Individual Details
Margaret Lucy MEADE
(Abt 1802 - 19 Nov 1868)
We know from the 1851 census of England that Margaret was born in Dublin, and we know her surname from the birth certificate of her daughter Mary Ann, where it is written as 'Made'. I think it likely that Made may have been a pronunciation of the relatively common Irish name Meade (back then it wasn't unusual for names to be spelled as they were locally pronounced, such as Clary for Clery, Lahy for Leahy, etc.). Meade and Made seem to be interchangeable.
It is a possibility, however, that Margaret's surname was 'Nead' as that is how it appears to be written on the birth certificates of her twins, Margaret and Thomas. Nead is a very unusual but not unknown surname in Ireland. Note that the Nead and Neade surnames appear to be interchangeable.
It is possible that Margaret's father's first name was Robert and her mother's Lucy because a baptism record has been found on the Irish Genealogy website, www.irishgenealogy.ie, for a Margaritta (first names were registered in Latin at the time) Meade, daughter of Roberti and Lucia Meade, who was baptised in the parish of St. Nicholas in Dublin on 15 May 1803 (which ties in with our Margaret's age given in census returns). There was another Margaret Meade baptised around the same time in Dublin but I think it is less likely that she is our Margaret. This Margaret Meade was a daughter of Thomas and Ellen Meade and was baptised in the parish of St. Audoen in Dublin on 25 July 1803. Because our Margaret's middle name was Lucy I think it more likely that our Margaret was a daughter of Robert and Lucy's rather than Thomas and Ellen's.
Baptismal records of three other children of Robert and Lucy Meade have also been located on www.irishgenealogy,ie. All three were baptised in the parish of St. Andrew in Dublin and the baptismal day and month have not been provided for any of the three: Luisa Mead (sic) was baptised in 1809, Robert Meade was baptised in 1810 and Robert Made (sic) who was baptised in 1811 (perhaps the first Robert had died). Interestingly the name of the first Robert's sponsors include Mary Ann Butler (our Margaret would marry a George Butler). Although the above is no proper evidence of a connection between our Margaret and the family of Robert and Lucy Mead, the information from www.irishgenealogy.ie is nevertheless worth noting.
It seems our Margaret and her husband, George, moved from Dublin to London around 1832. According to both the 1841 and 1851 censuses of England, Margaret, George and their family were living at 1 Francis Court in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden in Westminster. In 1854 Margaret was named as the informant on the death certificate of her husband's possible relative Thomas Butler (c.1810-1854). Her address on the death certificate was 28 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, which appears to have been the address at the time of her daughter Eliza and her family. By the time of the 1861 census, the Margaret and George were living at 57 Greek St. (where their musical instrument business was located) in the parish of St. Anne in Westminster and at the time of Margaret's death in 1868 they were living at 29 Haymarket (again, the address of their business). Margaret died of 'dropsy', an old term for the 'swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water, often due to congestive heart failure').
The Meade/Mead surname appears to be associated mainly with Co. Cork.
It is a possibility, however, that Margaret's surname was 'Nead' as that is how it appears to be written on the birth certificates of her twins, Margaret and Thomas. Nead is a very unusual but not unknown surname in Ireland. Note that the Nead and Neade surnames appear to be interchangeable.
It is possible that Margaret's father's first name was Robert and her mother's Lucy because a baptism record has been found on the Irish Genealogy website, www.irishgenealogy.ie, for a Margaritta (first names were registered in Latin at the time) Meade, daughter of Roberti and Lucia Meade, who was baptised in the parish of St. Nicholas in Dublin on 15 May 1803 (which ties in with our Margaret's age given in census returns). There was another Margaret Meade baptised around the same time in Dublin but I think it is less likely that she is our Margaret. This Margaret Meade was a daughter of Thomas and Ellen Meade and was baptised in the parish of St. Audoen in Dublin on 25 July 1803. Because our Margaret's middle name was Lucy I think it more likely that our Margaret was a daughter of Robert and Lucy's rather than Thomas and Ellen's.
Baptismal records of three other children of Robert and Lucy Meade have also been located on www.irishgenealogy,ie. All three were baptised in the parish of St. Andrew in Dublin and the baptismal day and month have not been provided for any of the three: Luisa Mead (sic) was baptised in 1809, Robert Meade was baptised in 1810 and Robert Made (sic) who was baptised in 1811 (perhaps the first Robert had died). Interestingly the name of the first Robert's sponsors include Mary Ann Butler (our Margaret would marry a George Butler). Although the above is no proper evidence of a connection between our Margaret and the family of Robert and Lucy Mead, the information from www.irishgenealogy.ie is nevertheless worth noting.
It seems our Margaret and her husband, George, moved from Dublin to London around 1832. According to both the 1841 and 1851 censuses of England, Margaret, George and their family were living at 1 Francis Court in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden in Westminster. In 1854 Margaret was named as the informant on the death certificate of her husband's possible relative Thomas Butler (c.1810-1854). Her address on the death certificate was 28 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, which appears to have been the address at the time of her daughter Eliza and her family. By the time of the 1861 census, the Margaret and George were living at 57 Greek St. (where their musical instrument business was located) in the parish of St. Anne in Westminster and at the time of Margaret's death in 1868 they were living at 29 Haymarket (again, the address of their business). Margaret died of 'dropsy', an old term for the 'swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water, often due to congestive heart failure').
The Meade/Mead surname appears to be associated mainly with Co. Cork.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1802 | Dublin | |||
| Marriage | 30 Dec 1827 | parish of St. Paul, Arran Quay, Dublin - George James BUTLER | |||
| Death | 19 Nov 1868 | 29 Haymarket, London | |||
| Burial | 21 Nov 1868 | St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green, London |
Families
| Spouse | George James BUTLER (1795 - 1870) |
| Child | Elizabeth (Eliza) Mary BUTLER (1828 - 1864) |
| Child | James Bernard John Edward BUTLER (1830 - 1892) |
| Child | Susan BUTLER (1831 - 1850) |
| Child | George Patrick BUTLER (1834 - 1911) |
| Child | Robert BUTLER (1836 - 1902) |
| Child | William Isaac BUTLER (1838 - 1888) |
| Child | Margaret BUTLER (1840 - 1889) |
| Child | Thomas Aloysius BUTLER (1840 - 1885) |
| Child | Mary Ann BUTLER (1844 - 1902) |