Catharine (Chandler) Messenger (1776)

Born 1776 in Thurlaston, Leicestershire, England

Wife of Richard Messenger — married 18 Feb 1811 in Shearsby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Catharine (Katharine) was born in Thurlaston, Leicestershire and baptised there on 03 Apr 1776, the daughter of Edward and Letitia Chandler ^[1], (her brother Richard had been born the previous year).

On 18 Feb 1811 she married Richard Messenger of Shearsby at Barwell, Leicestershire. At the time her residence was in Potters Marston ^[2].

In 1841 she was living in the household of her son Richard Messenger in Church Street, Shearsby ^[3]

In 1851, a widow and farmer of 150 acres and with 5 labourers, she was still living with son Richard and daughter Letitia in Church Street, Shearsby ^[4]. George Clowse (14) lived and worked on her farm. Her immediate neighbours were John Goode and Ellen Herbert.

Catharine (Chandler) Messenger was born in Leicestershire, England.

This profile is part of the Shearsby, Leicestershire One Place Study.

Sources

1. ↑ "Leicestershire Baptisms," database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FLEICS%2FBAP%2F00456584 6 Jan 2022), baptism of Katharine Chandler, daughter of Edward and Letitia Chandler on 03 Apr 1776 at Thurlaston; citing Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records, ref. DE530/3; Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.
2. ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4W-5KGM : 6 June 2018), Richard Messenger and Catharine Chandler, 18 Feb 1811; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Marriage, Barwell, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page 7, citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
3. ↑ "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1841%2F0005968424 13 Jan 2022), HO107/598/11 Household of Richard Messenger.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGFG-7MG : 9 November 2019), Catherine Messenger, Knaptoft, Leicestershire, England; citing Knaptoft, Leicestershire, England, p. 2, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

See also Find A Grave: Memorial #203127859