Messervy, J. Alfred, 1859-1921

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1859 - 1921

Biographical History

Jacques Alfred Messervy (1959-1921) was a pastor at the Reformed Church of France in Mantilly, Normandy, France who also helped compile a family history and pedegree of his family, many of who would eventually join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and move to Utah.

Monsieur Jacques Alfred Messervy was born in France in 1859. During much of his life between 1885-1894, he served as a minister in the Reformed Church of France in Mantilly, department of Orme, in lower Normandy. While serving in his church, he spent much of his spare time compiline a pedigree and family history of his family. While this included the members of his family in France, it also included the Robert-Messervy family who, in 1853, left from their home in France to join the Joseph W. Young 76th Pioneer Company to Utah. Later in his life, he grew to be blind until, on April 9,1921, he died in St. Helier's, Jersey.

Citation:

UPB files, May 10, 2016 (Monsieur Jacques Alfred Messervy; born in France in 1859; Served as minister/compiler of Messervy family history; died blind in St. Helier's, Jersey)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Robert and Meservy family records

Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197232560323]

Identifier: MSS 8836

Scope and Contents Collection includes two family record books related to the Meservy and Robert families coming out of the Isle of Jersey. The first record is a copy of a book titled "Genealogie de la Famille Messervy," and is a record of the Messervy family line on the Isle of Jersey extending into France and England as far back as 1400. This genealogical record contains the history of Jersey and possible origins of the Messervy name. Adjacent to the published pedigree charts for the family are records of...

Dates: 1899-2015

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections