The
Meaker Family History
These pages contain information on the Meaker family.
My sister, Christine who lives in Calgary Canada, has been doing the research. There is an article Christine wrote for a magazine, "Why did I start in Family History?", which explains her passion for Family History.
We are putting some of her research findings here so we hope it may help other people who are interested in the Meaker family. Of course if you could help us with any information we would be very pleased to here from you.
We were born near Durweston, Dorset in England in the late 1940's to early 50's. Dad worked for his father on the farm called Traveller's Rest.
The Meaker's also owned a number of farms in Somerset and we have some information on these on the Farm connections page.
Our family can be traced back to Somerset and further. Rod and I have visited Somerset in recent years and we have taken photographs of villages and their churchyards which have Meaker connections. Have a look at our Meaker Gallery.
Christine has also written a summary of her findings so far which she has called From Under the Gooseberry Bush. Number 1 was written in 2004 and Number 2 in November 2005 with Number 3 January 2007 and now Number 4 online from February 2008.
Christine believes she has found the possible origins of the Meaker family name and Here are the details.
In May 2007 Christine wrote an article for the Friends of Fiddington Church Association Newsletter on the Meakers of Fiddington, Somerset. I have replicated the article on this website. It gives a lot of information on what happened to the large family of Fiddington Meakers, where they travelled and what happened to them.
Latest edition to the website is the online database of Christine's work on the Meaker and connected families. We have a lot of work to do on this and it will be an on going project for both Christine and myself so please look back regularly to see any changes.
We will post any additions, changes or news on our new Geneaology blog on this site, Bookmark it so you can find it again!
There are photographs of Fiddington village, which were taken in recent years on our Photo Gallery pages
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