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The Messmores are our family. Uncle Harold had the studio in Ny and during WWII had a
secret contract to build paratroopers that were dropped over France to give the ilusion of
a massive invasion. His father William Messmore, being a carpenter went to help, but had
to return to Detroit. William insisted that the project be done with more detail than
Harold needed. Uncle Harold & Aunt Meta visited at our house many times, especially
when his sister, our grandmother Charlotte E. Messmore Guernsey lived with us in Redford
Twp. I have snapshots of Harold at his sister's house , on Belvue on Grosse Ile. Did
you know that William listed all of his children on his application for a pension as a
Civil War Vet (from Il)?Harold's brothers Herb and Fred were artistic and in our
family have pictures that Fred made and gave to my mother, Charlotte E.Guernsey Rose and
her brother Ray(Stanley R. Guernsey) when they were very young children. I believe they
lived at the corner of Lincoln and!
Kirby at that time.