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Marriage certificate question

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StephScouser

StephScouser Report 3 Jul 2009 16:21

Ahhh, so it might not be as straightforward as I thought! I have found a baptism for a harriett brick on family search around the same area mentioned on census' later on, the mother is a susannah brick and the father a valentine tilsley. The period in which she was born makes it more awkward but at the same time more ineteresting, as birth certificates wernt around then so having to rely on baptisms. I will look for her in the 1841 census and see if that brings back any results!! Thankyou!!

Merlin38

Merlin38 Report 3 Jul 2009 16:07

I have a marriage certificate from the same period for my g g grandmother, where her father's name is blank. Have found records to show he died when she was 3 at the oldest, and that she then went to live with an aunt.

Researching:
Barratt, Brownhill - Nottinghamshire Brittain - Massachusetts and NY State

Sliwowski

Sliwowski Report 3 Jul 2009 16:03

May be no resason or every reason that there is no name there. Presume nothing. There is no obligation to put the fathers name and some just didn't. On the other hand she may have been illegitimate or he may already have died or perhaps she just didn't get on with him!

Either way, it is worth looking for an unmarried mother, but the certificate does not necessarily mean the bride was illegitimate. Just means more work on your part I'm afraid!

Researching:
Claydon, Weaver, Hurrell, Peck, Offord, Kellick, Barnes, Simons, Butcher, Prigmore, Summers, Thorby, Polley, Tyrrell of Essex, Spurr of Bucks/Herts, Ditch, Veness of Sussex/Surrey, Jordan of Bermondsey/Colne, Dive of UK and Oz, Sliwowski, Gepner of Warsaw, Gray of Madison Indiana, Carpenter of Indiana/Delaware, Stinnett of Indiana/Kentucky

StephScouser

StephScouser Report 3 Jul 2009 15:56

Hi, I recieved a marriage certificate today of a William Davies and Harriet Brick in Wales 1846, and the name of the father for Harriet is blank, Im assuming this means that she was illegitimate? Or could he just be dead, have they always named the father and wrote deceased as I have never got a marriage certificate this far back.

So, if illegitimate, could her mothers name also be Brick?

Thanks!

Steph