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Elaine

Elaine Report 13 Jan 2005 07:30

Thanks everyone, had trouble with the computer yesterday so have only just read your tips today. I just thought that in those days that people weren't as mobile - but I suppose train connections from Colchester to London and then onto Brighton were pretty good by the 1870's.(I've just looked it all up). I'd still love to know why they went to Brighton. I may never find out. Its amazing how the mind can wander and create possible stories about ones ancestors. Suppose they... or perhaps...or even..! Elaine

Aian

Aian Report 12 Jan 2005 22:27

You might want to assume the worst. One of mine (from Lincs) married in London by licence. Three years later, her husband married again in Lincs (also by licence). A month after the second wedding, the first bride, in her married name, was witness at her sister's wedding! Michael

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 12 Jan 2005 13:54

Hi Elaine. What were their addresses on the certificate, and did they marry after banns or by licence? Where were they on the census? Lots of members of my family lied about where they lived so they could marry where they wanted to. I think Brighton had a fairly rackety reputation. They could have got there on the train and married away from scrutiny, but if it were after banns, then at least one of them was supposed to have been in Brighton for three weeks. B

Smiley

Smiley Report 12 Jan 2005 09:06

Hi Our ancestors were no different to us really, there could be any number of reasons, I was born in Norfolk, married in Gloucester and has my first child in Portsmouth. My descendants could have a field day with this info, but it wasn't due to anything very exciting! Some things we will never get to know. Regards Sam

Heather

Heather Report 12 Jan 2005 07:53

Depends on whether their parents were happy about the marriage perhaps. They may have been opposed to it so the couple went off to Brighton. Check out the marriage cert to see who the witnesses were.

Elaine

Elaine Report 12 Jan 2005 07:10

It seems that my g.grandfather who lived and was born in Colchester got married in Brighton in 1871 to a girl who was from Middx.,London. I was wondering why they chose to marry in Brighton. Was it normal to get married somewhere other than in their home towns? Was Brighton, being a popular seaside town, a place to go off to to get married?