Genealogy Chat

I have been looking for a marriage for a friend - Stanley Tolson to Margerita Luchterhandt in Yorkshire between 1901 and 1912. I have found two entries both in Doncaster in successive quarters (2 and 3) of 1901. In one (1901/2) we have Margott E M S Luchterhand to Stanley Tolson and in the next (1901/3) we have Margaret Ernstine M S Luchterhand to Stanley Tolson. There have different page numbers but are in the same reg district Doncaster 9(c). I assume they are the same couple. Why two registrations? Has anyone found something similar or can one suggest what is going on? Many thanks Sally

I don't know which register you are looking at but the 1901/2 shows only a Fanny Tolson and Leonard Tolson marriage the 1901/3 shows many including the Stanley Tolson. No duplication on the 1837online GRO index.

Second look bvia FreeBMD shows entries as you describe but they are 1901/3 and 1901/4 not 2 and 3 !!! Wierd eh ? Think you could check it out with the registrar at Darlington telling what you have found, the address is registrars (at) doncaster.gov.uk the 'at' symbol between registrars and doncaster.

The Ancestry partial search shows the two marriages as described, but in the third and fourth quarters of 1901, The Ancestry full images give Stanley Tolson July- Aug 1901 Doncaster vol 9c p 1340 Oct- Dec 1901 Doncaster vol 9c p 1405 I have no idea why the same mariage appears twice. If you want the certificate, it would be better to order it through the local office rather than the GRO, as they will check it Linda

This is the only entry on Yorkshire BMD, but it is not complete yet: Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1901 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference TOLSON Stanley LUCHTERHAND Margott Ems Doncaster Register Office Doncaster DON/27/69 Of course, it doesn't give the exact date, so we can't tell which quarter this one is for, but the version given of the bride's name is closer to the Sep one on the GRO, so one possible explanation is that they got married at the register office in the Sep quarter, and then for whatever reason, decided to have a church blessing some time afterwards, but the vicar didn't realise the marriage had already been registered and sent it in anyway? Kate.

Thanks for the replies. The last idea is certainly an interesting one as the purpose of this search is to try and provide a paperwork trail for a daughter of this marriage who has no official paperwork at all. She is now in her late eighties and wishes to return to England where she thinks she might have been born and where she spent sometime in her teens and twenties. Her mother was a non-uk national when she married Tolson so perhaps they had to go to the registrar's office first?