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 1859 - 1931 (71 years)
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| Name |
MEECH John Albert |
| Born |
14 Dec 1859 |
Newfoundland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
13 Jun 1931 |
Brookfield, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia |
| Person ID |
I205 |
Baggerman Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Jul 2016 |
| Father |
MEECH William E, b. Abt 1828, Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, England , d. 1888 (Age 60 years) |
| Mother |
LONG Elizabeth, b. 1836, Newfoundland , d. 1867, Sydney, Nova Scotia (Age 31 years) |
| Married |
12 Jul 1857 |
| Family ID |
F94 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Capt. John Albert Meech was born on 14 Dec 1859 in Newfoundland. He died on 13 Jun 1931 in Brookfield, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia from stroke and was buried in Jun 1931 in Western Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
John Albert was the captain of various vessels. He related to family members that he sailed around Cape Horn twenty-one times and that he was one of the first to sail through the Panama Canal. He also provided a picture of a five-masted schooner, 'Grace A. Martin', which he claims to have sailed. His tales have yet to be verified. Information on the ship 'Grace A. Martin' was obtained from the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. The only captain mentioned in relation to the ship was her first master, Wm. F. Harding. The ship foundered in a winter gale 30 miles south of Matincus Island, Me., in January 1914. John Albert lived for a time in Maine where the ship was built and sailed, so it is possible that he could have been her master at one time.
Some time after suffering from a stroke, John Albert returned to Nova Scotia and spent the rest of his life living with his half sisters, Jennie in Brookfield and Winifred in South Bar. He passed away while living with Jennie. His body was brought to Maryland by his brother-in-law Angus MacLeod (Eliza's son).
John married Annie Dorothy Carsen on 30 Apr 1890 in Baltimore, Maryland. Annie was born on 11 Dec 1870 in Baltimore, Maryland. She died on 07 Jun 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland and was buried on 10 Jun 1925 in Western Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
Surname also seen spelled Corson
http://www.jscook.net/meech.htm
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