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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 20:30 |
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I am trying to find out where and when the marriage of my great grandfather and great grandmother took place.Their names were Fred Hiram Loveday and Agnes May Fordham. I cannot find any record anywhere. Would appreciate any advice. The date I don't think would be before 1899. Kathryn |
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Bernice | Report | 28 Mar 2006 20:35 |
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Have you tried looking it up on FreeBMD? www. freebmd.org.uk Bernice |
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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 28 Mar 2006 20:37 |
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hello kathryn i have found a birth for frederick hiram loveday march qtr 1881 district fulham volume 1a page 214 could this be your grandad? if so then he pssibly got married after 1901 as 21 was the legal age for marrying. susie |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:01 |
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Thanks Bernice I have tried bmd index before but haven't had any luck on that site. Kathryn |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:10 |
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Hi Susie the Frederick Hiramyou found is definately my great grandfather. I didn't know the legal age of marriage at that time so thanks very much for your help. Kathryn |
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Bernice | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:16 |
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Do you know (even roughly) what district they got married? I tried looking up Frederick Loveday on www. familyrelatives.org but came up with 22 matches! |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:24 |
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Hi Bernice unfortunately I don't know the district they got married in .All I know is they moved to India at some stage where my nan and her brothers and sisters were born.I to have found lots of Frederick Lovedays on the bmd but I can't determine if any of them are him. Kathryn |
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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:24 |
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kathryn you're welcome hun if you want to order his birth cert just use the district,volume number and page number. there are 3 agnes may fordhams on the bmd,s and i dont know which one is your gran lol one is born in 1892 in thingoe suffolk one in pancras london in 1893 and the other in cambridge in 1894 i'll have a look on ancestry civil reg for you and see if i can find them. susie |
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Jess Bow Bag | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:24 |
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wonder which one is your Agnes? again births not marriages Agnes May Fordham 1892 Jul-Aug-Sep Thingoe Suffolk Agnes May Fordham 1893 Jan-Feb-Mar Pancras (1837-1901) London, Middlesex Agnes May Fordham 1894 Jul-Aug-Sep Cambridge (1837-1935) Cambridgeshire ---------------------------------------------------------------- when did this couple start having children that you know of? |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:37 |
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Hi Susie thanks again. I know the Agnes May i'm looking for died in Plymouth in1979.I'm trying to find out about her birth and her parents as they were never spoke about so it's a bit of a mystery. Kathryn |
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Jess Bow Bag | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:39 |
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kathryn did they have children - if so where or when? How old was she when she died?i cant see her death reg in 1979 |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:41 |
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Hi Jess I don't know which Agnes is mine as I don't know where she was born. Thanks for helping |
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Jess Bow Bag | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:43 |
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kathryn did they have children - if so where or when? How old was she when she died? i cant see her death reg in 1979 |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:45 |
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Hi Jess they had 10 children all born in India as my great grandfather went to help build the railways there. Kathryn |
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Jess Bow Bag | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:46 |
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WHEN Kathyn, WHEN were those children born, ideally the first of them |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:49 |
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Hi again Jess I don't know how old she was when she died my mum tends tobe a bit vague but I'd put a guess at about 80. Kathryn |
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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:51 |
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kathryn do you know when agnes eldest child was born? if you do then we can maybe help find the marriage susie |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 21:53 |
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the children were born from about 1904 onwards. My nan was born in 1908 hers is the only definate date I know. Kathryn |
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Kathryn | Report | 28 Mar 2006 22:00 |
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Hi Susie they didn't have a daughter called Agnes. Kathryn |
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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 28 Mar 2006 22:07 |
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kathryn i meant agnes fordham ,your gt grandmother lol. if your gran was born 1908 then agnes would have only been abt 14! ive tried looking on ancestry but i cant find a marriage for agnes fordham before 1904. susie |
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