found: Work cat.: De La Haye, A. A family of fashion : the Messels : six generations of dress, c2005.
found: History of Nymans Garden, via the National Trust Web site, Aug. 3, 2006("Nymans is one of the great gardens of the Sussex Weald and is internationally famous for its beauty and collection of rare plants. It is the achievement of three generations of the Messel family over a period of over a hundred years ... In 1890 Ludwig Messel purchased the 600 acre Nymans estate ... When Ludwig died in 1915, he was succeeded by his son Lt. Col. Leonard Messel ... Leonard and his wife Maud had three children: Linley who joined the family stockbrokers; Anne, who was one of the great beauties of the 1920's and 30's; and Oliver, the most creative designer of his day")
found: Apple, R.W. Sussex gardens : green and more than pleasant, pub. July 3, 2005, via New York times Web site, viewed Aug. 3, 2006(Three generations of the Messel family labored to bring Nymans Garden to fruition: Ludwig, a rich stockbroker originally from Germany; his son, Leonard; and his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (sister of the theatrical designer Oliver Messel and mother of the photographer Lord Snowdon))
found: Gottschald, M. Deutsche Namenkunde, 1982(Messel; variant: Messler)
found: Dict. of Amer. family names, 2003(Messler. German: habitational name for someone from Messel near Darmstadt)
notfound: A century of population growth, 1909;Smith, E.C. Dict. of Amer. family names, c1956;Reaney, P.H. A dict. of British surnames, 1976;Dolan, J.R. English ancestral names, c1972;Bahlow, H. Dict. of German names, c2002;Bahlow, H. Niederdeutsches Namenbuch, c1972
