

Brian

Hi Brian,
I find this site very useful for the South Derbyshire/Staffordshire area you are interested in:-

South Derbyshire BDM
Welcome to the South Derbyshire BDM site. For Baptism's, Death's and Marriage's taken from Parish and Burial Registers for the South Derbyshire District ...

www.southderbyshirebdm.co.uk/home.asp -

This may be his death:

Cemetery : St John's Church
District : Newhall
Id No : 10370
Entry No : 451

Address : Newhall
Occupation :
Description :
Age : 41 years
Father :
Mother : Memorial Inscription




Received By :
Place of Death :
Date of Death :
Date of Burial : Thursday 22 August 1850
Time of Burial :
Grave No :
Situation of Grave : Churchyard
Ceremony By : Rev Roger Taylor Burton

Details of the grave are on that site.

Brian..had a qick flip through the Stapenhill Parish Records..and there are no MEE Baptisms or Burials there........but I have found something you may or may not know:-

MARY MEE re-married after Robert died...........married GEORGE ENSOR..01.10.1866 at Stapenhill..she is described as having a Father named Orgill and is a Potter by trade.

There is another MARY MEE marriage 23.05.1831 to William Giliver....the dates suggest a possibility od her beeing a brother of Robert's?

Derek

Have worn out that site Perchino, thanks........very useful it is too for filling in the gaps.

Thanks Derek, thought Stapenhill for his birth was a no-no.
Was wife Mary the Potter or her father?

Brian

Sorry Brian....Father's Occupation.....here occupation is blank.

derek.

Hi Brian,
This is another site for Stapenhill/Stanton & Newhall. Baptisms for 1780's include Orgill surname but there are no Mee's.

STAPENHILL ONLINE PARISH RESOURCES
16 Sep 2004 ... Stapenhill Genealogy & Family History Online Resources. ... PARISH RECORDS: MIs: Stapenhill, St Peter. MIs: Cauldwell, St Giles ...

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blanchec/S... - 26k

Hi Brian........WILLIAM MEE married CHARLOTTE BUXTON 21.07.1806 at Duffield..and had five children including Robert......

I don't know how well you know the area..But the Parish is Duffield.and places such as Belper,Heanor and Heage are all in the parish of Diffield....Thus Robert Mee is variously described as being born in Heage..Belper or Duffield........he certainly was not born at Stapenhill or Newhall.............and the entry on IGI of his birth at Stapenhill is a "submitted" entry..and is false...

William Mee.appears also as a "submitted" entry as being born at Duffield..this may be equally false..because the MEE family tree on Ancestry shows him as coming from Market Bosworth in Leics..and all their other information is accurate..so......

Derek.

Thanks everybody for your very kind assistance.....am now going to shut down for the night and rest my brain!

Derek, the Potter occupation connection is probably significant with the clay industry being around the Gresley area and he was possibly lodging with prospective in-laws at Stapenhill. The Belper info looks very promising.

Once again, many thanks to you all.

Brian

Hi Derek,
I am now confused, how can Robert Mee be the son of William Orgill ?

Sorry again..Typo...........WILLIAM MEE married Charlotte Buxton.....and probably came from Market Bosworth..etc etc....

..and since girls usually got married in their own Parish (as Mary did at Church Gresley 1834)....before being swept away into another Parish..ie. in this case Stapenhill, by the lustful swain..it is likely that

MARY ORGILL was baptised at Church Gresley 02.08.1812 daughter of William Orgill and Mary nee Woodward.........