When Josiah Mee was born about 1845, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Mee, was 31 and his mother, Rachael Hunt, was 32. He married Maria Taft in 1868. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Derby St Alkmund, Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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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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