Irving Erwin Meggison

Personal and Family Information

Irving was born on 29 MAR 1879 in Dorrance, Kansas, the son of William Valentine Meggison and Rebecca Shields.

He died in AUG 1964 in Kansas.

His wife was Mary E. [Polly] Washington, who he married on 2 JAN 1899. The place has not been found. Their twelve known children were Melverne Irving (1900-1986), Harold James (1902-1990), Leo William (1903-1992), Clarence Dumont (1904-1977), Hazel June (1905-1993), Dorothy May (1907-1995), Virgil Valentine (1909-1999), George (1912-1946), Raymond Edward (1913-1996), Emmabelle (1916-1919), Mildred Maxine (1920-?) and Dean Dale (1922-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Source: Connie Gibbar, middle name.

!Notes: Irving Meggison attended the funeral of Edward Hotchkiss in September of 1947.

!Obituary: [Burlingame newspaper, 4 Aug 1964]: -- Irving Meggison --

!P: Services for Irving E. Meggison, 85, 630 California, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Parker Mortuary with burial in Topeka Cemetery. He died Saturday night at his home following a long illness.

!P: He was born June 29, 1879 at Dorrance, Kan. He moved to Burlingame at an early age, and had been a Topeka resident the past 45 years.

!P: Mr. Meggison had been employed by the Gas Service Company and the Street Department in Topeka.

!P: Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Meggison, of the home; seven sons, Melverne, San Deigo, Calif., Harold Hoyt, Leo, 532 Rice Road, Clarence, 1520 E. 10th, Raymond, 3703 Croco, Virgil, residing in a Topeka nursing home, and Dean, 2500 Buchanan; three daughters, Mrs. Hazel Strauss, of the home, Mrs. Dorothy Oliver, 2527 Illinois, and Mrs. Mildred Packard, 904 Armagh; 32 grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren.