Meals
Name Origin
Name Origin
Discover the Meals
Explore the lives of your ancestors
Your name is all it takes to get started
Ready to discover the Meals story? Meals Born: Father Born: Mother Born:
Explore the lives of your ancestors We'll help you connect with your ancestors and explore their lives
Uncover your family tree Your name is all it takes to get started, and it's FREE!
Did you know? What does the Meals surname reveal about your family history?
The earliest occurrence of the Meals surname in our family history documents is from 1558, and we currently have 7,844 records where Meals appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
1 Mealses were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Mealses were most likely to live in Norfolk.
It seems all Mealses were law-abiding. We found no criminal records.
2 Mealses served in the First World War.
Start building your Meals family story Become one of the millions of users who are building their family tree with us. Create yours today for free.
Discover Meals records Mealses in military recordsWere your ancestors war heroes?
Mealses in census recordsWhere did your family live & what did they do?
Mealses in convict recordsDid your family have a brush with the law?
Mealses in parish recordsWhere were your family born, married, and buried?
{"hostname":"www.findmypast.co.uk","relay":[],"user":{"ip_address":"54.81.166.196","featureToggleClientKey":"577cda73711b1406ea0013c1","toggles":{"remove-chevrons-from-atoz-page-region-filters":false,"view-navbar-notifications-button":true,"us-intermediate-q3-experiment-cohort":true,"open-tree-tree-view-sidebar":false,"fmp-single-click-payment":true,"fmp-us-pp-value-prop":false,"us-logged-out-home-page-call-to-action":"tree-import","worldpay-normal":true,"tree-onboarding-guess-checkbox":false,"fmp-us-new-products-experiment":true,"safe-tutorial-experiment":true,"opted-out-of-newsletter-by-default-when-registering-toggle":false,"free-records-1881-census-other-counties":true,"open-tree-share-button":false,"view-master-notifications-toggle":true,"hint-paywall":"excluded","fmp-view-all-notifications-dropdown-link":true,"safe-search-results-tutorial-toggle":true,"fmp-ie-notifications-toggle":true,"titan-search-results-new-url":false,"us-home-page-world-tree-banner":false,"record-search-zendesk-live-chat":false,"hint-management":false,"filter-results-mobile-improvements":false,"fmp-au-notifications-toggle":true,"subscribe-page-uk-titan":true,"fmp-us-notifications-toggle":true,"titan-search-results-ie":true,"open-tree-multi-variant-landing-page":"inline-form","view-all-notifications-mark-all-as-read-toggle":true,"discount-box-new-subscribe-page":true,"mark-all-master-notifications-as-read":true,"search-forms-through-pharos":true,"opentree-family-search-add-modal":false,"safe-help-button-on-search-page":true,"worldpay-free-trial":true,"separate-facebook-component-sign-in-and-registration-functions":false,"cross-domain-experiment-test":false,"open-tree-ugc-info-modal":true,"findmyhouse-map":true,"open-tree-engagement-buttons":false,"safe-help-button-on-results-page":true,"safe-atoz-instructional-content":true,"include-master-notifications-in-count":true,"search-button-result-count-rollout":true,"titan-search-results-us":true,"titan-search-results-au":true,"search-button-result-count":true,"worldpay-card-update":true,"library-portal":false,"fmp-uk-notifications-toggle":true,"ci-integration-test":false},"member_id":null,"ld_key":"fc24dfe2-e589-443b-9478-56a0be537991","anonymous":true,"analytics":{"login_status":"false","lde":"false","is_library":"false"}},"environment":"production","apolloState":{"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.0":{"key":"is_library","value":"false","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.1":{"key":"lde","value":"false","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.2":{"key":"login_status","value":"false","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.3":{"key":"ld_key","value":"titan_ld_key","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.4":{"key":"anonymous","value":"true","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.5":{"key":"titan","value":"true","__typename":"AnalyticsData"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({})":{"data":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.0","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.1","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.2","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.3","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.4","typename":"AnalyticsData"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).data.5","typename":"AnalyticsData"}],"experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"})":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).0","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).1","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).2","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).3","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).4","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).5","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).6","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).7","typename":"Experiment"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).8","typename":"Experiment"}],"__typename":"Analytics"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).0":{"featureFlag":"hint-paywall","experimentId":"8685d4c4-7cd2-4886-9ac0-d37c24597317","experimentSlot":"10","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).1":{"featureFlag":"search-button-result-count","experimentId":"22c9351f-e887-4667-be69-5d4c7f03dfe4","experimentSlot":"2","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).2":{"featureFlag":"hint-management","experimentId":"f1835edb-1be6-42cc-b5b7-ad81b67b8950","experimentSlot":"0","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).3":{"featureFlag":"open-tree-engagement-buttons","experimentId":"ebffb655-7df4-4890-98aa-33a15a4b22c3","experimentSlot":"3","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).4":{"featureFlag":"search-button-result-count-rollout","experimentId":"60ff08b9-e8e6-4852-8529-396b62d4d846","experimentSlot":"4","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).5":{"featureFlag":"opted-out-of-newsletter-by-default-when-registering-toggle","experimentId":"e383e62e-e7cf-4b4e-949e-5207d9c48fc5","experimentSlot":"7","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).6":{"featureFlag":"open-tree-multi-variant-landing-page","experimentId":"623febee-637d-424e-b02f-87454efa3a4a","experimentSlot":"5","experimentDomain":"uk","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).7":{"featureFlag":"separate-facebook-component-sign-in-and-registration-functions","experimentId":"c3362170-579e-49ad-8c8d-108b2e3e878f","experimentSlot":"0","experimentDomain":"all","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({}).experiments({\"locale\":\"en_GB\"}).8":{"featureFlag":"cross-domain-experiment-test","experimentId":"24f79baf-431d-4bbf-8f0d-b2392813fbb0","experimentSlot":"1","experimentDomain":"all","__typename":"Experiment"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root":{"analytics({})":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.analytics({})","typename":"Analytics"},"__typename":"Root","surnameDomain":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain","typename":"SurnameDomain"}},"ROOT_QUERY":{"root":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root","typename":"Root"}},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.0":{"type":"criminalRecordCount","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.0.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.0.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"0","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.1":{"type":"earliestOccurrenceOf","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.1.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.1.properties.0":{"type":"year","value":"1558","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.2":{"type":"firstWorldWarCount","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.2.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.2.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"2","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.3":{"type":"mostCommonOccupation","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.3.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.3.properties.1","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.3.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"1","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.3.properties.1":{"type":"occupation","value":"domestic","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.4":{"type":"mostLikelyLocation","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.4.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.4.properties.0":{"type":"location","value":"norfolk","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.5":{"type":"numberOfRecords","properties":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.5.properties.0","typename":"SurnameFactProperty"}],"__typename":"SurnameFact"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.5.properties.0":{"type":"count","value":"7844","__typename":"SurnameFactProperty"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"})":{"facts":[{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.0","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.1","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.2","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.3","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.4","typename":"SurnameFact"},{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"}).facts.5","typename":"SurnameFact"}],"canonical":"Meals","additionalMeaning":null,"__typename":"Surname"},"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain":{"surname({\"name\":\"meals\"})":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.root.surnameDomain.surname({\"name\":\"meals\"})","typename":"Surname"},"__typename":"SurnameDomain"}}}
