Measdays on the Net

I gathered these links using various WWW search engines. David Measday, the physicist, is cited far and wide on the Internet, so I only list his home page. Mark Measday, being involved in all things Internet-related, is hard to miss on the web; his home page is well worth visiting. Stephen Measday, the Australian writer, is all over the Internet, too; one of these days, I'll order and read some of his books!

Some of the links have gone stale since I began keeping this list; I update them when and if I can, but, for their name's sake, I don't delete anyone whose last remaining link has disappeared.

My apologies for any mistakes in the things I say about people I don't know; please feel free to correct me!

Somewhere, Somehow

• www.measday.com

• A9 PDF Files - containing the name "Measday". Lots of David, Vivien, Stephen, and Ari!

• Measday Favourite is a type of apple!

• Measdays Hill is formed by Clarendon Fault near Adelaide, Australia.
• Measday Hill Lookout is found on the Pioneer Women's Trail between Stirling and Adelaide.

• Measday's Store "Dunrobin" (Crafers, S. Aust.) is a 1905 photograph in the possession of the State Library of South Australia.

• measday's Photo Home Page

• Measday - was a character played by James Steele in a 1996 Australian TV series, Cody.

• "Stephen Varady: Perraton Apartment and Measday Residence" is a case study in architectural design by Jonathan Bell in The Transformable House. (Varady is a well-known architect in Sydney, Australia.)

• Surnames ending in "...day"!

• Measdays litigious?
  • Measday v. Kwik-Copy Corp. is a 1983 case cited in opinions here, here, and here.
  • MEASDAY is found in a list of claims against Dow Chemical.
  • Measday Sweazeo is a 1968 case (?) mentioned in the answers to discussion questions for a business law course.

Australia

• Dr. Measday, a general practitioner, treated a patient who contracted haemolytic uraemic syndrome from eating contaminated Garibaldi garlic mettwurst.

• Amanda Jane Measday was scheduled for an exam at the University of Tasmania, Australia!

• The Australian Andrew Measday is a Chief Medical Imaging Technologist in Ararat, Victoria, Australia, and is active in the Grampians Hockey Association.

• Andrew and Simon Measday are remembered from Woomera. Andrew was apparently a marble swallower!

• Ann Elizabeth Measday is listed in Terry Foenander's compilation, Deaths in the Melbourne Hospital, 1867-1880: "Ann Elizabeth Measday (alias Andrews), 38, born in Kent, arrived in 1866, in the George H. Warren; disease of brain. [12]"

• Anne Measday was manager of the Center for Continuing Legal Education at the University of New South Wales. In December 2001, she was appointed director of the Australian Graduate School of Management's MBA Executive Program. (Awarded the R. W. Bennett Medal for Exceptional Merit in Law at the University of Adelaide in 1974?)

• Annie Measday is the contact for a day care "centre" in Rose Bay, Australia.

• Audrey R. Measday is listed by the South Australian Sources for History and Social Science as the author and publisher of a book, Elliott Edward Burnell, Elsie Lydia Phelps.

• Dr. B. Measday is an OBGYN at Brighton General Hospital.

• Beth Measday is a teacher librarian in South Australia. (Researching the use of interactive whiteboards in classrooms?)

• Brian Measday, a retired accountant, is one of the inventors of the GreenWell, a planting product for trees and shrubs. (Brian and Graeme Measday are/were consultants in Cleland McFarlane Selth, an accounting practice in Australia.)

• Chris Measday is a member of a Quake-playing clan, Ministry of Darkness.

• Danielle Measday is a star hockey player!

• Douglas Measday is a Jetstream (agricultural sprayers) dealer in Bute, South Australia.

• Frank M. Measday is a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia (South Australia). He is mentioned in a report on the International Rural Church Conference in August 1998 and is listed in a bibliography of rural church and ministry resources. (Also the author of David the Leper ... a History of the Measday Family?)

• George Eric Measday founded a Measday dynasty in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. His wife, Iris Measday, was awarded a Centenary Medal for "service to the community" in 2003.
  
