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Kayak

Kayak Report 7 Feb 2020 18:14

HI,

Please could SKS post all details for the following Messenger family as I can't find them on the Ancestry website:

1841 Speen Newbury Berkshire
Charles c1791
Mary c1791
Harriet c1826
Jane c1828
Thomas c1830

TIA
Tiggit

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2020 18:52

On Ancestry

Name: Charles Messec
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Where born: Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Speen
Hundred: Faircross
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
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Registration district: Newbury
Sub-registration district: Speen
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 17
Book: 31
Folio: 6
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Messec 50
Mary Messec 5
Harriett Messec 15
Jane Messec 13
Thomas Messec 11
Jane Lynchard 30


Used forename, birth year and location.......

malyon

malyon Report 7 Feb 2020 18:55

did mary die

Kayak

Kayak Report 7 Feb 2020 18:56

OK thanks Erika, does it say Inn Keeper for his occupation or am I reading it wrong?

Kayak

Kayak Report 7 Feb 2020 18:57

malyon, Not until 1872

Kayak

Kayak Report 7 Feb 2020 19:00

Have to go now back tomorrow!

malyon

malyon Report 7 Feb 2020 19:03

Deaths Jun 1872 (>99%)
Messenger Mary 79 Newbury 2c 138

greyghost

greyghost Report 7 Feb 2020 19:25

Looks very much like Innkeeper on original

Maddie

Maddie Report 8 Feb 2020 10:52

fmp
Wood Speen, Speen, Newbury, Berkshire, England
Charles Messenger Male 50 1791 Berkshire, England
Mary Messenger Female 50 1791 Berkshire, England
Harriet Messenger Female 15 1826 Berkshire, England
Jane Messenger Female 13 1828 Berkshire, England
Thomas Messenger Male 11 1830 Berkshire, England
Jane Lydrand Female 30 1811 Berkshire, England

1851
Southampton Terrace, Newbury St Nicholas, Newbury, Berkshire, England
Charles Messenger Head Married Male 62 1789 Annuitant Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Mary Messenger Wife Married Female 60 1791 - Newbury, Berkshire, England
Jane Messenger Daughter Unmarried Female 23 1828 - Newbury, Berkshire, England
Hannah Fidler Granddaughter Unmarried Female 6 1845 Scholar Windsor, Berkshire, England
Marked As Answer Marked as Answered

Kayak

Kayak Report 8 Feb 2020 11:04

Many thanks everyone that's great.

Maddie

Maddie Report 8 Feb 2020 11:18

People In The News
Charles
Last name Messenger
Periodical Reading Mercury
Location Reading, Berkshire, England, Newbury
Publication date 4 May 1872
Page number 5
Publication place Reading, Berkshire
Other names R. Garrett, John Humphris, Elizabeth Garratt, John Curtis Burt, Amos White, Thomas Williams, Thomas Banting, William Banting, Joseph Shaw, G. Slack, Charles Pike
Record set People In The News
Category Directories & social history
Subcategory Newspapers & Magazines
Collections from England, Great Britain

mary's death