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Ancestry-BMD-marriage

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Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 24 Mar 2007 15:19

On the ancestry bmd there is a matilda latham marrying, april-may-june qtr, in 1845 at aston birmingham. Is buying the cert the only way of finding out who her groom was,and her age

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 24 Mar 2007 15:33

Lynda Are you sure you have the correct year there? I just looked at Ancestry Q2 1845 and theres no Matilda marrying anyone! Gerri Dont want you waste your money ;-)

Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 24 Mar 2007 15:45

gerri, so sorry pc kept freezing and what I thought was marriages was actually deaths! There was me thinking I had found the elusive matilda-sorry again for wasting any of your time

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 24 Mar 2007 15:52

There must be somthing about Matildas! I have one I refer to as... 'My flippin Matilda!' lol She changed her surname like the weather! Gerri.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 24 Mar 2007 17:09

Going by the marriage that Jo found, this could be Matilda in 1851 (married but with her parents and her children, but no husband with her):- Name: Matilda Shipley Age: 36 Estimated birth year: abt 1815 Relation: Daughter Father's name: Samuel Mother's name: Mary A Gender: Female Where born: Birmm, Warwickshire, England Civil parish: Birmingham Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street address: Back Mary Street Occupation: Warehouse woman Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Birmingham Sub-registration district: All Saints ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 113 Household Members: Name Age Mary A Latham 66 Samuel Latham 67 Luke Shipley 19 Matilda Shipley 36 Samuel J Shipley 9 Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2059; Folio: 69; Page: 36 Kath. x

Heather

Heather Report 24 Mar 2007 18:49

Thats a BIG gap between the kids - either some have left home or she was the second wife of Mr Shipley?