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William Meikle 1793–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Mar 1793

Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 17 May 1870

Death Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Richard Meikle

Mother: Janet McGowan

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Jack, Margaret Peat

Children(s): William Meikle, Marion Meikle, John Meikle, Isabella Meikle, Robert Meikle, Elizabeth Meikle, Janet Meikle, Thomas Meikle, Andrew Meikle, Richard Meikle, Margaret Meikle, James Meikle, George Meikle, David Meikle, Mary Meikle, Jeannie Meikle, Christina Meikle, Thomas Meikle, Grace Meikle

In 1793, William Meikle entered the world in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Richard Meikle And Janet Mcgowan. In 1793, William Meikle resided in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. William Meikle married Elizabeth Jack, Margaret Pate Or Peat, and had children including Andrew Meikle, Christina Meikle, David Meikle, Elizabeth Meikle, George Meikle, Grace Meikle, Isabella Meikle, James Meikle, Janet Meikle, Jeannie Meikle, John Meikle, Margaret Meikle, Marion Meikle, Mary Meikle, Richard Meikle, Robert Meikle, Thomas Meikle, William Meikle. William Meikle passed away in 1870 in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1793, William Meikle entered the world in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Richard Meikle And Janet Mcgowan.
  • In 1793, William Meikle resided in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • William Meikle married Elizabeth Jack, Margaret Pate Or Peat, and had children including Andrew Meikle, Christina Meikle, David Meikle, Elizabeth Meikle, George Meikle, Grace Meikle, Isabella Meikle, James Meikle, Janet Meikle, Jeannie Meikle, John Meikle, Margaret Meikle, Marion Meikle, Mary Meikle, Richard Meikle, Robert Meikle, Thomas Meikle, William Meikle.
  • William Meikle passed away in 1870 in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Meikle
1760–1800
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Janet McGowan
1756–
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Jack
1800–1836
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Margaret Peat
1811–1850
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Meikle
1836–1908
Birth Location: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Marion Meikle
1826–1886
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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John Meikle
1827–1892
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JM
Isabella Meikle
1828–1899
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
IM
Robert Meikle
1830–
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Meikle
1834–1882
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
EM
Janet Meikle
1850–1944
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JM
Thomas Meikle
1838–1907
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
TM
Andrew Meikle
1840–1886
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
AM
Richard Meikle
1841–1920
Birth Location: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Margaret Meikle
1843–1912
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Meikle
1845–1917
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JM
George Meikle
1847–1924
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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David Meikle
1849–
Birth Location: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DM
Mary Meikle
1840–1855
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MM
Jeannie Meikle
1841–1855
Birth Location: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JM
Christina Meikle
1848–1855
Birth Location: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
CM
Thomas Meikle
1831–
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
TM
Grace Meikle
1846–1868
Birth Location: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
GM

William Meikle's Ancestors

Self
William Meikle
1793–1870
Birth Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Richard Meikle
1760–1800
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Janet McGowan
1756–
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Meikle
1733–1792
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Janet Symington
1733–
Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Meikle
1706–
Margaret Weir
1708–1786
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Meikle
1666–1725
Bessie Couper
1673–1713
William Weir
1681–1720
Agnes Cleland
1680–1720

