Brief Life History of Melosina Adelaide
When Lady Melosina Adelaide Meade was born about 1780, in Down, County Offaly, Ireland, her father, John Meade 1st Earl of Clanwilliam, was 37 and her mother, Theodosia Hawkins Magill, was 38. She married John Chambre Brabazon 10th Earl Of Meath on 31 December 1801, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 26 March 1866, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, at the age of 87.
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- Melesina Adelaide Lady Meade, "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866"
- Melosina Adelaide Meade in entry for Countess Of Gosford, "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries"
- Family of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam, md. Thoedosia Magill (Hawkins-Magill), daughter of Robert Hawkins Magill, in Wikipedia. Names their 10 children & their spouses. Info abt Theodosia's father Robert Hawkins-Magill, b. 1704 & mother Ann Bligh.
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1798
Battle of Antrim.
1798
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
Name Meaning
Irish: habitational name from Midheach, the Gaelic name of County Meath in Ireland. Its Anglicized forms are now indistinguishable from those of the English name Mead .
English: variant of Mead .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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