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Advice please on finding 1st marriage.

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Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 24 Nov 2004 21:01

Had a look on Staffs BMD for example: Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1862 CLARKE Samuel WAIN Jane Cobridge, Christ Church Stoke-On-Trent 6/1/242 Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1864 CLARKE Samuel OWEN Elizabeth Edensor, St Paul Stoke-On-Trent 8/2/059 Staffordshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1865 CLARKE Samuel BIRCHALL Ann Talke, St Martin Newcastle-Under-Lyme C27/1/72 CLARKE Samuel HAWKESWORTH Selina Civil Marriage (Lichfield) Lichfield ROL/3/117 CLARKE Samuel PROCTER Mary Talke, St Martin Newcastle-Under-Lyme C27/1/77 CLARKE Samuel SALMON Mary Talke, St Martin Newcastle-Under-Lyme C27/1/77 (no Samuel CLARKs in the date-range 1858-68 - and none at all on the West Midlands BMD site - but that hasn't been updated for nearly a year, now) In the births there are 16 Sarah CLARKEs on the W Midlands site and three on the Staffs site for 1858-68. Really, you'd expect Dudley/Stourbridge event records to be in the West Midlands archives, rather than Staffs.

Unknown

Unknown Report 24 Nov 2004 00:10

This is the relevant registration district to help your search Stourbridge Created 1st July 1837. Mainly in Worcestershire, but included parts of Shropshire and Staffordshire. Sub-districts : Halesowen; Kingswinford; Stourbridge. GRO volumes : XVIII (1837-51); 6c (1852-1930). Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Quarry Bank. Registers now in Dudley district. You will be looking for volume 6c.

Unknown

Unknown Report 24 Nov 2004 00:08

If you can find them on the 1861 census that will give you the first wife's name or if Sam is already a widower, you know she was dead before then. It may have Sarah's birth. nell

Unknown

Unknown Report 23 Nov 2004 22:56

Helen I'd start by searching on FreeBMD http://freebmd*.rootsweb*.com/cgi/search*.pl remove * to use and scroll down to find search form. If you don't find the references there, you will have to look on the GRO indexes, either on microfiche at various libraries/records offices, or at the Family Records Centre, or if you don't mind paying, online at www*1837online*com - replace * with. nell

Helen

Helen Report 23 Nov 2004 20:58

Hi. In 1869 my 2xGreatgrandfather Samuel Clarke married my 2xggmother Hannah Fox in Kingswinford, Staffs. Sam was a 25 yr old widower. He may have had a daughter Sarah, from this 1st marriage. Can anyone advise on the best way of finding the 1st marriage, Sarah's (possible) birth and his wife's death, in a timescale from about 1860 (Sam was b in 1843) through to about 1868, somewhere in the Dudley / Stourbridge area, given that the e on Clark comes and goes at the whim of the registrar. Is this possible? Thank you Helen