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Where else to look for marriage records, UK, 1880'

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David

David Report 13 Jun 2009 02:02

Hello,
Thank you everyone for the quick replies.
I've been considering Martha JAMES. There are several in the the
1881 census but none in the immediate area. I wish I could remember
why I came up with JONES. I just send for their son Joshua's BC.
The 1881 census threw me for a loop until I compared the children's ages to the 1901 and 1911 censuses and the baptism dates I found on FamilySearch.org. Whoever did the census had the children's ages off by at 5-7 years and the handwritting was so bad that Ancestry shows a dozen submitted corrections on one page alone! I can only guess that
it was an armchair census and not a walk and talk census.
I haven't visited the Sedgley Manor site for a while, I think I'll pay him a visit.
Thank you again,
David

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 12 Jun 2009 22:44

David.

Have you seen the Ancient Manor of Sedgley site. Very interesting and you can contact others looking for names.
I found a contact for my Darby family and between us we sorted a mystery

Penny

Penny Report 12 Jun 2009 22:20

is this 1891 census correct/

Samuel Timmes 32
Matha Timmes 31
Sara Timmes 14
Joshua Timmes 12
Elie Timmes 10
Joseph Timmes 8
Benjamin Timmes 3


Name: Sara Timmes
[Sarah Timmins]
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Samuel
Mother's Name: Matha
Gender: Female
Where born: Sedgley, Staffordshire, England

Civil parish: Sedgley
Ecclesiastical parish: Lower Gornal St James
Town: Lower Gornal
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:



Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Sedgley

Choccy

Choccy Report 12 Jun 2009 22:18

what about this -

Marriages Jun 1883 (>99%)
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JAMES Martha Dudley 6c 155
TIMMINS Samuel Dudley 6c 155

Kate

Kate Report 12 Jun 2009 22:17

Now this is interesting . . .

Jun qtr 1883 Dudley vol 6c pg 155 (Dudley is in the West Midlands)
Benjamin Hickman
Martha James
Elizabeth Perks
Samuel Timmins

She couldn't be James instead of Jones, could she?

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 12 Jun 2009 22:16

possible marriage?

Benjamin Hickman 1883 Dudley (To 1912) Staffordshire, Worcestershire

>>>>>>> Martha James 1883 Dudley (To 1912) Staffordshire, Worcestershire

Elizabeth Perks 1883 Dudley (To 1912) Staffordshire, Worcestershire

>>>>>>>Samuel Timmins 1883 Dudley (To 1912) Staffordshire, Worcestershire
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Volume: 6c
Page: 155

Sedgley is in registration district Dudley


Roy

Kate

Kate Report 12 Jun 2009 22:08

Yes, it is quite possible - it could even be (as a couple of my ancestors did, for reasons I cannot fathom!) that they married 20 or 30 years after their first child was born. Rare, but it could happen.

The children's birth certificates would have her maiden name on them, though.

David

David Report 12 Jun 2009 22:02

Hello,
Trying to find marriage record of Samuel Timmins, b. 1862 and Martha (Jones, I think) b. 1862, Sedgley, Staffordshire. I've tried FREEBMD, Ancestry, GenesReunited and the Latter Day Saints site. I have St. James's Church records showing his two brothers being married but not him.
I have tried FREE BMD with first names, last names only, no names, her name etc., but still no luck. Any other places that I
might check? Is it possible that in that time period that they never got
married (they had eleven childen, the first in 1882 and the last in 1905. Would their children's birth records show Martha's maiden name? Would her death record (if I can find it) show her maiden
name?
Thank you in advance for any help.
David in New Hampshire