Irving Brownell Meares (1874 - 1947)

Born 5 Aug 1874 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Wesson (Hammock) Meares — married 26 May 1901 in Anona Methodist Church, Anona, Hillsborough County, Florida

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1947 at age 72 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, United States of America

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Biography

Names:

Irving Brownell Meares - Family Bible^[1]

Irvin Brownell Meares - Death Certificate^[2][3]

Irving B Mears - Marriage documents^[4][5]

Irving B Meares - 1910 & 1920 Censuses

Irvin B Meares - Obituary Index^[6]

Irvin B Mears - 1930 Census

I. B. Mears - 1940 Census

Irvin Meares - 1900 Census^[7]

Irvin and Irving Meares - his mother's diary entries^[8]

Birth:

Aug 1874 in Florida - 1900 Census^[7]

5 Aug 1874 - Death Certificate, entries in his mother's diary^{[2][8][9][1][3]}

Possible Birth Place: Key West, Monroe County, Florida^[3][10]

Residences:

28 Dec 1942 - Anona, Pinellas County, Florida^[11]

31 Aug 1895 to 30 Aug 1896 - Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida^[8]

Marriage

26 MAY 1901^[4][5]

Anona Methodist Church,^[3] Anona, Hillsborough County, Florida^[2][8]

The couple had nine children between 1901 and 1917 per census records.

Child: Guyan Omar Meares

Child: Mildred Louise Meares

Child: Wesson Brownell Meares

Child: Harry Elvyn Meares

Child: Hanson Edgar Meares

Child: Ivey Florida Meares

Child: Alice May Meares

Child: Irving Bertrum Meares

Child: Janice Lillian Meares

Death:

10 Jun 1947 - M F Plant Hospital, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida^[2][9][1]

Disproven Death Date: 11 JUN 1945^[12]

Obituary Index:

Tampa Tribune, 11 Jun 1947, Deaths-p.2.^[6]

Burial:

12 Jun 1947 - Anona Cemetery (now Serenity Gardens - Anona Pioneer Section), Anona (now Largo), Pinellas County, Florida^[3][2][9]

Note: J A Moss of Clearwater had charge of the arrangements

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Family Record pages from the Irving Brownell Meares and Sarah Wesson Hammock Meares Bible, "Present Owner: Guyan Meares II and his sisters. Copy received in 1999; Meares Family Files. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Meares, Irvin Brownell. Certificate of Death #12738. Filed 13 June 1947. Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida. Copy purchased by Scott Nash, Meares researcher, on 3 April 2001 and sent to Debi Hoag on 21 May 2001. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} "Genealogy sheet for Irvin Brownell Meares and Sarah Wesson Hammock filled in by Mary Emma Plumb (b. 1903)," Pinellas County Genealogical Society archives, copied November 13, 1999; Meares Family Files. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hillsborough County, Florida, Marriage License and Return, Irving B Mears and Sallie Hammock, 26 May 1901; image 482 of 1343, "Marriage licenses 1901," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9KN-BSHR : accessed 12 Jun 2016); "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974, FHL microfilm number 979064."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Hillsborough County, Florida, Marriage Record Book P, page 324, Irving B Mears and Sallie Hammock, 26 May 1901; image 758 of 812, "License issued, v. N-P 1898-1901," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KJ-QSSW?i=757 : accessed 12 Jun 2016); "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974, FHL microfilm number 979417."
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Tampa Tribune, (microfilm), Meares, Irvin B.; 72; 1947, 11 JUN 1947, Deaths-p.2; Citing Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative, TRAILS: TAMPA HISTORY RESEARCH AUTOMATED INDEX TO LIBRARY SOURCES database of Local History & Obits (http://catalog.hcplc.org/polaris/search : accessed 5 June 1999).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 1900 US Census, Florida, Hillsborough County, population schedule, ED 57, Precinct 2, Sheet 36A (written) 38 (stamped), dwelling 837, family 837, Sarrah Meares family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-000-00000-00000-00 : accessed 10 May 2016), Florida > Hillsborough > ED 57 Precinct 2 > image 1 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication T623, Roll 170.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Meares, Sarah (Roberts), diary, 1890-1916, n.p., transcribed by Marian Turner Miller, 2001. Transcription privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida. [
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Butts, Lesleigh Laite. "Serenity Gardens Volume 1 - Old Anona Pioneer Cemetery. Pinellas Genealogy Society, Inc. (Largo, Florida). 1999. 46 p. : ill. (some col.), map. Page 31, provides complete birth and death dates, location of burial.
10. ↑ "Mrs. Wilcox, Anona Area Pioneer Dies," mail from Eugenia Miller, received 09 Aug 1999. See Provenance Section. [Paragraph 1, "Born in Anona in 1868; paragraph 3, "When she was five years old, the Meares family moved to Key West [...] After staying two or three yeares, the family returned to Anona." Those dates would put the family in Key West in 1874 when Irving was born.]
11. ↑ Tampa Tribune (FL), 26 December 1942, Deaths, page 2, Campbell, Clara Meares, age 65; Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.
12. ↑ Meares, Larry Bert, "Re: Some Descendant Questions," 5 Aug 2000 15:27, email with Deborah Ann McGee; Meares Family Files. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.

