When Francois Meacham was born on 16 April 1855, in Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel S Meacham, was 38 and his mother, Hannah K. Peck, was 41. He died on 16 April 1855, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Burton Cemetery, Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States.
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English: variant of Machen . It may occasionally also be a variant of Measham, a habitational name from Measham in Leicestershire. The place takes its name from the river Mease (from Old English mēos ‘marsh, bog’) + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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