Walter Benjamin Meares (1837 - 1917)

Born 20 Aug 1837 in Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Sawyer) Meares — married 28 Sep 1858 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1917 at age 80 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States of America

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Walter B Meares is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Walter B. Mearse[sic] and Elizabeth Sawyer were married in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States of America, on 28 Sep 1858.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Monroe County, Florida, Marriage Index pg 5, "Deed Record Book F, Page 225, Walter B. Mearse and Elizabeth Sawyer, 28 Sep 1858"; "Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31340-22497-69 : accessed 8 June 2016), Monroe > Deeds 1849-1857 vol E > image 261 of 518; Monroe County, Florida.

See Also:

• Copies of lists of passengers arriving at miscellaneous ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873, Key West, Fla. 1837-1868, database with images, image 118 of 411, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YK-F7QC-6?mode=g&i=117&cat=66154 : accessed 10 February 2016), Miriam Mares, 1838; citing Passenger List 1820-1873, Roll #1, PAS-282, "List of Passengers Arrived from Foreign Countries Into the District and Port of Key West During the Quarter Ending 3rd June 1838", P 204 Collectors Office by W. A. Whitehead."

• "United States Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD51-ZPW : 4 December 2014), Walter Mares, 1838; citing Immigration, NARA microfilm publication M334 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 418,268. [Nationality "Bah" from the card incorrectly indexed as born in Bohemia.]

• Image of a page from the Meares Family Bible; pg 1940, Harllee, William Curry, and Bessie B Pryor. Kinfolks: A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee; Andrew and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore; Benjamin and Mary Curry; Samuel and Amelia (Russell) Kemp; John and Hannah (Walker) Bethea; Sterling Clack and Frances (King) Robertson; Samuel and Sophia Ann (Parker) Dickey [...] Vol. II. 4 vols. New Orleans, Louisiana: Searcy & Pfaff, 1935.

• 1850 US Census, Florida, Monroe County, population schedule, page 12 (written) between pages 155 and 156 (stamped), Household 111, Family 115, Marion Mears family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11087-9685-22?cc=1401638 : accessed 4 June 2016), Florida > Monroe > Monroe county > image 22 of 58; citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 59.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64V3-FJ6?cc=1438024&wc=9223-443%3A518676601%2C518876101%2C519085301 : 22 May 2014), Florida > Monroe > Key West > image 40 of 126; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Monroe County, Florida, Marriage Index pg 5, "Deed Record Book F, Page 225, Walter B. Mearse and Elizabeth Sawyer, 28 Sep 1858"; "Florida Probate Records, 1784-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31340-22497-69 : accessed 8 June 2016), Monroe > Deeds 1849-1857 vol E > image 261 of 518; Monroe County, Florida.

• Key West, Monroe County, Florida, Standard Certificate of Death #10417, Walter Meares, 29 Oct 1917; image 1434 of 3028, "Death certificates, v. 19-24, (cert. no. 9001-12000), 1917," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SKS-Y5Y : 5 Jun 2016); citing "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939; FHL microfilm 2,116,890."