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1877 Charles James Meakins, son of Charles William Meakins and Elizabeth Campbell, was born on March 15 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada. [1]

1888 Cynthia Perot was born on March 29 in Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York. [2]

1897 Muriel Griel, daughter of Clemens and Cecile Greil, was born on December 25 in Jersey City, New Jersey. [3]

1900 In the U.S. Census, Thomas Connon (age 30, born January 1870) and his wife Isabella (age 27, born November 1872) lived in Portland Twp, Chautauqua County, New York with their daughter Jennie May (age 3, born February 1897 in New York) and son Thomas A. (age 10/12, born July 1899 in New York). Thomas and Isabella and their parents were born in Canada and immigrated to the U.S. in 1888. Thomas was an agent in the R.R. industry. [4]

1902 Charles James Meakins and Edith June Bradford were married on June 19 in Manhattan, New York, New York. Charles was the son of Charles William Meakins and Elizabeth Campbell. Edith was the daughter of Charles James Bradford and Angie Laura Hayes. [5]

1903 "Lizbeth Jane(?) (Beth) Meakins" was born on 29 March 1903 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario. Her birth registration states that her father was Charles James Meakins who was a salesman at the time of her birth and living on Emerald St S in Hamilton and that her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Bradford. Lizbeth's birth registration was attested by her aunt Florence Meakins of Hamilton on 15 February 1933 who stated, "I saw the child within twelve hours of her birth. I was in intimate terms with her family at the time of her birth and was informed at the time and fully believe she was born at the place and on the date mentioned." [6]

1908 Charles Meakins performed as Prince Danilo in "The Merry Widow" at the New Amsterdam Theater (214 W. 42nd St., New York). [7]

1910 In the U.S. Census, Edith Meakins (age 28) and Elizabeth Meakins (age 7) were boarders in the household of Henry and Florence Martin at 217-237 42nd Street in Manhattan Ward 22, District 1271, New York, New York. Edith was an actress in the theater industry and had been married 8 years. [8]

1910 On April 21, Clemens Greil (age 47) and his wife Ce Ce (age 37) lived at 300 Clerk Street in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, with daughter Helen (age 18), son Clemens Jr. (age 17) and daughter Muriel (age 12). Clemens was a bookkeeper in the insurance industry. He and his parents were born in Germany. He immigrated in 1886 and was a naturalized citizen. Ce Ce and the older two children were born in New York. Ce Ce's parents were born in Germany. Muriel was born in New Jersey. Clemens and Ce Ce had been married 20 years. Ce Ce had had 3 children and all were living. [9]

1911-1912 Charles Meakins performed as Gaston in "Little Boy Blue" at the Lyric Theater (213 W. 42nd St., New York). [10]

1913 On March 22, Charles Meakins heroically rescued a three-year old child who had fallen under a moving train in Rox, Nevada.

Another train adventure back on tour in the United States had Meakins cast as a real-life hero in saving the life of a little girl by whisking her out from under the wheels of a moving train. [11]

Actor Dived Under Moving Train and Dragged Child from Under Wheels. Charles Meakins, who plays the dashing Prince Danillo in one of Henry W. Savage's Merry Widdow companies, changed his role from stage hero to real hero when he became the savior of a little girl's life, which, but for his presence of mind and prompt action, would have been crushed out under the wheels of a railway train. The big Merry Widow company was steaming across the desert from Salt Lake City as fast as their special train could carry them, when it stopped for water at Rox, Nev. A pretty three-year-old baby named Millicent Arroyed slipped from its mother's hand and just as the train started tripped and fell between the trucks of the long Pullman. Every one was aboard the train but Meakins, who caught the situation at a glance, and without a moment's hesitation tackled the baby, as he used to do any opposing football player in his college days, when he was the best half-back of his time, and, holding her sheltered in his arms, dived completely under the train and rolled to the opposite side. [12]

