Reuben Message
(-)
Mary Kemp
(-)
[Edward] Winter
(-)
Naomi Carey
(1825-1923)
Edgar Message of Fishergate
(1856-1929)
Emily Winter Carey
(1850-1940)
May Message
(1892-1973)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
James Meeten of Wiston

May Message

  • Born: 15 May 1892, Plashett Park, Little Horsted, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 3 Jul 1892, Ringmer, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 3 Oct 1918, Wiston, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 17 Jan 1973, 8 Rock Close, Southwick, Sussex, England 3 4

  Research Notes:

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

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At the time of the 1911 England Census May Message, age 18, born in Little Horsted Sussex, single, was with her parents in Post Office, Wiston, Sussex.

In Oct 1916 May Message was present at the marriage of her sister Laura Message to Ernest William Simmons in Wiston Sussex.

In the 1939 Register May Meeten (b. 15 May 1892), widowed, shopkeeper, cafe, was at 100 Albion St., Southwick Sussex.

In Dec 1958 May Meeten, widow, was granted Administration of the personal effects of her late sister Edith Emily Message of Southwick, spinster.

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May Meeten of 8 Rock Close Southwick died 17 January 1973. Administration Brighton 1 March. Effects £7800. 4

  Marriage Information:

May married James Meeten, son of John Meeten and Alice Hook, on 3 Oct 1918 in Wiston, Sussex, England. (James Meeten was born in 1890 in Wiston, Sussex, England and was buried on 28 Oct 1920 in Wiston, Sussex, England, aged 30 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

James Meeten, age 28, bachelor, soldier, resident of Welton Felixstowe Suffolk, son of John Meeten (deceased), labourer, and
May Message, age 26, spinster, resident of Wiston, daughter of Edgar Message, farmer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Arthur Douglas Message, Mabel Message

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

Sources


1 Ringmer Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 179, no. 1429.

2 Wiston Sussex Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 90, no. 180.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Worthing district, 1st Quarter, vol. 5h, p. 2910 (date of birth recorded).

4 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1973, p. 5882.


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