Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Mee was born on 1 October 1808, in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Mee, was 27 and his mother, Charlotte Buxton, was 26. He married Mary Orgill on 5 August 1834, in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Stapenhill, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died in 1850, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 42, and was buried in Newhall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Robert Mee, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Robert Mee, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robert Mee, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English (mainly East Midlands): occupational name from Middle English mee, meie, mie (Old French mege, mie) ‘physician’. Compare the synonymous Mayer and Myer .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘honorable’. This name was also adopted for various other Irish names, e.g. Meehan , and also in Ulster for McNamee .
French (Mée): habitational name from any of the places called (Le) Mée in Mayenne, Eure-et-Loir, and Seine-et-Marne, derived from Old French me(i)s ‘farmstead’ (from Latin mansus). This surname is rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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