Hamilton Actor is Hero in Real Life as Well as in Play. Charles Meakins of 'The Merry Widow' Company Saves a Baby From Death Under Wheels of a Railway Train. Moapa, Nev. March 22.—It isn't often that an actor who plays a hero on the stage has a chance to demonstrate that is a hero in real life, but Charles Meakins, who plays the role of Dashing Prince Danillo in Henry W. Savage's production of "The Merry Widow," saved the life a little girl under circumstances which stamp him as much a hero in real life as in the play. The big "Merry Widow" company was steaming across the desert from Salt Lake City as fast as their special train could carry them, when it stopped for water at Rox, Nevada. A pretty three-year-old baby named Millicent Arroyed slipped from its mother's hand and just as the train started tripped and fell between the trucks of the long Pullman. Everyone was aboard the train but Meakins, who caught the situation in a glance and without a second's hesitation tackled the baby as he used to do any opposing football player in his college days when he was the best half-back of his time, and, holding her sheltered in his arms, dived completely under the train and rolled safely to the opposite side. Mr. Meakins used to be a church choir soloist in Hamilton, Ont. He is well known in Toronto where he has appeared three times in "The Merry Widow." [13]

1913 Charles Meakins performed as Marcel Durand in "Oh, I Say!" October 30-December 27 at the Casino Theater on Broadway. [14]

1914 Charles Meakins performed as Gaston (Count Irini) in "Sari" with Mitzi Hajos January 13-May 23, first at the Liberty Theater (234 W. 42nd St., New York) and then at the New Amsterdam Theater (214 W. 42nd St., New York). [15]

By 1914 Charles James Meakins and Edith Bradford were divorced. In her biographical notes about Charles Meakins, Sedak comments that the press relished in reporting Charles' straying "from the path of matrimonial rectitude, the excuse being that he was all alone up in Calgary or some such iniquitous place across the British border, when a beautiful serpent tempted him and he grabbed the apple. Being cast out of his domestic paradise by Mrs. Meakins when she discovered his lapse Mr. Meakins infused a sort of yearning sadness into his role of Danilo in The merry widow and bowed to his injured spouse's decision that a divorce was the only thing to heal her wounded dignity." [16]

1914 On April 29, Cynthia Perot applied for an emergency passport at the American Embassy in London to travel to Russia. [17]

1914 Charles James Meakins and Cynthia Perot were married at the American Consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia. "The lady who set out to console him was a dancer named Cynthia Perot and she became the second Mrs. Meakins in 1914. The marriage took place in the American consulate in St. Petersburg (now Leningrad) where Meakins was rather unwisely travelling for pleasure between stage appearances. On the two day train journey from Germany to St. Petersburg he saw soldiers lining the tracks and learned afterwards that a bomb plot against the Czar has resulted in terrible loss of life in the train immediately proceeding his and the Czar was on the train just after the one in which he was a passenger." [18]

1916 Muriel Greil performed in "The Passing Show of 1916" which played at the Winter Garden Theater on Broadway from June 22-October 21. [19]

1916-1917 Charles Meakins performed as Paul Pilgrim in "Miss Springtime" September 25, 1916-April 7, 1917 at the New Amsterdam Theater (214 W. 42nd St., New York). [20]

1918 Charles Meakins performed as Washington Demming in "He Didn't Want to do It" August 20-September 7 at Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44th St., New York). [21]

1918 Charles James Meakins registered for the U.S. draft on September 12 in New York City. His registration card lists his address as 152 West 49th St, New York City, NY, his age as 41 years and birthdate as March 15, 1877. He was a citizen of Great Britain (Canada). His current occupation was actor, employer Klaus Erlauger, New Amsterdam Theater in New York, NY. His nearest relative was Elizabeth Meakins, 314 E. Main St, Hamilton, Ontario. He was of medium height, stout built, with blue eyes and light hair. [22]

1918 Muriel Griel and Charles James Meakins were married on October 27. [23] In her biographical notes about Charles Meakins, Sadek states Muriel's name as Muriel Baker, "Further adventuring brought him to wife number three, Muriel Baker of Hollywood." [24]

1919 Charles Meakins performed as Henry Trimmer in "See-Saw" September 23-November 29 at George M. Cohan's Theatre on Broadway. [25]

1920 In the U.S. census, Muriel (age 22) and Charles (age 42) Meakins lived on West 55th St, Manhattan Assembly District 5, New York, New York. They were both artists in the theater industry. Muriel was born in New Jersey and Charles in Canada. Muriel's father was born in Germany and her mother in New York. Charles' father was born in England and his mother in Scotland.

