I am looking for any info on an Andrew Cherry (auctioneer, watch repairman, perhaps from Armaugh County, Ireland) and Winifred Mesney in Ireland. I don't believe they ever came to America.
They had several children, Josephine (nurse?), Winifred, Andrew Thomas MIller Cherry (my Great Grandfather) who did come to America. Andrew Thomas lived in Alabama, Chicago where my Grandfather Robert Andrew Cherry, Sr. was born in 1899. They then ended up in Portage County, Ohio where his wife possibly divorced him and he died in 1936.

Any info available would be greatly appreciated!!! I do have several photos of them with notations (Thank Heaven!!), they must have had some money back them because the photos were done in a studio setting, but I have no dates and would be thrilled to get anything.

Andrew Cherry and Winifred Mary Mesney were married in Totnes (GRO ref Dec 1859, Totnes, vol 5b, page 343). I sent for their marriage certificate a week or so ago and when it arrives will post his details. She was born in Westport, County Mayo. Date of baptism in the Church of Ireland Parish of Oughaval was 21 November 1835. Parents were William Mesney (1806-1863) and Mary Lock (1801-1878). William was probably born in Alderney, Mary was born in Sherborne, Dorset. Mary's parents probably were Robert and Jane Lock and if so, Mary was baptised on 6 January 1802 in Sherborne Parish Church.

Winifred's sibs were: Mary Sarah Mesney (1828-1830), Louisa Jane Mesney (1829- ), William Michael Locke Mesney (1831-1884), Walter Alexander Mesney (1835-1836), Robert Locke Mesney (1840-1918), and Walter Alexander Mesney (1840- ).

Andrew Cherry and Winifred Mary Mesney were married in the Parish Church in the parish of St Saviours, Devon, on 2 November 1859. Both were of full age and both resident in St Saviours. Andrew was a bachelor and Winifred a spinster. Andrew's occupation was jeweller and his father was Samuel Cherry, deceased. Mary's occupation was left blank and her father was William Mesney, Captain R.N. Witnesses were W Mesney, Fanny Faremouth, and Robert Lock Mesney

Amazing! I'm descended from Winifred's sister Louisa Jane, and I just found her GRO marriage reference numbers two days ago. I've ordered the certificate, but now here is all this information! If jlog_1 has any further information on the Mesney family besides what I will find in the Totnes records, I would be most appreciative.

I hope to find where Louisa Jane was born. She married Richard Louis Murrow in 1853 in Totnes. Per family history, she had four chidren who all died at one time, and then she had eleven more. I've found the eleven, but would love to know about the first four. She died 10 Aug 1878 in Belfast.

There is a lot of information about the Mesney family. Volunteers in Alderney have kindly made available a family tree going back to Pierre Mesney, born 1614, a gggggg-grandfather of Winifred and Louisa. I also have some information about the Mesney families in England and Ireland. I will try and get it into shape suitable for posting.

Louisa Jane Mesney was baptised in Weymouth on 15 November 1829. A Richard Lewis Murrow, an accountant aged 65, widower, died of apoplexy on 1 December 1898 at 17 Cliftonville Avenue, Belfast. I presume this was her husband.

Bless you, jlog_1! I have searched for so long for my grandmother's birthplace! Richard was indeed her husband, but he spelled his second name Louis. I will look forward to anything else you can send me.

How can I find the Alderney volunteers' family tree?