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Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 83 Send Message	Grace	Report	8 May 2010 16:11
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 83 Send Message	Notice on this census my grandfather/grandmother state they were married for 15 years. Not so. They did not marry until 1916 when my father went to France in WW1. Can be somewhat misleading for other searchers with the same problem. regards to all Grace
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	8 May 2010 16:17
	Yes porkies were often told to save face, as you say some info needs to be taken with a pinch of salt until proved. Yours may have been together for fifteen years and the neighbours thought they were married , the enumerator may have been a local man so they would still cover themselves when given info
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 1,570 Send Message	Chrissie2394	Report	8 May 2010 18:37
	Hi Grace, Yes the same thing happened to me. They said they'd been married for 3 years but I couldn't find the marriage. A kind helper on here found it for me, it took place several years later. Chris
	Researching: Photo is of my nan celebrating her 102nd birthday with her gt gt granddaughter.