Elizabeth Mays was the third child of George Mays & Phillis Wickenden christened November 19th, 1848 at East Grinstead, Sussex.
In 1851 Elizabeth, her brother & sister & her parents were living at Gate Lodge, Shovelstrode, East Grinstead.
Elizabeth was still living at home in 1861 but her father had died by this time & she was living with her widowed mother, brother Joseph & sister Sarah at the Barracks, East Grinstead.
Elizabeth, a minor, married Joseph Louis Meadmore on September 39th, 1865 at East Grinstead. Witnesses at the wedding were Albert Sawyer & Phillis Mays. Joseph was born Oct-December 1842 at Pencoyd, Ross, Herefordshire, the son of Charles Meadmore, a labourer.
In 1871 Elizabeth & Joseph were living at London Rd, Ticehurst, Sussex & Joseph was a stone mason. They had 2 children – Winifred P (2) & Frederick C (3 months).
In 1881 Elizabeth was found living at 26 York St, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge & with her were children Winifred, Frederick, Ernest (7) & Jane E (4). Husband Joseph was lodging at 155 Angelina St, Aston, Birmingham, his occupation still a stone mason. He was lodging with Mary & Frederick Abbott, an out of business shopkeeper, & family.
By 1891 Elizabeth & Joseph were living together at 51 West St, East Grinstead & Joseph continued to be a stone mason. They had 5 children at home – Winifred, Frederick, a stone mason, Ernest, a cabinet maker’s apprentice, Jane & Margaret E (4).
Elizabeth & Joseph were still at 51 West St in 1901 & with them was Elizabeth’s mother, Phillis. Phillis was now widowed for a second time – her second husband being Samuel Dennis. Joseph was still a stone mason. Daughter Margaret was visiting the Carpenter family in Croydon, Surrey in 1901.
In 1901 son Ernest, a cabinet maker, & his wife Mary & baby son were living in Croydon, Surrey & with them was Ernest’s sister, Winfred Phillis Grave who had married Frederick Charles Grave in 1898 in Wandsworth. In 1911 Winifred & Frederick, a stationary engine man, were still living in Croydon & they had no children. There is a record for Winifred Grave travelling to Quebec, Canada in 1920 & 1925. The 1925 record shows Winifred, a merchant, accompanied by 12 year old Joyce Grave & their last address in England was 61 West St, East Grinstead.
Joseph died in Jan-March 1902 at East Grinstead, aged 59.
Daughter Jane Emma married Thomas Smith in 1904 at East Grinstead.
Son Frederick married Rose King in 1910 & in 1911 he was working as a publican at the White Hart, West Hoathly, Sussex. With him was wife Rose & her 5 year old daughter Stella King.
In 1911 widowed Elizabeth was living with daughter Jane Emma, & husband Thomas Smith, a postman. They were living at 51 West St, where Elizabeth had lived for at least 20 years. Jane & Thomas had a 5 year old daughter, Maisie Winifred.
Elizabeth died in Jan-March 1923, aged 74, at East Grinstead.
The children of Elizabeth Mays & Joseph Louis Meadmore were:
m.7.3.1 Edith Ellen Meadmore christened July 18th, 1867 at East Grinstead, Sussex; died July-September 1867 at East Grinstead
m.7.3.2 Winifred Phillis Meadmore christened October 25th, 1868 at East Grinstead, Sussex
m.7.3.3 Frederick Charles Meadmore born December 30th, 1870 at Ticehurst & christened June 1st, 1873 at Ifield, Sussex; died July-September 1945 at Cuckfield, Sussex
m.7.3.4 Ernest Harrison Meadmore born April 25th, 1873 at West Green, Crawley, & christened June 1st, 1873 at Ifield, Sussex; died Jan-March 1947 at Uckfield, Sussex
m.7.3.5 Jane Emma Meadmore born July-September 1876 at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
m.7.3.6 Harry Meadmore born April-June 1880 at Cambridgeshire; buried May 28th, 1880 at St Andrew the Less Cambridge
m.7.3.7 Margaret Effie Meadmore christened August 6th, 1886 at East Grinstead, Sussex; died Jan-March 1908 at East Grinstead