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Marriage 2nd time

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Leslie

Leslie Report 24 Jul 2010 16:31

I have found that my rellie Edward Robert Burke(b1857) in Clapham was married to my gt/grandmother Fanny Susannah Garwood(b1859)West minster.,their daughter was my grandmother Emily Burke(b1880)Peckham married Robert Bailey in Kent on 4th Dec 1909,she was previously married to Ernest Band (b1867 Ipswitch)
The Burke family(he was a Police Inspector in London)are on most census records up to 1901,I have since got the 1911 census and on there he is shown as A licensed victualler,but also that his wife was a Catherine Martha of 8yrs and after checking the deaths for 1902 ,Fanny Susannah was recorded as having died.But after checking marriages for 1903 the records on FreeBMD show Emily Fanny Band married Robert Bailey also the 2 other names where Edward Robert Burke and Catherine Martha Hooker,could it have been a double wedding or would they be just witnesses ,
p.sThe witnesses on the cert are William John Marsh and Edward Robert Burke. I cannot find a marriage for Edward and Caroline,anybody out there can help me?

regards to all
Les

Researching:
Cunningham,Bailey,Davis,Burke-- Kent,Durham,Lancashire, Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 24 Jul 2010 17:12

It looks to me like it could be a double wedding as Susannah Fanny died in the March Qtr of 1902 and Emily & Ernest and Edward Robert & Caroline Martha married in the Dec Qtr of 1902. When four names like that appear on FreeBMD it would be 2 marriages not 1 marriage and witnesses. The best way to find out for sure is to purchase the marriage cert.

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Go on, make my day!

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Jul 2010 00:29

For a long time I thought that my grandmother and her sister had had a double wedding from the record on freebmd


When I got the certificates, they had actually been married on succeeding days ...... Nov 12 1902 for my grandparents and Nov 13 for my great-aunt


and my grandmother and grandfather had lied about their ages, even though their fathers were there.

Great-aunt and great-uncle had told the truth!




sylvia

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Leslie

Leslie Report 25 Jul 2010 19:26

Hi ,thanks to everyone who replied to my request,to somerset girl the reason that I wasnt sure was because my grandmother Emily married Ernest Band,but her father Edward Robert Burke presumably married Caroline Martha Hooker,
I wasnt too sure if they were the witnesses or not.

But everything as sorted itself out thanks to you all
cheers to Somerset girl
Londonbelle and Sylvia in Canada

Researching:
Cunningham,Bailey,Davis,Burke-- Kent,Durham,Lancashire, Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland