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Margaret Mary Dorothea Meade

Margaret Mary Dorothea Meade

Female 1914 - 2013  (98 years)


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  • Name Margaret Mary Dorothea Meade 
    Birth 31 Oct 1914  Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Aug 2013  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook Memorial Gardens

      Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook Memorial Gardens
    Person ID I10492  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Father Thomas Francis Meade,   b. 12 Dec 1884, Castlebellingham, Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1950, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Elizabeth Doherty,   b. 8 May 1883, Clonleigh, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1908 
    Family ID F3743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John William Cherry,   b. 23 Jul 1914, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 2007, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1941  Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
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    Family ID F3812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 


    • Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold. ------------------------------- Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013 Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on. Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen. Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.
      Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold.
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      Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade
      October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013
      Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on.
      Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen.
      Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.
      Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold. ------------------------------- Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013 Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on. Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen. Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.
      Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold.
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      Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade
      October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013
      Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on.
      Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen.
      Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.

      Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold. ------------------------------- Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013 Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on. Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen. Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.
      Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold.
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      Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade
      October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013
      Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on.
      Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen.
      Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.
      Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold. ------------------------------- Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013 Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on. Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen. Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.
      Her sister Marie married his brother, Harold.
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      Cherry, Margaret Mary Dorothea (Dorrie) nee Meade
      October 13, 1914 - August 14, 2013
      Dorrie was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a boarding school education she studied Domestic Science at Armstrong College where she met her husband, John William (Jack) Cherry. During WWII she ran a school meal profram providing daily nutritious meals for school children at the cost of six pence per child. Dorrie and Jack were married in 1941 and during their 66 years of marriage Dorrie had homes on three different continents living in Newcastle UK, El Alto Peru, Calgary, Edmonton, Manhasset NY, Summit NJ, Salt Spring Island and Victoria. in 2009 Dorrie returned to ; one of her favorites was Christ Child Society, in Summit N that provided layettes for needy babies. From upholstering a car, to making fabric stained glass windows for Christmas decorations, desiging a fireplace for their cabin at Benchlands, - she was a skilled and creative force to be reckoned with; there was nothing she wouldn't take on.
      Dorrie was predeceased by her husband, Jack in 2007. She is survived by: her four children, Suzanne (Jim), Padraig (Lynne), Michael (Marilyn) and Jane (Ken); her four grandchildren, Nicole, Barbara (Tyler), Christopher (Teresa) and Erika; and her three great grandchildren, Alexander, Jackson and Gwen.
      Dorrie was interned beside Jack, at the Holy Family Cemetery, Edenbrook memorial Gardens, in Calgary, with a lovely view of the Rockies.