1920-1927 Beth Meakins performed in minor roles in several musical comedies in New York. [26]

1922 Campbell Charles Meakins, son of Muriel Greil and Charles James Meakins, was born on January 28 in New York, New York. [27]

1925 On July 27, Muriel Greil Meakins applied for U.S. citizenship. She was an actress living at 15 Christopher Street in New York and a subject of George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland. She signed the oath of allegiance on 25 January, 1926. Her petition is stamped "Denied Feb 28 1927 Lack of Prosecution." [28]

1927 Charles Meakins performed as Sergeant Malone in "Rose-Marie" January 24-March 5 at the Century Park Theater (Central Park West at W. 62nd St., New York). [29]

1930 Dr. C. Greel and Miss M. Greel arrived in the port of Tilbury, Essex, England on March 13 from Sydney. Dr. C. was a physician and Miss M. was an actress. Both were U.S. citizens. [30]

1930 On April 2, Campbell Meakins (age 8) lived on 154th Street in Queens District 876 in New York, New York, with his aunt Helen Ehret (age 31) and her parents Clemens (age 64) and Cecile (age 56) Greil. Clemens and his parents were born in Germany. He had immigrated in 1886, was a naturalized citizen, and was a clerk in the life insurance industry. Cecile was born in New York and her parents were born in Germany. Campbell was born in New York, his father in Canada (English), and his mother in New York. [31]

1931 On February 14, Beth Meakins and Alfred Newman were married in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. The marriage licence lists Beth as a native of Canada and daughter of Charles James Meakins and Edith Bradford. Beth's age was listed as 23, her father Charles as born in Canada, and her mother Edith as born in Maine. Alfred Newman was listed as a native of Connecticut and son of Michael Newman and Luba Korsakoo who were both born in Russia. Alfred's age was listed as 30, his address as 1345 North Hayword Ave, and his profession as musical director for United Artists. Beth's address was listed as the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. This was his first marriage and a second marriage for Beth. [32]

1933 Anthony Hayes Newman, son of Lizbeth and Alfred Newman was born on December 24 in Los Angeles County, California. [33]

1934 Lizbeth Newman applied for U.S. citizenship on 24 December 1934. Her petition was granted the following April. Her application lists her address as 627 No. Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, California and states that she was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on March 29, 1903. Her husband Alfred Newman was born on March 17, 1900, in New Haven, Connecticut. She and Alfred were married on February 14, 1931, and have a son Anthony, born in Los Angeles County on December 24, 1933. Lizbeth first entered the United States in November 1903, by train, arriving in New York, NY. She had lived in the United States since that date and in Los Angeles since 1930. [34]

1935 T.G. Connon, agent, Mrs. T.G. Connon, married women, and Miss Gene Connon, spinster, all on Cobourg Street, were listed as Electors in the Huron North Electoral District, Rural Polling Division No. 11, Town of Goderich, Ontario. C. J. Meakins, retired, was listed on Essex Street in the same place.[35]

1937 Charles Meakins and Gene Connan were married on April 15 in Detroit, Michigan.

Married in Detroit. Miss Gene Connon is Bride of Mr. Charles Meakins. In Detroit Thursday the marriage was solemnized between Miss Gene Connon and Mr. Charles Meakins, both of Goderich. Judge Thomas C. Murphy officiating. Miss Connon is the daughter of Mrs. Connon and the late T. G. Connon, Goderich. Mr. Meakins will be remembered in Toronto as the leading man in Rose Marie, Little Boy Blue, The Merry Widow and other musical comedies, and later of the Drury Lane theatre, London. England. They left immediately after the ceremony on a motor trip to Los Angeles, California.[36]

