Meeze family legend suggests the name should have in fact been Cooper. According to the Census Returns for Somerset, Ephraim Mees was born in Nunney, near Frome, but he does not seem to appear in the Parish Baptism Records for Nunney or the surrounding villages. The only Ephraim christened in Nunney about the correct time was on the 3rd April 1796 being the son of Ephraim Cooper and Sarah Mees, they having been married on the 29th September 1789. If this Baptism is the right Ephraim then the family legend may very well be true. In early records Ephraim’s surname is shown as Mees, a number of different spellings appear through the years, namely Mee, Mees, Meese, Mease and finally Meeze.

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• Meeze Family (1945) (50 KB)
  Rear:- Elizabeth Clark, Edgar Meeze, Dorothy Clark, Jane Meeze, Ruth Meeze, Irene Baker with baby Yvonne Baker, Ursula Spalding, Henry Spalding and Mary Spalding. Front:- Nada Meeze, Anne Vanessa Meeze, Sara Meeze, Albert Clark with baby Jean Baker and Naomi Meeze.
• Arthur Meeze Family (1910) (52 KB)
  Rear:- Edgar Harold Meeze and Harold Wood-Mason (family friend). Front:- Arthur George Meeze, Edith Morrisina Meeze (with dog) and Sarah Ellen Meeze (Née Large, Arthur’s second wife).
• Crosby Family (1895) (51 KB)
  Rear:- Margaret, Mark, Isabella and William. Front:- Peter, Ann (Née Perrot), Jane and James.
• Halighiw House, Painswick (1900) (45 KB)
  Halighiw House, Saint Mary’s Street, Painswick. Built in the 18th century and originally known as Lovedays House, it is now the Vicarage. (The home of Arthur George Meeze)
• Southfield House, Painswick (1910) (47 KB)
  Southfield House, Vicarage Street, Painswick. Rear view of the house from the back garden. (The home of Arthur George Meeze)

• The Harris Family Tree

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