Reuben Message
(-)
Mary Kemp
(-)
[Edward] Winter
(-)
Naomi Carey
(1825-1923)
Edgar Message of Fishergate
(1856-1929)
Emily Winter Carey
(1850-1940)
Mabel Message
(1887-1981)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Albert Thomas Skilton of Henfield

  • Frank George Skilton
  • Donald Albert Skilton
  • Margaret Emily Skilton
  • John Bryan Skilton
  • Pamela Mabel Skilton
  • Richard Edgar Skilton

Mabel Message

  • Born: 11 Jan 1887, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey, England
  • Christened: 27 Mar 1887, Ringmer, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 24 Mar 1919, Wiston, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 10 Jun 1981, 9 College Lane, Chichester, Sussex, England 3 4

  Research Notes:

Mabel daughter of Edgar Message of Little Horsted, farmer, and Emily Winter (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1911 England Census Mabel Message, age 24, born in Thornton Heath Surrey, single, was with her parents in Post Office, Wiston, Sussex.

In Oct 1918 Mabel Message was present at the marriages of her sisters Kate Message and May Message to Alfred Meeten and James Meeten in Wiston Sussex.

In the 1939 Register Mabel Skilton (b. 11 Jan 1887), domestic duties, shopkeeper (sweets, tobacco), and husband Albert T Skilton (b. 25 May 1892), postman, were living at 7 London Road, Henfield, Sussex. At the same address were [2 records officially closed] and [son] Richard Edgar Skilton (b. 1 Apr 1931), at school.

In Jul 1960 Mabel Skilton, widow, was granted Administration of the personal effects of her late husband.

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Mabel Skilton of 9 College Lane Chichester died 10 June 1981. Probate Brighton 17 July. Effects £7538. 4

  Marriage Information:

Mabel married Albert Thomas Skilton, son of Thomas Skilton and Margaret Fanny Lidbetter, on 24 Mar 1919 in Wiston, Sussex, England. (Albert Thomas Skilton was born on 25 May 1892 in Romford, Essex, England, christened on 24 Jul 1892 in St. Andrew, Romford, Essex, England, and died on 25 Apr 1960 at 7 London Rd., Henfield, Sussex, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Albert Thomas Skilton, age 26, bachelor, grocer, resident of Ditchling, son of Thomas Skilton, bricklayer, and
Mabel Message, age 32, spinster, resident of Wiston, daughter of Edgar Message, farmer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Frederick Edgar Message, Percy William Lelliott

Sources


1 Ringmer Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 156, no. 1245.

2 Wiston Sussex Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 91, no. 181.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Chichester district, 2nd Quarter, vol. 18, p. 1489 (date of birth recorded).

4 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1981, p. 7903.


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