Rose Marie marked the final stage appearance of Charles Meakins. In 1933 he retired and a few years later met and married his fourth wife Gene Connon. She was the daughter of Thomas Connon of Goderich and granddaughter of the famous Elora photographer. Herself an accomplished pianist and accompanist Gene Connon met Meakins in New York and they lived for a year in Hollywood. Then they returned to Canada living in Goderich, Hamilton and finally in the old family home of her uncle John Connon, the historian and photographer, on Geddes Street in Elora where Charles Meakins died … Meakins would sing such favourites as 'Danny Boy' and give recitations while his wife played the piano. [37]

1940 On April 5, Campbell Meakins (age 18) lived at 7507 Lexington Avenue in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, with his grandfather Clemens Greil (age 76) and Clemens' daughter Helen Ehret (age 45). [38]

1940 In May, a Murial G. Baker (age 41 and born in New Jersey) lived at 1235 D2 Sweetzer in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California. Muriel had been living in the same city in 1935. Her occupation was secretary in the motion picture industry. [39] [40]

1940 On May 7, Beth Newman (age 32) and her son Anthony (age 6) lived at 927 Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California. Beth was divorced. A cook and a nurse also lived in the household. [41]

1942 Campbell Meakins enlisted in the U.S. Navy on November 14. He was released in 1945 on November 13. He was born 28 January 1922 and died on 5 November 1975. [42]

1951 Charles James Meakins died on May 4. The inscription on his memorial plaque on the Meakins monument in the Hamilton, Ontario, cemetery (section CC-C) is, "Charles James Meakins, Born March 15th, 1877, Died May 4th, 1951." [43]

1953 Campbell Charles Meakins and Ruth Arillia Allcure were married on June 21 at St Johns Episcopal Church in Hollywood, California. One of the witnesses was Dennis Baker. [44]

1957 Anthony Hayes Newman and Margaret Frank Crockett were married on February 17 in St. Petersburg, Florida. [45]

1969 Beth M. Newman died on April 10 in San Diego County, California. The death index lists her birth date as 29 March 1903. [46]

1973 Gene Connon Meakins died on December 19 in Guelph, Ontario. "Meakins, Connon Gene Beloved wife of the late Charles Meakins, daughter of Thomas G. and Isabel M. Connon, died at Guelph, December 19, 1973, late of Elora and Goderich. Private funeral. Interment Elora." [47] There is a memorial to Gene's parents Thomas G. Connon and Isabel M. Carswell and to Charles James Meakins and Gene Connon at Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. [48]

1975 Campbell C. Meakins died in Los Angeles, California, on November 6. The death index lists his birth date as 28 January 1922 in New York. [49] His grave memorial reads "In memory of Campbell Charles Meakins, S1 US Navy World War II, Jan 28 1922 - Nov 6 1975, Beloved Dad Husband and Friend" [50]

The Meakins-Connon collection at the University of Guelph, McLaughlin Library, Archival, Rare and Special Collections, in Guelph, Ontario, includes "material, chiefly photographs, relating to the career of Charles Meakins (1877-1951), star of several Broadway musical comedies in the 1920s. Also included is a microfilm of a scrapbook of Meakins' career held in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library, ca. 1908-27." Meakins' life and career is described in an article by Nancy Sadek, "Canada on Broadway: the Meakins-Connon Collection" available on the library website. [51] Sadek notes that the collection includes "pictures relating to the Connon family, including a hand tinted photograph of Thomas Connon and his wife and a portrait of Thomas as a young man. There are also two tintypes, one a typical tiny portrait of a young child, the other a more unusual large plate, 17 x 22 cm., of a lady which someone has attempted to colour with oil paints. These Connon family items are of interest in the context of the Library's Connon Collection which contains over 200 examples of the work of the Elora father and son photographers. The Meakins material also complements the Library's extensive collections of theatre archives." [52]

In a bibliographic note, Ms. Sadek explains that "most of the information about Charles Meakin's career was derived from scrapbooks of clippings held by the New York Public Library, microfilm copies of which are now held with the Guelph collection." She also credits "Mr. John Bamber, longtime friend of the Meakins and donor of the collection, for relating his memories of Charles Meakins and Gene Connon." [53]

In her introduction, Ms. Sedak recounts an anecdote in which Charles' brother William, "quite properly engaged in the family business" visited Charles in New York when Charles had established a highly successful stage career. William saw Charles perform in "Sari, an operetta with a Hungarian setting and a hot new dance called the hazazaa." Charles reportedly asked his brother how he enjoyed the show. Getting "a less than enthusiastic response," Charles then asked, "What do you think of my acting?" To this his brother is reputed to have replied, "Well, Charley, the job I offered you at the factory is still open." [54]

Sedak states that Charles' family initially insisted on medical school but also provided musical training. She notes that "he showed early promise as a church chorister when growing up but decided on his future career when taking part in the university dramatic club's revivals of Gilbert and Sullivan at McGill where he had been sent to study medicine." After completing his medical degree "he went to Johns Hopkins University where he was put in charge of one of the first pathological laboratories in the country. From there he went to New York to establish a similar laboratory at the Presbyterian Hospital." He accepted "an offer to share a large practice with a Dr. Martin in Montreal" but soon returned to New York "apparently to recover from a broken heart." [55]

Sadek provides the following information about Charles Meakins' musical training: "When Meakins finally persuaded his family to finance some musical studies, he went to London, England. There he received instruction from such known vocalists as Lamperti and Charles Booy, but it was a stint with George Edwardes' famed Gaiety Company that he most enjoyed. Returning to North America he was introduced by a friend to the famous impresario, Augustin Daly, who promptly offered him a part in The country girl followed by other roles in long-forgotten musicals. He then came under contract to Henry Savage who first chose him for the leading role in the perennial favourite The merry widow. The show went on tour and was tremendously successful. In 1910 he performed at the Royal Alexandra in Toronto to sell-out houses despite the fact that Sarah Bernhardt and other popular theatre acts were in town as well. He was also in the company that played for two years in London's Drury Lane Theatre. In the collection there are two hand coloured prints of Drury Lane as it appeared in 1792. Meakins was to return to play in the theatre in later years as the star of Rose Marie." [56]

Sadek reports that Charles Meakins gave "his collection of 1700 fan letters from infatuated women, received during the course of his twenty year stage career," to his daughter Beth. Sadek explains that "age was no barrier to such fancies as there were tender missives from star-struck teenagers" as well as one that read in part "… your eyes are haunting me still. I shall tell you quite candidly that I am 88, far too old for you so don't answer unless that fact is no drawback. I am tall, very blonde, rather stout; good figure; a gentle woman of the highest social standing and with everything to lose if I were known to have written such a note to you or to any one … " The library collection in Quelph "contains no written samples of such adoration" but "there are several publicity portraits of lady show business friends such as Billie Burke, Myrna Loy and other femmes fatales. Some of the latter are clad in surprisingly little for the 1920's and 30's when most of these photographs were taken. Many are inscribed with affectionate messages, including a coy and breathless one from Billie Walker -- 'Dear Charles, I could make this pen dance all over this picture but, I think the less said the better.'" [57]


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[53] Nancy Sadek, Canada on Broadway: the Meakins-Connon Collection, Collection Update 1988, No. 11. University of Guelph Library Guelph McLaughlin Archives--Connon Collection (XZ1 MS A655--Filed on F.H. Shelf 111).

[54] Nancy Sadek, Canada on Broadway: the Meakins-Connon Collection, Collection Update 1988, No. 11. University of Guelph Library Guelph McLaughlin Archives--Connon Collection (XZ1 MS A655--Filed on F.H. Shelf 111).

[55] Nancy Sadek, Canada on Broadway: the Meakins-Connon Collection, Collection Update 1988, No. 11. University of Guelph Library Guelph McLaughlin Archives--Connon Collection (XZ1 MS A655--Filed on F.H. Shelf 111).

[56] Nancy Sadek, Canada on Broadway: the Meakins-Connon Collection, Collection Update 1988, No. 11. University of Guelph Library Guelph McLaughlin Archives--Connon Collection (XZ1 MS A655--Filed on F.H. Shelf 111).

[57] Nancy Sadek, Canada on Broadway: the Meakins-Connon Collection, Collection Update 1988, No. 11. University of Guelph Library Guelph McLaughlin Archives--Connon Collection (XZ1 MS A655--Filed on F.H. Shelf 111).