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Hello all,

I wonder if there is anyone out there who could help me - I am trying to locate a marriage for Charles Lane and Caroline (? I have her maiden name on my ggrandfathers birth certificate but it's hard to decipher, it looks like Head, Heed or Hunt, but could possibly be Fleet).

Both Charles and Caroline were born in Cranborne, Wimborne, Dorset around 1825-30. I have found them on the 1851 census with no children and also found them on the '71 census where their eldest child is aged 20, so I'm assuming they would have married sometime around 1850/51.

I have searched the IGI and have found no record and I'm really not sure where else to look, or how to determine Caroline's maiden name. Any light shed on the subject would be much appreciated.

Many thanks, Michelle

This is probably the married, but there is a female missing...which could be Caroline

Marriages Mar 1851 (97%)
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Barber George Wimborne 8 297
Butt George Richard Dibley Wimborne 8 297
Butt Mary Ann Wimborne 8 297
Duke Elizabeth Wimborne 8 297
>>Lane Charles Wimborne 8 297
Longman Charles Wimborne 8 297
Young Blanch Wimborne 8 297
Young Blanche Wimborne &c 8 297

Just cross ref with the surnames that you think it might be and couldn't see a Caroline

Michelle,

You are better using FreeBMD for marriages after 1837.

Can't find a marrige for Charles lane and a Caroline in Dorset from 1843 to 1851.

1861 census.........ages are incorrectly transcribed

Name: Caroline Lane
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Charles
Gender: Female
Where born: Cranborne, Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Cranborne
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England


Registration district: Wimborne
Sub-registration district: Cranborne
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 44
Household Members: Name Age
Caroline Lane 50
Charles Lane 55
Emma Lane 11
Jane Lane 5
Mary Ann Lane 1


Reg

From the IGI


A 'submitted' record, so view with some caution...........

EMMA LANE
Birth:
Christening: 15 JUN 1851 Cranborne, Dorset, England

Father: CHARLES LANE
Mother: CAROLINE STILL


Reg

Reg

Was just about to cross ref that one

1841

Caroline Steell
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Gender: Female
Where born: Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Cranborne
Hundred: Cranborne
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Wimborne and Cranborne
Sub-registration district: Cranborne
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Clark Harvey 15
Caroline Steell 12
George Steell 14
Jean Steell 35

Caroline's surname may be clearer on this cert

Name: Emma Lane
Year of Registration: 1850
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Wimborne
County: Dorset
Volume: 8
Page: 159

Reg

Yes

Caroline Still is the Female missing off the marriage i posted...just checked the image on Ancestry

Thanks all for your help. I see what you mean, Julie, one wife short - curious.

And thanks Reg for that, your census lookup's given me pause for thought, it's completely thrown my estimated ages! That's great that you found Emma Lane, doesn't look much like Still on my certificate but that must be the one - thank you.
Michelle

Ah, thanks Julie for checking that!

That was a problem solved quickly enough!

I know that the FRC has closed at the moment, do you know if I can still obtain a certificate with that reference?

Couldn't find the marriage of Charles & Caroline on BVRI but there are christenings of 7 children of that couple in Cranborne, Dorset. Not one of them gives Caroline's maiden name though.
Margaret

Sorry Reg - just reread the top of your message about the ages mistranscribed. I was so excited to get so much info back so quickly that I missed that - that's better, that makes more sense!
Michelle

You can order the cert on line at www.gro.gov.uk/

I expect the reason that Caroline is missing is because that page hasn't been transcribed yet. That year is only 97% complete on FreeBMD but it looks as if another update is due so could be in that.

It's certainly feasible that Steel could look like Fleet on the cert in your possession.........

Reg

There's a christening of Charles Lane on BVRI, 10 Aug.1828, Cranborne, Dorset with parents Charles Lane & Hannah.

Thanks for looking Margaret.

That looks like it could be my Charles Lane Margaret, thank you so much! I had no idea who his parents were so that gives me another line. What is the BVRI? Is that a cd or online?

Thanks Potty for the certificate website address - will try that.

Thanks Jan, I shall definitely have a look at that website!

Thank you all of you - I can't believe how much I've just found out from you all in the last hour! I really am very excited!

Unfortunately I'm having to tear myself away just now as hubbie will be home with no dinner cooked!!

Thanks again though to everyone.