  One son, Gordon Measday, is mentioned as a member of the Wagga Wagga Motorcycle Club in the 1970's. (Are Kaid and Rick, below, his children?) Another son, Michael Bruce Measday, appears with Shaun Eric Measday (relation?) in Karen Hughes' (?) GEDCOM genealogy.
  
  Michael and brother Ian Measday (and Ian's wife Heather Measday) took over the family business upon their father's death in 1966. Ian and Heather have two children, Neil Measday (cross-country runner?) and Brian Measday. Brian will be taking over the business when Ian retires; a son of Brian's, Brett Measday, already works in the business.

• Glen Measday completed a thesis, "Serpentinisation and its impact on the geophysical response of ultramafic rocks and associated mineralisation", at the University of Western Australia. Heavy stuff, no pun intended! Is he an "Old Wollastonian" (PDF, page 5)? Did he send in a valid idea for the Tsunami Comic?

• Guy Measday is a real estate sales consultant in South Australia.

• Heather Measday is a very accomplished, professional graphics designer (portfolio). Her family lives in Perth, Western Australia. Her parents are Angela and Phillip Measday - brother of Stephen Measday, the author! Heather has two brothers, Glen Measday (the engineering student above?) and Owen Measday. Her grandmother, Rene Measday, lives in Sydney. (2003 Exhibition)

• James Measday of Adelaide is the husband of professional golfer, Anne-Marie Knight.

• Jane Measday is a senior project manager for the West Vic Division of General Practice and, I think, the author of an article in the Australian Journal of Primary Health - Interchange. She is mentioned in a Ayron Teed's account of establishing a pharmacy in a rural area.

• Jenny Measday is a teacher at South Stirling Primary School in Western Australia.

• Kaid Measday and Rick Measday (both of Wagga Wagga, Australia) are listed in the results of the Wanabrook Holeshot Motocross Series 1998.

• Mark Measday is a doctor in Australia. (From endorsements of a self-help program)

• May Measday (1882-????) was a teacher at various schools (Flinders Street, Payneham, and Kadina). (From Brian Condon's database, "Service histories of S.A. State Teachers 1852-1960".)

• Measday's Services is an agricultural equipment dealer in South Australia. A company profile gives this history: "Measday's Services was Established in Bute in 1937 by Claude Measday then operated by Doug Measday and now is currently operated by Warrick and Clinton Measday in conjunction with James Rosenberg. In February 2003, Measday's Services moved locations from Bute to Kadina."

• Nick Measday is the Secretary for the Wesley Curtin Amateur Football Club in Perth, Western Australia.

• Peter Measday is mentioned in what is apparently a review of an Australian science fiction movie, The Time Game (by Stephen Measday?) in a TV schedule.

• Rowan Measday of Melbourne is starting his own web site.

• Ruth Measday, married Edwin Barter of Adelaide, Australia in 1873. (From an Australian genealogical directory; contact Leith Barter if you have information about them.)

• Scott Marlow Measday competed in the 1993 Victor Harbor Triathlon. (HOSTPLUS representative?)

• Shirley Measday is/was a member of the South Australian Croquet Association.

• Sky Measday signed the guestbook at a site for Great Danes.

• Stephen Measday is a script writer (see Sons and Daughters), author, producer, and speaker in Australia. Some of his books include:
  
  
  • The Fang Mystery
  • Giant Spiders: 6 After Dark Series
  • The News on Aliens - and its cover.
  • The News They Didn't Use
  • A Pig Called Francis Bacon and its sequel, My Friend, Roger Bacon
  
  He's also mentioned in an interview with another Australian writer. (Brief biography and picture) And hear him talk about his "Country Childhood"!

• Another Stephen Measday is the principal of Keithcot Farm Primary School in Adelaide, South Australia. He used to be the principal at Heights Junior School: "Stephen Measday - man of vision, chocolate cake, coca cola and home-made ice cream. What more could you ask of a principal?"

• William Measday is/was a PhD candidate at the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) (formerly the Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney, Australia). It seems likely that he is the Bill Measday who works for Macquarie Bank.

• Byron Kenneth Measday Ross is/was taking a computer course (Haskell!) at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

Canada

• David Measday, a physics professor at the University of British Columbia (2001 photo); Janet Measday (his wife) is a lecturer in the department. My father was in touch with him when David was at Harvard in the 1960's. (David is listed in the acknowledgements of Spider Robinson's science-fiction novel, Callahan's Key.)

• Vivien Ruth Measday (David and Janet Measday's daughter) is a professor at the Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia. She is/was a colleague of the Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) project. She is co-author of a number of research papers, including "The Cyclin Family of Budding Yeast: Abundant Use of a Good Idea" (beware: "heavy going" according to the lecture notes for a biology course!) and of a paper presented at Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology 1998: "The Pho85 Cyclin Dependent Kinase Regulates Ash1 Protein Daughter Cell Localization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". She gives her father, David Measday, a run for his money on inscrutable titles! But research is not everything in life - Ultimate (Frisbee?) is!

• Karen Measday is on the same Ultimate team, "Unnatural Selection", as Vivien.

Europe

• Sharon Measday is on the Secretariat Staff of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Great Britain

• A-M Measday (PDF, page 13) is a teacher at Castle Community School in Kent.

• Ann Measday (PDF, page 2) married John Anderson on January 6, 1748. (From "St. Mary Magdalene, Monkton, Kent Marriages 1700-1753", compiled by Barry J. White in 1999.)

• Ann Measday, wife of William Rye, appears in Chris Barham's genealogical records.

• Brian Measday commissioned a piano composition from Julian Broughton in 1995.

• Byron Measday (DOC, page 2) participated in the Swansea Harriers Seaside 5K race in 2002. (Roy Measday's nephew?)

• Carl Measday is the Sales Manager at Ceramic Prints Ltd in West Yorkshire.

• Mrs. Christine (Measday) O'Bryan is a member of the Jersey College Old Girls' Association, class of 1973.

• Rev. Clifford Measday is an Independent Evangelical minister at Tesson Chapel, St. Lawrence, Jersey, Channel Islands.

• Clive Measday is the owner of Measday Pool Services in Wales. (Roy Measday's brother and father of Paul Measday)

• Doreen Measday is the aunt of a man whose family were the victims of the "Exclusive Heist of the Century". (Kent?)

• Eliza Measday's burial in 1916 is listed in the St. Lawrence portion of the Ramsgate Parish Register. (Kent?)

• H. E. A. Measday is listed as a 1979 Ladies crew member of the King's College Boat Club.

• Harriet Measday, married January 7, 1849. (From church records on the Johncock family in Reculver, Kent County, England)

• Imogen Measday is a doctor in the Acton area of London, UK.

• J. Measday is the contact for an export/import agency in Kent, UK.

• John Measday, of Jersey, Channel Islands, is the son of Rev. Clifford Measday (see above). John is also a Triumph (automobile) aficionado and the local area representative of Club Triumph for Jersey.

• Mark R. Measday (LinkedIn) is an Internet mover-and-shaker. He is/was:
  
  
  • the director of Josmarian SA;
  • a member of the Geneva Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC) and other Internet-related organizations;
  • a participant in a number of internet-related mailing lists, including gtld-discuss; and
  • an Old Varndeanian.
  
  His father, Brian Measday is listed in the obituaries of the November 11, 1995 issue of BMJ (British Medical Journal?). (Author of a paper referenced in J. Obstet. Gynecol. Br. Emp.?)

• Natalie Measday is a fan of the Inspector Morse series.

• Paul Measday (son of Clive and Pam), fire brigade enthusiast, has an excellent, "Fire Stations and Appliances in Surrey" web site. He was graduated from Kingston University in 1998 with a degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (Roy Measday's nephew.)

• Peter Measday is President of Bradford on Avon's Rotary Club.

• Roy Measday is the "official" Measday genealogist! He is chairman of the Glamorgan Family History Society. Roy and his wife, Heather, celebrated the bicentenary of the first run of Richard Trevithick's railway locomotive, "Penydarren".

• The Stoke Poges Men Killed in 1st World War page lists Sidney and Walter Measday, sons from my great-grandfather's first marriage. (Roy, above, is a descendant of the third son, Frank, who survived the war.)

• Trevor Measday (PDF, page 8) is a Central Operating Experience Engineer with British Energy.

• Victor Measday was a teacher at Hampden Secondary School (in Oxhey? near London?) in the early 1960's.

Mid-Atlantic USA

• James P. Measday, my late uncle, was a member of the Alpha Chi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity at Penn State University (Class of 1942). He also was a Director Emeritus in the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association and was the 1984-1985 recipient of the Dr. John J. McMullen Service to New Jersey Hockey Award.

• My late cousin, Joan Measday, was a member of the American Volkssport Association. (She was the daughter of James and Gertrude, above.)

• Walter Measday, Sr., my late great-grandfather, was Governor Woodrow Wilson's press secretary and he appears in James D. Startt's Woodrow Wilson and the Press: Prelude to the Presidency.

• Walter Measday, Jr., my late grandfather, won The Woodford Prize in 1919 for an essay he wrote at Cornell University.

• Walter S. Measday III, my late father, was an economist and professor.
  • Author of "The Petroleum Industry" in the late Walter Adams' The Structure of American Industry and, after his heart attack, joint author with Stephen Martin of the same in the 7th edition of the book.
  • Cited on page 287 and in the bibliography on page 300 of Valuation of Intangible Assets in Global Operations, edited by Farok J. Contractor.
  • Cited in Note 127 (noted text on page 58) on page 401 of Diana B. Dutton's Worse than the Disease: Pitfalls of Medical Progress.
  • Referenced in Regulating Hawaii's Petroleum Industry.
  • Quoted by Justin Raimondo in "'Crony Capitalism' & War: American foreign policy & the Rockefeller connection".
  • Referenced (PDF, page 173) in Roy Levy's "The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Discussion of Competitive and Antitrust Issues in an Environment of Change", March 1999.
  • During World War II, he served in the 89th Service Group's 502nd Engineering Squadron on Guam. "The men provided service for all 4 of the bomb groups stationed on North Field. As there is very little information about Service Groups on the internet these men are honored on this site for their endless efforts in making the combat of missions of the 39th Bomb Group as well as 19th, 29th and the 330th BG missions successful."

• Me
  • My USENET postings, for what they're worth!
  • Received credit for my hash table software.
  • Listed as a contributor to the Beatles Novelty Records list. (The song, "Senior Service", on Steeleye Span's Sails of Silver has the line, "Here come the sailor boys, George, John, and Paul ...")
  • Acknowledged for my music link to Jackie Lomax's web site.
  • Had my book reviews lambasted (by a friend!).
  
  • Unwitting author of a true story, "The Amazing Datasette", first published in Issue 15 of C= Hacking.
  • My great-grandmother's reminiscences of growing up on a farm in Anne Arundel County, MD, were borrowed by John Greenstreet for his excellent history and virtual tour of Curtis Bay. (The original!)
  • HTMLized my genealogy.
  • Had a sentence from a memo I wrote added to a collection of .sigs! (JavaScript must be disabled to view the page!? My .sig is #0440: "The pointed barbs of ignorance you aim at me are blunted by my shield of knowledge.")

Southwestern USA

• Alyssa Measday posted a comment in the guestbook for the Teens Against Gang Violence organization.

• Donnie Measday graduated from Fort Stockton High School (Texas, USA) in 1949. (Wesley Measday graduated in 1947.)

• George R. "Pete" Measday, a long-time resident of Deming, New Mexico, USA, is remembered in this obituary. Considerable information is given about his relatives and his life. He was the long-time owner of Measday Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Co.
  
  The family history of his wife, Virginia Bess (Woodward) Measday's family history is found in The Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, USA. Also see her submissions for Axtell, Horn, and Woodward - fascinating reading!
  
  The Rio Grande Historical Collections of the New Mexico State University Archives lists a taped interview of Mr. and Mrs. Measday, Deming, NM (March 22, 1986). Would this have been George and Virginia?

• Rosa Adelaide Measday has an entry in the McConathy genealogy. No dates are given, but she was married to Samuel Walker Ruebush (????-1949, born in Texas, USA).
  
  On a related note, Gus Gustafson's "Meeting of the Measdays" (from the 1992 Measday Family Reunion in Deming, New Mexico) says: "[Ethel Measday] and her daughter, Nancy Simms, have painted a large mural, depicting the old Ruebush-Measday Livery Stable on Silver street in the early 1900's. This painting will compliment [sic] the display of the stable in the south wing of the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum."

• Sabrina Measday is, I believe, a grandchild of George (Pete) and Virginia Measday (see above). She was a member of New Mexico (USA) State University's crimson Equestrian Team, the Campus Crusade for Christ, and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Congratulations on your marriage to Joby Priest (of Armstrong Equine Services)!

• Walter Measday (????-1990) is listed in the Index of Sedona Obituaries, a project of the Sedona Genealogy Club (Sedona, Arizona, USA).

• Wes Measday, a supervisor in Arizona, USA. (Listed on a resume) Gus Gustafson's "Meeting of the Measdays" (from the 1992 Measday Family Reunion in Deming, New Mexico) speaks of Wesley Measday, son of Cyril T. and Ruth Mae (Shibley) Measday (m. 1928) - is this he? Is he the Wesley Measday who graduated from Fort Stockton High School (Texas, USA) in 1947? (Recipient of a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture?)

• Willie Measday is listed in the Texas Department of Health's Death Index as a widow who died on 24-Jun-1973.

Elsewhere

• Ann Measday is a judicial system employee in New York, USA.

• Dan Measday played golf at a Grand Valley State University (Michigan, USA) alumni benefit. (I have a cousin, Dan, who lives in Michigan, but the picture on the web page sure doesn't look like him!)

• David Measday is a past Exalted Ruler and present Trustee of the Lake Placid Elks Lodge 2661. He was also a real-estate agent. (Lake Placid, Florida, USA)

• David Measday was a member of the A-3 Skywarrior Association. (No longer listed; see the Wayback Machine)

• Donnie (May Measday) Ross graduated from Stanford University (Stanford, California, USA) in 1953 and is a member of the Phoenix Stanford Chapter.

• Edward R. Measday is on the Town Council in Amity, New York, USA.

• Edward and Judith Measday are selling a house in Scio, New York, USA. (This may be the Edward of Amity, but I'm not sure; Amity is closer to New York City, while Scio is in the western part of the state.)

• Harriet Measday wrote an article about actor Charles Dance for Vogue (October 1986).

• The adorable Jennifer Ann Measday!

• John Measday participated in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure in Denver, Colorado, USA on October 5, 1997.

• John Measday is the distinguished-looking, Western Regional Manager (USA and Mexico) for two dairy feed lines, SoyChlor and SoyPLUS, of West Central Soy.

• Judith Measday (wife of Edward?) is a Reading Remediation specialist at an elementary school in Sebring, Florida, USA.

• Linda Measday is one of the "Great Garden"ers in Spencerport, New York, USA.

• Margaret Measday of Seeds West (Albany, Oregon, USA) gives advice on planting grass seed in Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA.

• Marilyn Ann Measday, née Robertson, of Palmetto, Florida, USA, graduated from Irondequoit High School in 1958.

• Measday Enterprises is located in Lakewood, Colorado, USA.

• Paul Measday was a member of the Internet \6 Club, "a digital gathering of those devoted to Chrysler's leaning tower of power". (And a Dodge Neon enthusiast in New York, USA?) (And on the Technology Services staff of Monroe #1 BOCES?)

• Paul Measday is a stock analyst with Cazenove & Co. Ltd. (Quoted in an August 2002 article.)

• Sarah Measday participated in a discussion of George Orwell's Animal Farm.

• Stafford Measday, an Englishman, was apparently a member of Koreshan Unity, an 1890's religious cult in Florida.

• TJ Measday was an honorary worker for the apparently now inactive WWJD Club.

• Thomas Measday apparently qualified for advancement at Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia, USA.

• Percy Measday Soderberg (1901-?), author of The Care of Your Cat, Cat Diseases, All About Lovebirds, and Finches. (Amazon.com spells his name Pearcy, but other sites, here and here, spell it Percy.)

