John Herbert Messom

John Herbert (known as 'Jack') was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Ann Messom nee Parker, who had married in Nottingham in 1874. John's mother died in 1911 (registered Jan/Feb/Mar) and his widowed father completed the 1911 census with the information that he had been married for 37 years and that he and his wife had had 12 children born alive of whom only 8 were still living. Eight children were named on the census between 1881 and 1911: Thirza, Edward, Millicent, Samuel, William, Ethel, John and Elizabeth Mary. In 1891 when John was three years old his parents were living at 4 Camden Street having previously lived at 31 Camden Street (1881). Samuel and Elizabeth had seven children; Thirza (19), Edward (18), Millicent (16), Samuel (11), William (9), Ethel (7) and John. His parents were at the same address ten years later but only Samuel, William, Ethel, John and a fourth daughter, Elizabeth Mary (7), were living at home on the night of the census. By the time of the 1911 census when his father was widowed only the youngest daughter, Elizabeth, was still living in the family home on Camden Street. John was now married and living with his wife Ellen (Nellie), nee Crewe, at 5 Meadow Terrace, Ashling Street, Nottingham. They had one daughter, Lilian Ethel (1) and his mother-in-law, Eliza Crewe (64, lace worker) was living with the family. John and Ellen were to have at least two more children, Edith M. (b. 1912) and Ethel E. (b. 1915, registered Jul/Aug/Sep). His wife was still living at 5 Meadow Terrace when her husband died. John's brother, Samuel, served as a private in the 17th Bn Sherwood Foresters and was killed on 3 September 1916. Samuel, formerly a bricklayer, left a wife and three children who lived at 42 Whittier Road, Sneinton.

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