Mary Constantia (Orlebar) Messiter (1819 - 1872)

Born 1819 in Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of George Hughes Messiter — married 21 Nov 1840 in Colaba, Bombay, India

Died 1872 at about age 53 in Portsea, Hampshire, England

Biography

Mary was born in 1819. She is the daughter of Robert Orlebar.

Sources

• John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, published London 1837, page 246. Accessed at Google Books (https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FBtVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA246)
• "India Marriages, 1792-1948 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGVK-JJT : accessed 19 January 2016), George Hughes Messiter and Mary Constantia Oelebar, 21 Nov 1840; citing Colaba, Bombay, India, reference ; FHL microfilm 523,841.
• 1861 Census of England & Wales (RG9/4394 f107 p21), 9 Peel Terrace, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, Mary Constantia Messiter, age 41, wife of Capt. Messiter, 69th Regiment. Accessed at Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com)
• 1871 Census of England & Wales (RG10/1545 f78 p30), Vicarage House, Willington, Bedfordshire, Mary C. Messiter, age 52, wife of Colonel Messiter, and sister of Augustus Orlebar, vicar of Willington. Accessed at Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com)
• England & Wales Death Registrations: Mar 1872, Messiter, Mary Constantia Age: 52 District: Portsea Vol 2b Page 308. Accessed at FreeBMD (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl)