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Information on MARY FORD
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:20 |
My great-grandmother Mary Ford (maiden name) married my great-grandfather Daniel O'Shea late in life. On their marriage certificate she is said to be a widow. I would like to find out two things; who her first husband was and where she was born. There was talk that she was Irish. However, I have found a birth entry for Mary in Northumberland which could be plausible. I am open to suggestions. I know that she was born in 1888 or 1889, her father was William Ford and he was a farm labourer. |
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Astra | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:29 |
What was her name when she married Daniel O Shea and where and when did they marry |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:31 |
When did she marry Daniel please? Even an approximate year would help. Thank you. |
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Astra | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:34 |
I think this relates to the same couple and is from a previous posting. |
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:39 |
Yes that is also my post. Daniel and Mary married in 1942 in Glamorgan. They had their first child in 1911. Mary Ford was her name on the marriage certificate. |
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Astra | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:43 |
This is where I get lost. If her maiden name was Ford and she married under that name how could she be a widow.(Unless she married another Ford) Did the marriage certificate not list her previous name? |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:45 |
Name: Mary Ford |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:49 |
I'm Confused too! They actually seem to have married in 1941. So are you saying that they married 30 years after they had their first child? (Not impossible, I know I have a couple who for some reason didn't marry until their son was 25 years old in 1925, although they were free to marry at the time of his birth!) |
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:51 |
I agree completely, I'm perplexed too. the only name written for her is Mary Ford, so I don't know if that was her parents surname or the surname of her first husband. |
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:53 |
My apologies I got my dates mixed up yes they married 22 April (my birthday) 1941. |
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 13:55 |
Yes, they married 30 years later |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:19 |
As she was only about 21 years old when their first child was born it is unlikely (though not impossible) that she had been married before. If her father's name on her marriage certificate is Ford the it is quite probable that the 1941 marriage was her first marriage. Was Daniel married before? Could that be why they waited so long to get married? |
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:23 |
Yes Daniel was married before but his first wife died in 1910. |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:26 |
1891 Census - possibily the Mary whose birth you found?? |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:31 |
Still in Northumberland in 1901 |
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:34 |
Yes this is her. Why would widow be written on a marriage certificate if she never married until 1941? |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:38 |
1911 |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:39 |
Who knows Bethan - just for appearances as she was older? Who were the witnesses please? |
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Bethan | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:41 |
Brilliant, that's good to know. Thanks you. I have been unable to find a Mary Ford or Mary O'Shea in the 1911 census though! Nightmare! |
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rootgatherer | Report | 16 Mar 2010 14:59 |
Now, I wonder if this is a marriage for Northumberland Mary?? |
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