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Teresa With Irish Blood in Me Veins

Teresa With Irish Blood in Me Veins Report 28 Sep 2008 10:38

My parents were married in a Catholic church in Aug 1947 and the GRO Registration can be found in the appropriate quarter Jul-Sep 1947.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Sep 2008 22:09

No you were legally married in the Vestry at the same time as the church ceremony occurred . In a Church of England you are married by the priest then go to the Vestry to sign the register,The same happened in a Catholic marriage except before you signed the registers the registrar did the legal marriage . was just do you take etc and you said yes and then you were then declared legally married and then signed the registers . The congregation waiting in the Church wouldn't be aware that little legal declaration ceremony took place

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Sheila

Sheila Report 27 Sep 2008 20:57

so would that mean that it is possible the date of regisration will not be the same as the date of the ceremony they were married in 1949 I am still working my way round this as I am hoping to find details of my grandparents on the marriage cert as I know they were born in Ireland but have no other info

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Sep 2008 17:47

I married in the Catholic Church in 1957 and my marriage is shown on the GRO records. In those days the Registrar came to the Church and you had a small civil marriage in the Vestry after the Church ceremony had taken place.you then signed the Register which the Registrar had bought to the church, This was because at that time Catholic Churches weren,t legal places for marriage.
We had to post our Banns at the Town Hall and arrange for the Registrar to attend the church

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 27 Sep 2008 08:39

Sheila...The Church Reg.will also have names of witnesses and should have a note where the couple were Baptised and Confirmed...worthwhile looking at them or getting a copy of the marriage entry.

Sheila

Sheila Report 26 Sep 2008 22:44

thank you i am new to all this so just finding my way around

Teresa With Irish Blood in Me Veins

Teresa With Irish Blood in Me Veins Report 26 Sep 2008 22:28

Catholic Marriages are registered with the GRO so you should have no problem in getting a copy of your parents' Marriage Certificate.

Sheila

Sheila Report 26 Sep 2008 22:23

I have read some of the tips and have noted that a lot of queries refer to Parish Records my parents were married in a catholic church and I do have the dates, but will I find the sames dates in the GRO or would I be able to go the the church where they were married and find this same info