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I think we need to find information about Seymour Cameron. So far the only one I have found was Harriet Seymour Cameron in Australia. This could be a relative, or someone not connected at all. Need to do a bit more searching. Don't discount the Glass angle at this stage. The problem is there are many Alexander Pratt names to choose from both in England and Scotland.

On the marriage certificate to Sophia please tell me exactly what it says including the names of any witnesses. Have you found that marriage in a database.

The rule with this is to work from what you know and can prove. In this case it is a marriage certificate.

Okay here we go,
Groom Alexander Cameron Pratt
Status Bachelor
Place of Birth Scotland
Age Full
Usual Residence Sydney
Father Alexander Pratt
Occupation Architect
Mother Seymour Cameron

Bride Sophie Hewitt
Status Spinster
Place of Birth London
Occupation Not Stated
Age Full
Usual Residence Sydney
Father Henry Hewitt
Occupation Stone Mason
Mother Martha Perrin

Date of Marriage 30 July 1891
Place of Marriage Holy Trinity Church Macdonaldtown, District of
Newtown NSW.
Religion Church of England
Witnesses AR. P H Dalrymple, Edward Simpson
Minister F M Dalrymple

So I would think the witnesses are not going to help us to much One I would think being the Ministers wife perhaps
As I mentioned at the beginning they had their children then went and got married. Did he have a previous marriage that may be why it was so late in happening, but if he is the Alexander Pratt in the Sydney paper for desertion of his wife the marriage certainly didn't survive to long after the ceremony
Amanda

Whoops left of Alexander's occupation as stated on the marriage certificate he was an engineer
Amanda

Ok lets use Aunty's Weird Calculation of Events.
Alexander P (1) was born in 1796
married around 1835
Alexander P (2) was born in 1840 - mother Jane Glass

Alexander P (2) married in 1860 - spouse ??Cameron Seymour

Alexander P (3) born around 1860-1871 his mother's name would have been ??Cameron Seymour.

Alexander P (3) married in 1891 to Sophia Hewitt.

Now if Alexander (3) was born c1860 he would have been quite able to have a wife before Sophia. By 1891 was was in his 30s.

I am wondering if the fine for wife desertion was levied on behalf of his first wife. It was levied before the 1891 date of his marriage (I hope). Haven't got that web site open.

So in the time frame of Aunty's weird calculations. Jane Glass could well have been your Alexander's great or great great grandma.

Now you have to work it out and prove I have it all wrong. I will go look for a marriage between Cameron Seymour and Alexander No (2) I think.

A couple of options.

Look on Scotlandspeople for the marriages of Alexander (the Apprentice Engineer)'s siblings to see what maiden surname they give for the mother.

Look on Scotlandspeople for the death of Alexander (the Millwright). If the informant knew the details they will have stated any or all of his wives. Janet may have been a second wife?

Thanks RG. I'm ploughing my way through Irish marriages. Found one for Alexander Pratt in 1863 in Fermanagh Ireland.

Big problem is I do not know how to search for the spouse. She does not come up on the information. I used the LDS labs site to find the info.

About to try Seymour Cameron everywhere.