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Descendents of William Messer (4 Dec 1799 – 21 Sep 1874)
and Alice (or Alison) Brown (~1795 – 19 Sep 1877)

Second Immigrant Generation
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4. Walter Messer. Son of William Messer & Alice (Or Alison) Brown. Born 4 Apr 1832 in England. Died 7 Aug 1886 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.

 

    Much of the information on Walter Messer, his wife Isabella Speedy and their family is contained in a book, Messer History,   put together by Stella Messer in 1995.   Other sources used were newspaper obituaries, census reports, church records, and genealogies of other related families.

 

    The 1861 Census showed that Walter and his wife Isabella, owned or occupied 60 acres of improved land and 100 acres of unimproved land.   Cash value of farm 200 pounds, value of implements and machinery, 1 pound.   They had 3 milch cows, 2 working oxen, 5 other neat cattle, 6 sheep and 3 swine.   They slaughtered 200 lb. pork.   Produced 200 lb. butter, 23 lb. wool, 14 tons hay, 240 bu. oats, 50 bu. buckwheat, 15 bu. timothy and 70 bu. potatoes.

 

    He married Isabella Speedy, daughter of Thomas Speedy & Isabella Patterson, 22 Apr 1856. Born 14 Dec 1836 in Berwick, Eng. Died 16 Sep 1930 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian.

 

2878. Undated tintype image of "Isabella Messer" Isabella (Speedy) Messer (1836-1930). See 2879 below for image of photograph removed from sleeve. Source: Darrell Messer, Harvey, Rephotographed by Tim Patterson. 26 Jul 2007. Medium Sized Pop-up Image Full Sized Pop-up Image For Printing

2879. Undated tintype image of "Isabella Messer" Isabella (Speedy) Messer (1836-1930). See 2878 above for image of photograph in sleeve. Source: Darrell Messer, Harvey, Rephotographed by Tim Patterson. 26 Jul 2007. Medium Sized Pop-up Image Full Sized Pop-up Image For Printing

 

4127. Undated large format crayon portrait photograph of Isabella Speedy b 14 Dec 1836 d. 16 Sep 1930 m. Walter Messer Source: Collection of Vercelia (Little) Gass, Tweedside, New Brunswick.. Rephotographed, cropped and contrast adjusted by Tim Patterson 6 August 2008. Medium Sized Pop-up Image Full Sized Pop-up Image For Printing

 

    Copied from newspaper obituary -   (1930)

    Mrs Isabel Messer

    Harvey Station, York Co.- Sept 18--The death of Mrs Isabel Messer occurred suddenly at the home of her son, Allen Messer, on Tuesday at 2 p.m. after a few days illness.    Mrs Messer was the widow of Walter Messer and was the daughter of Thomas and Isabel Speedy.   She was born in Berwick, England, and came with her parents to this country when six years of age.   If she had lived until December, she would   have been 94 years of age.

 

    Mrs Messer leaves to mourn Mrs Thomas McFarland, Tweedside; Thomas Messer, Coburn; Mrs Isaac Haines, Portland; Mrs Nell C. Clark, Boston;   William Messer, Coburn; James Messer, Vancouver; Mrs Andrew Fisher, Boston; Walter Messer, Portland; and Allen Messer, of Harvey Station; also 32 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs Thomas Piercy, of Denman Island, B.C., and Mrs James Rutherford, Tweedside.   Thomas Speedy of St. Stephen and John Speedy, Minneapolis, are brothers.

 

   The funeral was held this morning from her late home with a short service at the house and service at Knox Presbyterian Church.   Rev. George Knight had charge of the service.   "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" and "I Hears the Voice of Jesus Say" were sung by the choir.   Mr Knight sang as a solo, "Life's Railroad to Heaven."   Pallbearers were six grandsons, Alexander and Wallace Wood, Howard McFarland, Ezra, Glen and Edwin Messer.   The flowers were beautiful and numerous.   Interment was made in Harvey Cemetery.

    They had the following children:

  20   i.   Alice Isabella Messer

  21   ii.   Thomas Brown Messer

  22   iii.   Margaret Ann "Maggie" Messer

  23   iv.   Elizabeth Messer

  24   v.   Eleanor "Nell" Messer

  25   vi.   William D. Messer

  26   vii.   James R. Messer

  27   viii.   Sarah "Sadie" Messer

  28   ix.   John "Allan" Messer

  29   x.   Walter Messer

  30   xi.   Walter Atkins Messer

 

Supplementary Data

Baptism

The Crookham Presbyterian fiche (C 1811-33, A.207) had some of the Messer family:

p. 82   MESSER   9 April 1832   Walter son of William Messer, Hind, Paston, and his wife Alice, daughter of William Brown, was born 3 April 1832

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Entry last updated: 21 December 2008
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