Birth: 23 May 1883 Farnham, Suffolk, UK
Father: James Messenger 1849-1924
Mother: Sarah Bolderston 1851-1927
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: July-September 1904 Plomesgate, Suffolk, UK
Husband: George Charles Cowles 1881-1917
Marriage: 25 May 1919 St Margaret, King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Husband: William Henry Depear 1893-1963
Death: July 1976 King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Burial: 30 July 1976 St Margaret, King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK
By George
Barbara Violet Irene Cowles 1904-1983
By William
William James Depear 1921-1992
Birth of Agnes Mary Messenger in FreeBMD in April-June 1883 in Plomesgate (4A 819). Afterwards her second name is May.
Her sister was born on 2 December 1886 in Farnham, Suffolk.
In the 1891 census as Aggie (sic) Messenger aged 8, born in Farnham, Suffolk, and living with her parents (James and Sarah) two brothers (Ernest and William) and two sisters (Daisy and Rose) in four rooms at Street Cottage 12, Farnham, Suffolk.
In the 1901 census as Aggie (sic) M Messenger aged 18, born in Farnham, Suffolk, and a servant living with Sarah Lewin (aged 44, born in Monk Soham, Suffolk, widowed, and a farmeress), her three sons (Earnest A aged 16, John C S aged 2 and Valentine P aged 4, all born in Farnham, Suffolk), daughter (Ruth J aged 7 and born in Farnham, Suffolk), two other servants (James Messenger - her father), and Harriet E Goddard aged 17, born in Farnham, Suffolk and single) at Hall Farm, Farnham, Suffolk. Her mother, brother and sister were living in The Street, Farnham.
Marriage of Agnes May Messenger and George Charles Cowles in FreeBMD in July-September 1904 in Plomesgate (4A 1978).
Her daughter was born on 25 July 1904 in Blo Norton.
In the 1911 census as Agnes May Cowles aged 29, born in Farnham, Sufffolk, married for seven years with one child still living, a water manufacturer, and living with her husband (George Charles) and daughter (Barbara Violet) in in four rooms in Albion Street, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
Her husband died on 6 May 1917 in Villers-Plouich, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Entry in her husband's World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Agnes Mary Cowles widow. and Barbara Violet Irene Cowles born 25 July 1904 as child of George Charles Cowles Other Ranks Died.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for Agnes May Cowler (sic) and William Henry Depear married 4 (sic) May 1919 at St Margaret with St Nicholas, King's Lynn, and St Edmund. "Page 83 The Year 1919 [...] No. 248 Banns of Marriage between William Henry Depear Bachelor and Agnes Mary Cowles, Widow Both of this Parish were published as follows:- 1st Time, Sunday May 4th [...] 2nd Time, Sunday May 11th [...] 3rd Time, Sunday May 18th [...] Married May 25th 1919".
Marriage of Agnes M Cowles and William H Depear in FreeBMD in April-June 1919 in King's L (4B 885).
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for the marriage of Agnes May Cowles aged 34, father James Messenger, and William Henry Depear on 25 May 1919 at St Margaret with St Nicholas, King's Lynn, and St Edmund, "Page 4 1919 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Margaret King's Lynn in the County of Norfolk. [No.] 7 May Twenty fifth 1919 William Henry Depear [aged] 26 [a] Bachelor [and] Mill Foreman [of] Hampton Court [father] William Depear (Deceased) [a] Dock Labourer, [and] Agnes May Cowles [aged] 34 [a] Widow [of] Hampton Court [father] James Messenger [a] Farm Baliff. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of William James Anderson and Christianna Ardline Depear".
In the 1921 census as Agnes May Depear born in Farnham, Suffolk in 1883 and living with William Henry Depear (husband?) and Barbara Violet Irene Cowles (daughter?) in St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
Her son was brn on 11 August 1921 in Kings Lynn.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Agnes M Depear born 23 May 1883, married and living with William H Depear (husband?), William J Depear (son?) and Barbara V J Cowles (daughter?) at 4 Hampton Court, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Her husband died in King's Lynn in January-March 1963.
Death of Agnes May Depear, born 20 March 1883, in FreeBMD in July-September 1976 in Kings Lynn (10 1228).
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995 for Agnes May Depear buried 30 July 1976 at St Margaret with St Nicholas, King's Lynn, and St Edmund. "Page 6 Burials in the Parish of S. Margaret with S. Nicholas and S Edmunds King's Lynn in the County of Norfolk in the year One thousand nine hundred and seventy six [...] Agnes May Depear No. 47 [of] ??nsleys Court [on] July 30th 1976 [aged] 93
There are twenty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Agnes May Messenger.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for Agnes Mary Messenger.
Agnes Mary Messenger was the wife of George Charles Cowles, my third cousin.
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