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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Ann Abel
- Mary Ann Mepham
- Susan Mepham+
- Richard James Mepham
- Emma Clara Mepham (d.y.)
2. Clara Dray (née Abel)
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Richard Mepham of Poplar
- Born: Abt 1827, Bromley, Middlesex, England
- Married (1): 19 Oct 1857, Emmanuel Church, Camberwell, Surrey, England 1
- Married (2): 26 Oct 1874, St. Thomas's Church, Arbour Square, Stepney, London, England 2
- Died: 1895, Poplar, London, Middlesex, England 3
 Research Notes:
At the time of the 1851 England Census Richard Mepham, age 23, born in Middlesex, iron boat builder, was with his parents in Orchard Road, Bromley St. Leonard, Middlesex.
At the time of the 1861 England Census Richard Mepham, age 34, born in Bromley Middlesex, boiler maker, and wife Mary, age 23, born in New Cut, Lambeth Surrey, were living at 15 Horace St., Lambeth Surrey. With them were children: Mary (4) of Walworth Surrey, Susan (3) of Bond St., Vauxhall Surrey, and Richard (7 mo.) of Bromley Middlesex.
At the time of the 1881 England Census Richard Mepham, age 49 [sic], born in Bromley Middlesex, iron ship builder, and [2nd] wife Clara*, age 48, born in Bloomsbury Middlesex, were living at 44 Augusta St., Poplar London.
* After the death of his first wife, Mary, Richard married her sister Clara.
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Richard Mepham died aged 68 years. 3
Marriage Information:
Richard married Mary Ann Abel, daughter of James Abel, on 19 Oct 1857 in Emmanuel Church, Camberwell, Surrey, England. (Mary Ann Abel was born about 1838 in New Cut, Lambeth, Surrey, England, and was buried on 26 Apr 1865 in Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London, England, aged 27 years.)
Marriage Notes:
Richard Mepham, of full age, bachelor, laborer, resident of James Street, son of Thomas Mepham, laborer, and
Mary Ann Able, of full age, spinster, resident of James Street, daughter of James Able, shoemaker
Married after Banns
Witnesses: James Norris, Elizabeth Lonsdal
Marriage Information:
Richard married widow Clara Dray, daughter of James Abel, on 26 Oct 1874 in St. Thomas's Church, Arbour Square, Stepney, London, England. (Clara Abel was born in 1834 in Bloomsbury, London, England and died in 1883 in Poplar, London, Middlesex, England, aged 49 years.)
Marriage Notes:
Richard Mepham, age 44, widower, shipbuilder, resident of 50 Jamaica St., son of Thomas Mepham, labourer, and
Clara Dray, age 44, widow, resident of 50 Jamaica St., daughter of James Abel, book & shoemaker
Married after Banns
Witnesses: Alfred Sydenham, Mary Ann Craddock
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