Keziah MEREDEN

1843 -

• Name	Keziah MEREDEN
  Birth	1843	Bovingdon, Hertfordshire   [1]
  Gender	Female
  1851 Census	Budge Row, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire   [2]
  	At 1851 Census, she is 7, occ "Straw Plait manufacturer?"
  1861 Census	A Cottage, Crouchfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire   [1]
  	At 1861 Census, she is "?Personal Serv?"
  Person ID	I1314	Webb
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	William MEREDEN,   b. 4 Dec 1811, Latimer, Buckinghamshire
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Fanny FREEMAN,   b. 12 Nov 1814, Hertfordshire d. 27 Sep 1893, Hertfordshire (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Dec 1831	Bovingdon, Hertfordshire   [3, 4]
  Notes	The tree at http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/34754962/person/18699292740 has Fanny's parents as Tom and Ann (HADDEN)
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1843 - Bovingdon, Hertfordshire 1851 Census - At 1851 Census, she is 7, occ "Straw Plait manufacturer?" - - Budge Row, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Note - In the 1851 Census she is there with George FREEMAN, and her mother Fanny, but with a surname of FREEMAN. This is assumed to be an error. There is no obvious birth or baptism record, perhaps because Fanny was cautious about going public about there being no father. It is not clear what happens after this. I can find no clear record, maybe the most likely is the death of a Maria Kezia MERRINGTON in 1865 in Shoreditch.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2938] 1861 Census :- A Cottage, Crouchfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. [S74] 1851 Census :- Budge Row, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. [S73] Marriage transcript :- William Merriden - Fanny Freeman (1831). [S2934] Marriage register :- William Merriden - Fanny Freeman (1831).