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rickjt62

rickjt62 Report 27 Oct 2011 20:16

I wondered if anyone with some expertise could tell me how frequently "deceased" next to the father of the bride/bridegroom would have been omitted, even if the said father was deceased

I have a marriage cert from 1878 in which I believe the grooms father to be deceased yet it is now showing on the cert

Anyone?

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 27 Oct 2011 20:37

It probably depended very much on the actual question asked.

My grandparents' marriage certificate names both fathers and their occupations and no mention of the fact that the bride's father had died when she was 3 years old.
I keep an open mind, but if one of the fathers is mentioned as deceased and the father of the spouse is not, generally that would give weight to that father being alive.

Gwyn

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 28 Oct 2011 07:05

50-50 chance.....!

mgnv

mgnv Report 28 Oct 2011 07:29

I would think it's v hard to say - I've seen no published figure on this, and I've not seen enough certs of the child of a dead father marrying to form any semi-accurate guess myself.

I have gotten the impression that when one of the couple was illegitimate, and named a fictitious father, they mostly did say he was deceased.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 28 Oct 2011 09:06

That's why I deliberately used the word 'chance'
;-)