Mittie (Naylor) Westenra OBE (1859 - 1953)

Born 12 Nov 1859 in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Derrick Warner William Westenra — married 14 Jun 1882 in All Saints' Church, Ennismore Gardens, London, England

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1953 at age 93 in Rossmore Park, County Monaghan, Ireland

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Biography

Mittie was born in 1859. She was the daughter of Richard Christopher Naylor and Mary Sophia Thorold.^[1]

Christening Date: 12 November 1859

Event Place: , Eastham, Cheshire, England^[2]

Mittie lived with her parents, siblings and numerous servants in Hooton, Cheshire, England and in Leicestershire, England.

She married Derrick Warner William Westenra 4th/5th Baron Rossmore of Monaghan (son of Henry Robert Westenra, 2nd/3rd Baron Rossmore of Monaghan and Josephine Julia Helen Lloyd) on 14 June 1882 at All Saints' Church, Ennismore Gardens, London, England.^[3]

As a result of her marriage, Mittie was styled as Baroness Rossmore of Monaghan.

They had the following children:

Hon. Mary Westenra ( b. 1 Dec 1890, d. 29 Jul 1960)

William Westenra, 5th/6th Baron Rossmore of Monaghan (b. 12 Jul 1892, d. 17 Oct 1958)

Hon. Richard Westenra (b. 15 Oct 1893, d. 26 Jul 1944)

Her husband died in 1921.

She passed away in 1953.

Burial

St Patrick's Monaghan Parish Church of Ireland, Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26YX-999 : 1 October 2014), Mittie Naylor, 1859; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Wirral, Cheshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3LP-3JM : 7 December 2017), Mittie Naylor, 12 Nov 1859, Christening; citing item 3 p 70, , Eastham, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,106,556.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DTX-2ML : 13 December 2014), Derrick Warner Baron Rossmore Westenra, 1882; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1882, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 702, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88222562/mittie-westenra

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Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7L2-QCJ : 20 April 2019), Mittie Naylor in household of C, Hooton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFT8-QY2 : 26 April 2019), Mittie Naylor in entry for Richard C Naylor, 1871.