Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Marriage certs

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Carol

Carol Report 11 Nov 2011 16:01

does anyone know if the father on a marriage cert under fathers name and surname, would always say if he is deceased.
One of mine does but another, who I think may be deceased, does not.

Researching:
coward leach wilson nettleton pontefract leeds

jax

jax Report 11 Nov 2011 16:13

No not always

It depended on whether the registrar asked or not

jax

Researching:
Nothing much

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 11 Nov 2011 16:17

Not always. It depends how the question was asked when the marriage was being arranged, i have some certs where the dad isnt shown as deceased but he had died years prior the marriage,

Also some dads names are made up or are another male family member because the party didnt want to own up to being illegitimate, they often state deceased so as toexplain why no dad is at the wedding

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Carol

Carol Report 11 Nov 2011 16:27

Thank you for your replies. Back to the drawing board!!

Researching:
coward leach wilson nettleton pontefract leeds

mgnv

mgnv Report 11 Nov 2011 18:52

Here's two siblings who were wed 6 w apart, but are consecutive entries in the rego.

Marriage: 25 Aug 1894 St Elizabeth of Hungary, Aspull, Lancashire, England
Robert Hill - 21 Collier Bachelor of Heyes Square, higher Gullet, Aspull
Ellen Westhead - 21 Pit-Brow Woman Spinster of 2 Leigh's Yard, Hr. Gullet, Aspull
Groom's Father: Richard Hill, Collier (decd.)
Bride's Father: John Westhead, Collier (decd.)
Witness: Emmanuel Seddon; Alice Hill, (X)
Married by Banns by: George F. Grundy M.A. Vicar
Register: Marriages 1883 - 1900, Page 101, Entry 202
Source: LDS Film 1885720

The next marr in the rego is:

Marriage: 13 Oct 1894 St Elizabeth of Hungary, Aspull, Lancashire, England
Emmanuel Seddon - 20 Collier Bachelor of 284 Chorley Road, Wingates, Westhoughton
Mary Jane Hill - 19 Pit-Brow Woman Spinster of 11 Lr. Gullet, Aspull
Groom's Father: Emmanuel Seddon, Collier
Bride's Father: Richard Hill, Collier
Witness: Thomas Westwell; Sarah Barstow
Married by Banns by: George F. Grundy M.A. Vicar
Register: Marriages 1883 - 1900, Page 102, Entry 203
Source: LDS Film 1885720
[Seems Lazarus went by the name of Richard]