Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Charles Henry "Harry" Messett[1, 2]

Male 1849 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Charles Henry "Harry" Messett 
    Born 1849  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Name Harry Messett 
    Name Henry Messett 
    Occupation 1881  Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    marble cutter 
    Eby ID Number 00107-6463.1 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1519  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family Marion Shuh,   b. 9 May 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1934  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Mildred Jane Messett,   b. 25 Oct 1872, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1886  (Age 13 years)
     2. Jane "Jennie" Messett,   b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Henry "Harry" Messett,   b. 11 Feb 1876, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1947  (Age 71 years)
     4. Florence Messett,   b. 2 Oct 1877, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1978, Murrayville, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
     5. Adelaide Messett,   b. 1 Sep 1879, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1959, Coquitlam, , British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Alice Maude "Maud" Messett,   b. 25 Nov 1881, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Edmund Clemens Messett,   b. 6 Jan 1883, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Charles Roy Messett,   b. 1 Feb 1886, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Marion Messett,   b. 1887, Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Private Buglar Ralph Messett,   b. 20 Feb 1891, Birmingham, Iowa, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1915, Boulogne, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Possibly died 28 Apr 1916 in Hamilton where there was a Henry whose parents were Michael L. Messett and Jane McCurdy.

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 361.

    2. [S2116] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934.
      Name: Charles Raleigh Messett
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 04 Nov 1908 Seaforth, Canada
      Occ: granite cutter - Fairfield, IA
      Event Place: Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States
      Gender: Male
      Age: 22
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1886 near Fairfield, IA
      Father's Name: Chas Henry Messett
      Mother's Name: Marion Shuh
      Spouse's Name: Edith Emily Carmichael
      Spouse's Gender: Female
      Spouse's Age: 20
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1888
      Spouse's Father's Name: Hugh Carmichael
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Cretta Crooks

    3. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate Vol. 18 pg 187 (1871), Messet-Sherk.
      Henry Messet, 21, res. Berlin b. Canada, son of Mitchell and Jane, Married Mary Ann Shuh, 19, res. Berlin, b. Canada, daughter of Jacob and Nancy, Witnessed by: Frederick and Adeline Shuh of Berlin, 22 Dec 1871 at Berlin

    4. [S298] Census - Canada - 1881, Ontario, Huron, Seaforth - pg 86.
      Name: Henry Messet
      Event Type: Census
      Event Date: 1881
      Event Place: Seaforth, Huron East, Huron, Ontario, Canada
      Event Place (Original): Seaforth, Huron Centre, Ontario, Canada
      District Number: 174
      Gender: Male
      Age: 30
      Henry MessetM30Ontario - marbelcutter
      Marion MessetF27Ontario
      Mildred MessetF8Ontario
      Jane MessetF6Ontario
      Henry MessetM5Ontario
      Florence MessetF3Ontario
      Adelaid MessetF1Ontario
      Cathern HillF21Ontario
      Johsia McIlreenM22Ontario

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1849 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Dec 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - marble cutter - 1881 - Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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