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Any ideas on a missing marriage???

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Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 19 Aug 2006 17:57

Josephine Keegan to a Percy Walter Eldridge sometime between 1920 and 1926 possible in I.O.W I dont know why I cannot find it , he was a serving Sergeant at Aldershot when the first baby was born in 1923 , I was also told he may have been in India at the start of his Army Career.

Unknown

Unknown Report 19 Aug 2006 20:33

If you can't find it a) it never happened b) it happened but the local register office copy got lost before it reached the GRO c) it happened and the copy reached the GRO but they misindexed it d) it wasn't in the registration district you expected. nell

Unknown

Unknown Report 19 Aug 2006 20:34

Have you gone through all the GRO marriage index pages for those dates? Maybe you need to widen your search. nell

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 19 Aug 2006 21:36

sorry Nell had to eat. I have looked on 1837 but must admit I could maybe have gone further back will have another look earlier. I wish it were more straight forward sometimes.

Merry

Merry Report 19 Aug 2006 22:33

I've looked on the online IOW database (thereby bypassing the GRO!) and there's no marriage with those names 1917-1930 Have you considered looking in the Army Marriages on the overseas bit of the GRO indexes. I have found marriages in Aldershot on that before (and as far as I know it does mean Aldershot Hampshire!) Merry

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 19 Aug 2006 22:39

hi kids in Bed then ??? thanks Merry I didnt think of that silly me .

Merry

Merry Report 19 Aug 2006 22:39

And none 1912 - 1920 on Family Relatives :o(( Merry

Merry

Merry Report 19 Aug 2006 22:40

Only just in bed! Local regatta this week.....fireworks tonight.....7 year old managed to stay awake....5 year old didn't....there will be upset in the morning! Merry

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 19 Aug 2006 22:48

oh dear. thanks you are so good just been on 1837 ran out of units and when I tried to purchase some site went down. will try again later.