Genealogy Chat

I contacted the relevant regimental museum for information about the marriage of an English soldier to an Irish girl. They were able to locate the information in their archives.
It may be worth your while to try this.
Jackie

ErinGoBragh1916,
Thanks, this might make it clearer;

My great grandfather was Henry Milne Strachan born and baptised in 1867, Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus).
His father was Charles Strachan and his mother Janet Torbet Fleming.

My great grandmother was Alice Roche born in Country Kildare, Ireland, probably Newbridge.

The 1911 census shows them as having been married about 1889/90.

The Irish record that was close/ rang a chord was as follows:-
Henry Fleming son of Charles Fleming & Jessie / Jessica Straton
Religon; Roman Catholic from 8.12.1889.
Marries
Alice Roche in Newbridge, Country Kildare 9.12.1889.


The Irish record office advised; it was common for soldiers to convert to Catholicism just before their marriage. Therefore I was able to locate the baptismal record of a Henry FLEMING on 08.12.1889. It says the he was received into the church and baptized conditionally the day before his marriage. He was in the Highland Infantry.

mgnv,
Thanks I'll give that a go.

DNA...Do you want to put their names and some dates...?

In Scotland, Janet and Jessie are essentially the same name - see:
http://www.whatsinaname.net/
Also note that Janet has variant spellings.

I wouldnt expect a UK marr to be in the army registrations - they're really for overseas events. However, your UK marr was quite likely to have occurred in Ireland, so checking the GRO(I) index is a natural route - "browse their collections" at:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

It's cheaper to buy an UNCERTIFIED image of the registration, rather than an m,cert , but that's your choice - see
http://www.groireland.ie/

Been trying to find my great grandparents marriage certificate on and off for some years but having little success. I'm going wrong somewhere?
My great grandfather was Scottish and an Argyll and Sutherlander in the British army. He married my great grandmother who was Irish and from County Kildare.
I know they lived in central and inner London part of their lives and also in Newbridge, Co. Killdare. Their daugher my gran was born in London but spent most of her primary education in Newbridge before returning to London.
I've checked the Army records, the Scottish and English BMD's but to no avail.
Also some Irish records where I found a record showing the correct name for my g.grandmother but my g.grandfathers name was not correct - but something struck a cord
i.e. his first name was correct but the surname was the same as his mothers maiden name.
His father's first name was correct but the surname was that of his mothers maiden name.
His mother's first name was probably correct i.e. it was Jessie instead of Janet and her surname was similar to her married name i.e. Straton instead of Strachan. The records office checked the original but there were no errors.
His religon was not correct but I was advised many converted from Catholism for the purposes of marriage and child rearing. This makes sense.
Any ideas??