William Meikle's Descendants

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William Meikle (14 Mar 1793–17 May 1870) m. Elizabeth Jack (1800–24 May 1836) m. Margaret (Pate Or) Peat (11 Mar 1811–24 Dec 1850)
  1. 1. William Meikle 1836–1908
  2. 2. Marion Meikle 1826–1886 m. Robert Wilson 1830–1892
    1. 1. Thomas Wilson 1861–1893 m. Jeanie (Gilchrist) Brownlie 1855–1901
      1. 1. Robert Wilson 1885–1916
      2. 2. Thomas (Brownlie) Wilson 1887–1892
    2. 2. Margaret ("Maggie") Wilson 1865–1898 m. John Morrison 1861–1926
      1. 1. Peter Morrison 1888–1960
      2. 2. Minnie (Meikle) Morrison 1890–1950 m. Irvine (Stirling) Graham 1881–1960
        1. 1. Minnie (Morrison) Graham 1925–1944
      3. 3. Robert (Wilson) Morrison 1893–1968 m. Annie (McLaughlan) Henderson 1896–1983
        1. 1. John (Kilpatrick) Morrison 1920–1996
      4. 4. Catherine ((Kate) Kilpatrick) Morrison 1894–1960 m. Alexander Hutcheson 1888–1946
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Jack) Wilson 1853–1895 m. Robert Whitelaw 1848–1902
      1. 1. William Whitelaw 1874–1875
      2. 2. Marion (Meikle) Whitelaw 1875–1964 m. William (Paris) Haston 1876–1941
        1. 1. Elizabeth ((Lizzie)) Haston 1899–1987 m. William (Wallace) Murray 1900–1975
        2. 2. Janet Haston 1909–2005
        3. 3. Annie Haston 1908–1908
        4. 4. Helen Haston 1902–1989
        5. 5. Isabella Haston 1913–1979
      3. 3. Robert Whitelaw 1880–1911 m. Agnes Hill 1880–1953
        1. 1. Robert Whitelaw 1904–1976
      4. 4. Thomas (Wilson) Whitelaw 1886–1938 m. Jessie (Reid) Marshall 1889–1964
        1. 1. Robert Whitelaw 1922–1981
    4. 4. Janet ("Jessie") Wilson 1856–1879 m. John Cameron 1853–
  3. 3. John Meikle 1827–1892 m. Margaret (Lennox) Craig 1829–1903
    1. 1. Mary (Craig) Meikle 1857–1918 m. Henry (W) Braid 1860–
      1. 1. Marion (Jean) Braid 1894–1972 m. James Simpson 1892–
      2. 2. Robert Braid 1887–1966 m. Isabella (Jane) Robertson 1886–
        1. 1. Robert Braid 1922–
        2. 2. Jane (Maxwell) Braid 1912–
      3. 3. Henry (Wilson "Harry") Braid 1891–1968 m. Catherine (Isobel) Smith 1894–
        1. 1. Catherine (Watson) Braid 1913–1991 m. Theodore (Joseph De) Bruyn 1925–2012
        2. 2. Henrietta Twohig 1918–
        3. 3. Mary (Meikle) Braid 1915–1978 m. Daniel (Edward) Dean 1913–2004
        4. 4. Janette (Smith) Braid 1926–1945
      4. 4. Jeanie Braid 1897–
      5. 5. Catherine Braid 1899–1988
      6. 6. Eliza (M) Braid 1893–
      7. 7. Margaret ("Maggie") Braid 1883–
      8. 8. Alison (Wilson "Alice") Braid 1885–
      9. 9. John Braid 1889–1894
      10. 10. Menzies Braid 1905–
    2. 2. Robert Meikle 1855–1934
    3. 3. Jeannie Meikle 1866–1948 m. James (Dow) Dick 1862–1901
      1. 1. Margaret Dick 1889–
      2. 2. Grace Dick 1890–
      3. 3. Jeannie Dick 1891–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Dick 1893–
      5. 5. John Dick 1895–
      6. 6. Annie Dick 1898–
      7. 7. Marion Dick 1899–
    4. 4. William Meikle 1852–
    5. 5. Elizabeth ("Eliza") Meikle 1853–1931
    6. 6. Margaret Meikle 1859–1945 m. William Crabb 1862–1929
      1. 1. James (Meikle) Crabb 1893–1980
      2. 2. John (Meikle) Crabb 1895–1972
      3. 3. Margaret ((Meg)) Crabb 1896–1991
      4. 4. William ((Bill) Fyfe) Crabb 1898–1985
      5. 5. David (Neil) Crabb 1900–1991 m. Rona (or Rhona) Don 1907–1992
    7. 7. John Meikle 1863–
    8. 8. Marion Meikle 1861–1918
  4. 4. Isabella Meikle 1828–1899 m. William Leggate 1828–1905
    1. 1. James Leggate 1865–1921
    2. 2. Isabella Leggat 1868–
    3. 3. William (Meikle Gilchrist) Leggate 1862–
  5. 5. Robert Meikle 1830–
  6. 6. Elizabeth Meikle 1834–1882 m. Archibald Welsh 1834–1901
    1. 1. Helen (M Findlay) Welsh 1863–1919 m. James Morrison 1862–1943
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Meikle "Lizzie") Morrison 1894–1937 m. William Watson 1894–1955
        1. 1. Helen (Elizabeth) Watson 1933–1994 m. Duncan McLaren 1933–1994
        2. 2. James (Morrison) Watson 1935–1935
      2. 2. David Morrison 1896–1960 m. Jessie ((Janet) Forsyth) Ellis 1897–1978
        1. 1. Mary (Finlay) Morrison 1926–2005 m. Malcolm McRae 1927–2010
        2. 2. Alexander (Ellis (Eric)) Morrison 1928–2006 m. Jemima (Moodie (Minnie)) Hardie 1926–2021
        3. 3. James ("Jim") Morrison 1924–2010 m. Isabella (Gall "Betty") Thomson 1920–2007
        4. 4. Helen (Welsh (Aileen)) Morrison 1930–1969 m. Robert Woods 1925–2009
      3. 3. Archibald Morrison 1899–1964 m. Nancy (Eliza) Paterson 1909–1989
      4. 4. Jessie (Helen) Morrison 1902–1996 m. James (Risk) Porteous 1898–1978
      5. 5. Christina (Jane) Morrison 1905–1974 m. David Turner 1901–1967
        1. 1. George Turner 1930–2020
        2. 2. James (Morrison) Turner 1932–2006 m. Joan (Randalls) Crawford 1935–2021
        3. 3. Christina (Jean Morrison) Turner 1934–1990 m. Campbell (Davidson) Ogilvie 1931–2001
      6. 6. Margaret (Agnes) Morrison 1909–1977
    2. 2. William Welsh 1869–1926 m. Agnes Warnock 1868–1931
      1. 1. Archibald Welsh 1901–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Welsh 1899–
      3. 3. Marion Welsh 1896–
      4. 4. William Welsh 1894– m. Margaret 1896–
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Meikle) Welsh 1870–1928 m. George Morton 1868–1897
      1. 1. Robert Morton 1894–1916
      2. 2. Archibald (Welsh) Morton 1897–1946 m. Mary (Gillespie) McArthur 1897–1982
        1. 1. George Morton 1925–2000 m. Kathleen (Menzies) Hendry 1926–2015
        2. 2. Catherine (Gillies Henderson) Morton 1927–2002 m. Campbell (Fisken) Sidders 1926–2015
      3. 3. Alexander Morton 1900–1960
    4. 4. Andrew Welsh 1873–1890
    5. 5. Archibald Welsh 1867–1936 m. Margaret Fleming 1868–1934
      1. 1. Archibald (Fleming) Welsh 1894–1914
      2. 2. Agnes (Hamilton) Welsh 1896–1970
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Meikle (Lizzie)) Welsh 1898–1975 m. James (Brown Fleming) Carrick 1901–1952
        1. 1. Douglas (Archibald) Carrick 1940–2005
      4. 4. Helen Welsh 1901–
      5. 5. William Welsh 1903–
      6. 6. Mary (Fleming) Welsh 1905–1935
      7. 7. Andrew Welsh 1908–
  7. 7. Janet Meikle 1850–1944 m. Thomas (Brown) Cassels 1837–1914
  8. 8. Thomas Meikle 1838–1907
  9. 9. Andrew Meikle 1840–1886
  10. 10. Richard Meikle 1841–1920 m. Marion (Nelson) Bruce 1846–1933
    1. 1. William (Bruce 'Jock') Meikle 1873–1957
    2. 2. John (Bruce) Meikle 1876–1958 m. Mary Watson 1879–
      1. 1. Marian (Bruce) Meikle 1914–1982 m. David (Kerr) Yuille 1905–1961
    3. 3. Bethea (Bruce) Meikle 1879–1944 m. James Watson 1875–1944
      1. 1. John Watson 1905–
      2. 2. Richard Watson 1907–1907
      3. 3. Richard Watson 1911–1911
      4. 4. Bethia (Bruce) Watson 1914–1990
    4. 4. George (Bruce) Meikle 1874–1941
    5. 5. Richard Meikle 1887–1968 m. Janet ("Jane" Fallon) Clelland 1907– m. Elizabeth ((Bessie)) Ramage 1889–
    6. 6. Margaret (Pate) Meikle 1881–1978 m. Walter Brown 1869–1949
      1. 1. Richard (Meikle) Brown 1907–1979
      2. 2. Marion (Bruce) Brown 1908–1969 m. James (Harry) Dean 1903–1975
      3. 3. Walter (Hastie) Brown 1906–1922
      4. 4. John (Hastie) Brown 1914–1994 m. Agnes (Moir "Nan") Reid 1915–2007
      5. 5. William Brown 1919–
  11. 11. Margaret Meikle 1843–1912
  12. 12. James Meikle 1845–1917
  13. 13. George Meikle 1847–1924 m. Janet Smith 1851–1912
    1. 1. William Meikle 1880–1944 m. Mary Colliar 1882–1949
      1. 1. George Meikle 1913–1988 m. Mona (Jane Moncrieff) McRuvie 1919–1990
      2. 2. Robert (Colliar) Meikle 1914–1996 m. Annie Miller 1919–1994
      3. 3. Catherine (Irvine) Meikle 1918–2004 m. David (Gibson) Spence 1904–1984
        1. 1. Catherine (Irvine) Spence 1945–1945
    2. 2. Marion Meikle 1883–
    3. 3. Lawrence Meikle 1885–
    4. 4. Margaret Meikle 1887–
    5. 5. Janet (Smith) Meikle 1890–1944
  14. 14. David Meikle 1849–
  15. 15. Mary Meikle 1840–1855
  16. 16. Jeannie Meikle 1841–1855
  17. 17. Christina Meikle 1848–1855
  18. 18. Thomas Meikle 1831–
  19. 19. Grace Meikle 1846–1868

William Meikle's Timeline

7 Records

1793
14 Mar 1793
Birth of William Meikle in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1793
24 Mar 1793
William Meikle was baptized in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1793
1793
William Meikle resided here in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 48
William Meikle resided here in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 58
William Meikle resided here in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 68
William Meikle resided here in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1870
17 May 1870
Age 77
Death of William Meikle in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Mar 1793
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1793
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1793
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Avondale; ED: 1; Page: 7; Line: 830; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 May 1870
    Event Place: Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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