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Celia Mepham

Celia Mepham

Female 1796 - 1858  (~ 61 years)

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  • Name Celia Mepham  [1
    Christened 6 Nov 1796  All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Alt. Birth Abt 1797  Mountfield, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Alt. Birth Between 1801 and 1806  Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1841  Salehurst, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1851  Robertsbridge, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Name Cealey Adams  [3
    Name Sealey Adams  [2
    Name Sealey Mepham  [4
    Died 1858  Ticehurst Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I13797  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Benjamin Mepham,   b. Abt 1757, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1844, Ticehurst Union Workhouse, Ticehurst, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Hilder,   b. Abt 1763,   bur. 30 Sep 1828, St Mary the Virgin, Salehurst, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 25 Dec 1790  Mountfield, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F4342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Adams,   b. Abt 1797, Salehurst, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1873, Ticehurst Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1821  Tonbridge, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Christiana Adams,   b. 26 Aug 1824, Robertsbridge, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1868, Ticehurst Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)  [natural]
    +2. Tilden Adams,   b. Abt 1828, Salehurst, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1857, Ticehurst Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)  [natural]
     3. Sarah Adams,   b. Abt 1829, Robertsbridge, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F4343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Sussex Family History Group burial index records the burial of Elias Adams, aged 63, on 28 May 1858 at Salehurst. This may be a mistranscription of Celia Adams as there are no other Adams deaths registered in Ticehurst Registration District in the April-June quarter of 1858.

  • Sources 
    1. [S384] Data Archive, Sussex Family History Group, (www.sfhg.org.uk;), baptism of Celia Mepham, d of Benjamin & Sarah Mepham, 6 Nov 1796, Mountfield All Saints (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S102] 1851 Census Returns of England and Wales, Home Office, (30 March 1851;), HO 107/1639 f.244 p.36 (Reliability: 3).
      Robertsbridge, Parish of Salehurst
      James Adams, Head, Mar, 54, Carrier, Sussex Salehurst
      Sealey Adams, Wife, Mar, 53, Carrier's Wife, Sussex Mountfield
      Christiana Adams, Daur, U, 23, Sussex Salehurst
      Elizabeth Adams, Grandaugr, 1, Sussex Ewhurst
      John Blundell, Lodger, Widr, 53, Formerly Hatter, Sussex Salehurst


    3. [S101] 1841 Census Returns of England and Wales, Home Office, (6 June 1841;), HO 107/1108/7 f.9 p.10 (Reliability: 3).
      Salehurst
      James Adams, 35, Farmer, Y
      Cealey Adams, 35, Y
      Crista. Adams, 16, Y
      Tilden Adams, 14, Y
      Sarah Adams, 12, Y
      /
      Benjn. Mepham, 84, Ag Lab, Y


    4. [S196] FamilySearch ODM data (Ordinance Data Management), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (www.familysearch.org;), marriage of James Adams and Sealey Mepham, 12 Oct 1821, Tonbridge, Kent (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), death registration of Celia Adams, Ticehurst 2b 58, June quarter 1858 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S385] Sussex Marriage Index 1538-1837, Sussex Family History Group, (2004;), Benjamin Mepham & Sarah Hilder, Mountfield, East Sussex, 25 Dec 1790 (Reliability: 2).