Reuben Message
(-)
Mary Kemp
(-)
[Edward] Winter
(-)
Naomi Carey
(1825-1923)
Edgar Message of Fishergate
(1856-1929)
Emily Winter Carey
(1850-1940)
Kate Message
(1884-1941)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Alfred Meeten

  • Alfred George Meeten

Kate Message

  • Born: 17 Apr 1884, Plashett Park, Little Horsted, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 1 Jun 1884, Little Horsted, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 3 Oct 1918, Wiston, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 18 Jul 1941, Trickles Cottages, Hole St., Wiston, Sussex, England 3 4

  Research Notes:

Kate daughter of Edgar Message of Plashetts Park Farm, farmer, and Emily Winter (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1891 England Census Kate Message, age 6, born in Little Horsted, scholar, was with her parents in Plashett House, Little Horsted Sussex.

At the time of the 1911 England Census Kate Message, age 26, born in Little Horsted Sussex, single, was with her maternal grandmother Naomi Fiest, age 84, born in South Malling Sussex, widow, in Southdown Villa, Ringmer Sussex.

In the 1939 Register Kate Meetern (b. 17 Apr 1884), unpaid domestic duties, and husband Alfred Meeten (b. 10 Jul 1887), general estate labourer, were living in Trickles Cottages, Ashington, Sussex. At the same address was [Alfred's mother] Alice Meeten (b. 12 Feb 1854), widowed, retired.

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Kate Meeten died aged 57 years. 3

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WISTON

Funeral of Mrs. A. Meeten.

The funeral took place last Wednesday at All Saints', Buncton, of Mrs. Kate Meeten, wife of Mr. Alfred Meeten, of Trickles Cottages, Wiston. Mrs. Meeten was one of the best known residents of the village. She died at the age of 58 years following a long illness. She was one of the oldest members of the Wiston Women's Institute and she also belonged to the local branch of the Mothers' Union.

Mrs. Meeten is survived by her husband and one son who is serving with the Forces.

Worthing Herald, 1 August 1941, p. 11

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Kate Meeten of Hole-street Wiston Steyning Sussex (wife of Alfred Meeten) died 18 July 1941. Administration Lewes 12 May 1943 to the said Alfred Meeten, estate labourer. Effects £480 6s. 6d. 4

  Marriage Information:

Kate married Alfred Meeten, son of John Meeten and Alice Hook, on 3 Oct 1918 in Wiston, Sussex, England. (Alfred Meeten was born on 10 Jul 1887 in Wiston, Sussex, England and died in 1975 in the Brighton District, Sussex, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Alfred Meeten, age 31, bachelor, soldier (discharged), resident of Wiston, son of John Meeten (deceased), labourer, and
Kate Message, age 34, spinster, resident of Wiston, daughter of Edgar Message, farmer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Arthur Douglas Message, Mabel Message

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Kate and her sister May married brothers on the same day.

Sources


1 Little Horsted Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms, p 70, no. 559.

2 Wiston Sussex Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 90, no. 179.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Chanctonbury district, 3rd Quarter, vol. 2b, p. 651.

4 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1943, p. 545.


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