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Witness to marriages
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Thelma | Report | 17 Feb 2007 17:38 |
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Does anyone know what age you had to be. To witness a marriage certificate in the 1800s. Manythanks Thelma |
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KathleenBell | Report | 17 Feb 2007 17:41 |
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You didn't (and still don't) have to be any particular age. You just have to be old enough to understand what is going on. Kath. x |
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Thelma | Report | 17 Feb 2007 17:57 |
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Thanks Kath do you happen to know why I cannot trace a death certificate, I know he died between 1901&1912.Found his wife burial in 1912 in a paupers grave.On her death cert she was a widow Many thanks |
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Jack | Report | 17 Feb 2007 18:11 |
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What names are we talking about? |
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Willow | Report | 17 Feb 2007 18:23 |
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There is a duncan McCallum aged 48 Birkenhead 1902 (1) 8a 349 Do you know when he was born? |
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Thelma | Report | 17 Feb 2007 18:24 |
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Hi Jack, Catherine Mccallum died feb 1912, and Duncan mccallum who I cannot find BMD He was on the 1901 census name misspelt (Mccallund) Many thanks Thelma |
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Thelma | Report | 17 Feb 2007 18:27 |
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I have got that cert no joy. On the 1901 census he was 50 that is all I know. |
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Jack | Report | 17 Feb 2007 19:35 |
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As he was born in Scotland, might he have died there? Jack |
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