See Also: 1880-1940 Census Records for Irvin(g) Brownell Meares (1874-1947)

• 1880 US Census, Florida, Hillsborough County, population schedule, Precinct 2, ED 61, Page 7C (written) 393 (Stamped), dwelling 76, family 76, William B and Sarah Mears [children continue on next page]; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-0000-00000-0000-00?cc=1417683 : accessed 31 May 2016), Florida > Hillsborough > Precinct 2 > ED 61 > image 3 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 128.

1880 US Census, Florida, Hillsborough County, population schedule, Precinct 2, ED 61, Page 8D, dwelling [76], family [76], William B and Sarah Mears [children continued from previous page]; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-0000-00000-0000-00 : 20 June 2016), Florida > Hillsborough > Precinct 2 > ED 61 > image 4 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 128.

• 1885 Florida Census, Hillsborough County, population schedule, page 43C, family 448, W. B. and Sarah Meares family [continued on next page]; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-000-00000-000000-00 : accessed 2 June 2016), Hillsborough > Population > image 147 of 168; citing NARA microfilm publication M845, roll 4.

1885 Florida Census, Hillsborough County, population schedule, page 44D, family 448, W. B. and Sarah Meares family [continued from previous page]; database with images, FamilySearch ((https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-000-00000-000000-00 : accessed 2 June 2016), Hillsborough > Population > image 148 of 168; citing NARA microfilm publication M845, roll 4.

• 1900 US Census, Florida, Hillsborough County, population schedule, ED 57, Precinct 2, Sheet 36A (written) 38 (stamped), dwelling 837, family 837, Sarrah Meares family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-000-00000-00000-00 : accessed 10 May 2016), Florida > Hillsborough > ED 57 Precinct 2 > image 1 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication T623, Roll 170.
• 1910 US Census, Florida, Hillsborough County, population schedule, Precinct 2 Johns Pass, ED 21, Sheet 9B, dwelling 180, family 182, Irving B and Sarah W Meares family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-0000-00000-0000-00 : 19 June 2016), Florida > Hillsborough > Johns Pass > ED 21 > image 3 of 10; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication T624, roll 161.
• 1920 US Census, Florida, Pinellas County, population schedule, Precinct 12 Anona Not inc, ED 143, Sheet 3B, dwelling 18, family 18, Irving B. and Sarah W. Meares family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-0000-00000-0000-0 : 19 Jun 2016), Florida > Pinellas > Anona > ED 143 > image 2 of 10; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication T625, roll 229.
• 1930 US Census, Florida, Pinellas County, population schedule, Election Precinct 12 Anona, ED 52-41, Sheet 2A (written) 45 (stamped), dwelling 32, family 32, Irvin B and Sarah W. Mears family [children continue on the next page]; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-0000-00000-0000-00 : 19 June 2016), Florida > Pinellas > Anona > ED 41 > image 4 of 8; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication T626, roll 330.

1930 US Census, Florida, Pinellas County, population schedule, Election Precinct 12 Anona, ED 52-41, Sheet 2B, dwelling 32, family 32, Irvin B and Sarah W. Mears family [continued from previous page]; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-0000-00000-0000-00 : 19 June 2016), Florida > Pinellas > Anona > ED 41 > image 5 of 8; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication T626, roll 330.

• 1940 US Census, Florida, Pinellas County, population schedule, Election Precinct 50, ED 52-80, Sheet 2A (written) 228 (stamped), household 27, I. B. and Sara W Mears family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-0000-00000-00000-00 : 18 June 2016), Florida > Pinellas > Election Precinct 50 > 52-80 Election Precinct 50 outside Belleair Town and Clearwater City, Anona, unnamed island (part) > image 3 of 25; citing National Archives and Records Administration digital publication T627.

• Marian Turner Miller, Transcriptions of Sarah Roberts Meares diary, 7 files, Yahoo Groups: Meares Researchers, 2001. Provenance and compiled diary file in Meares Used Files. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.
  • 1893 "Aug 5 Today is Irvin's birthday. 20 years old today."
  • 1894 "Aug 5 Today is Irvin's birthday. 20 years old today."
  • 1895 "Aug 31st [...] Today Irvin starts for Tampa to work."
  • 1896 "Feb 18 Irvin has got the measels[sic] in Tampa"
  • 1896 "Today my mind runs back to one year ago when Irvin was getting ready to go to Tampa. One year tomorrow. How my heart aches to think I have only seen him once in all that time."
  • 1897 "May 18th [...] Irvin is in the Almeria Hotel working now."
  • "1901 May 26 Well this is Irvin's Wedding day, may the good Lord's love and blessings follow them all along their married life and may they learn to know that to trust him all will prove right."
  • 1901 July "26 [...] Clara has been married one month today, Irvin 2 months."
  • 1901 Aug "26 Irvin will be married 3 months, Clara 2 months"
  • 1901 "Oct 26th Irvin has been married 5 months today [...]"
  • undated "Irving married to Sallie Hammock, May 26, 1901"
  • undated "On a piece of ruled paper is written: "Mr. Irving Meares, Tampa, Fla, Hillisborrow[sic] Co,, Box number 140"