Genealogies

• Brewster, Jeff Davis and Presidio County Census 1860 - 1920, courtesy of the Big Bend Genealogical Society (Texas, USA), lists Measdays in the Brewster County, Precinct 1 1910 Census:
  • Fred W. (age 44, born in Australia of English parents, immigrated in 1881?) and Oriana Measday (age 38, born in Massachusetts), married 15 years; and their children: Arthur P. (age 14), Ester M. (age 13), Adelaide O. (age 11), Lilia D. (age 10), Beatrice M. (age 8), Claude F. (age 6), and Joyce L. (age 8 months).
  and 1920 Census:
  • Esther Measday (age 78, widow, born in England, immigrated in 1889?).
  • Oriana Measday (now widowed) and children Arthur and Beatrice.

• Cripps - Burchett - Southwell Pedigrees

• Ella A. Measday of Surrey married Douglas Percival Secker (early 1900's). (From information compiled in the mid 1950's by Frank S. Rishworth and digitized about 2000 by Edward Rushworth)

• Kent Marriages lists:
  • Elizabeth Measday married Stephen Holman, 5-Nov-1704 in Wickhambreaux, Kent. (Son Stephen Holman baptized 8-Jan-1709/1710 in Wickhambreaux; son John "Homan" baptized 10-Oct-1714 in Wickhambreaux.)
  • Thomas Measdy married Ann Smith, 14-Oct-1756 in Wickhambreaux, Kent.
  • Ann Measday married Andrew Holman, 19-Apr-1783 in Littlebourne, Kent. (Daughter Elizabeth Holman baptized 3-Apr-1785 in Littlebourne.)
  Kent Burials lists:
  • Elizabeth Measday, 11-Jan-1748/1749, Wickhambreaux, Kent.

• Mercy Measday married Daniel Rye (1762-1817) in 1788. (From The Rye Family Web Site)

• New Mexico is a list of links to Measday information at the New Mexico Genealogy web site.

• The Project Kent (County of Kent) Researcher's Index of surnames has an entry for Measday.

• Stourmouth, Kent, of Lesley Huppert's Gent Genealogy Page, has links to:
  • Stourmouth, Kent Marriage Register, 1754-1836, records the 1830 marriage of Charles Measday and Jane Keel Spong.
  • 1891 Census of Stourmouth, Kent lists (i) Jane Measday, age 16, of Wickham; (ii) John Measdy, age 35, of Preston; and (iii) Mary Measdy, age 35, of Preston.

• Carl Radford's genealogy page lists Fannie Measday, daughter of M. Thomas Measday and Martha Jane Twyman (married in 1876 in Wickambreaux, Kent).

• St Stephens, Hackington, Canterbury 1881 CENSUS lists William H. Measday, age 4, step-son, scholar (!), born in Wickambreaux - is this the son of M. Thomas Measday and Martha Jane Twyman above?

• Steadfast, London & Plymouth to Adelaide, 1852 lists as passengers William Measday (23-year-old agricultural labourer born in Kent) and Eliza Measday (also 23 years old).

• The Tobey Genealogy lists my cousin, "David MATTHEWS, son of David MATTHEWS and Marion MEASDAY" (my uncle and aunt, respectively).

The Last Word

I'll give the last word to the family philosopher, Mark Measday, who pointed out in an Internet-related discussion list how Measdays, over the centuries, have more or less saved the world and civilization as we know it (links added by me):

In respect of my own defining nomenclature, which I had always assumed a Saxon joke or a weak attempt to redefine the calendar, I made the surprising discovery recently that not only did a lot of Measdays get thrown out of Europe (deported to Australia for free-market activities, emigration to the free world for the usual political offences), but that they prospered, abolishing slavery with Mr. Lincoln, setting up the League of Nations with Woodrow Wilson, etc., apparently with a standing invitation to play poker with Vint [Cerf]. (Check with Alex Measday at NASA and Roy Measday the Measday genealogist, both online). However, I take this on advisement from them.

[In explanation, (i) there is a questionable relation to Abraham Lincoln's mother on my mother's side of the family, (ii) my great-grandfather was press secretary for Woodrow Wilson, (iii) I made a joke about playing poker with Vint Cerf (father of the Internet), and (iv) I used to be a subcontractor at NASA!]