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Help with marriage certs please!!

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Anne

Anne Report 14 Jul 2004 13:43

If Joseph and Mary were born in Ireland I would think their parents never came to England. This makes it much more difficult to find their deaths in Ireland, but at least you have their names. Also, Joseph and Mary might have presumed their parents were dead - it is not uncommon to find that a parent was not deceased even though it said so on the Marriage cert.

Catherine

Catherine Report 14 Jul 2004 06:19

Hope you mean Lancashire and not Lincolnshire!! :-) Cate

Catherine

Catherine Report 13 Jul 2004 18:49

Here are the details: This is the family in 1881: Joseph HARPER Head M Male 40 Ireland Carter Mary HARPER Wife M Female 39 Ireland John HARPER Son Male 7 Stockport, Lancashire, England Scholar James HARPER Son Male 5 Stockport, Lancashire, England Scholar William HARPER Son Male 3 Stockport, Lancashire, England Adam HARPER Son Male 7 d Stockport, Lancashire, England Source Information: Dwelling 4 Shawcross Court York St & Queen St Census Place Manchester, Lancashire, England Family History Library Film 1341832 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 3473 / 41 Page Number 24 Adam HARPER died in 1881! Here are the family in 1891: Joseph HARPER Head M Male 49 Ireland Outdoors worker Mary HARPER Wife M Female 39 Ireland Calico ????? James HARPER Son Male 15 Shaw, Lancashire, England Calico ????? William HARPER Son Male 13 Shaw, Lancashire, Scholar Francis HARPER Son Male 10 Bu????, Lancashire, Scholar Elisabeth E HARPER Daughter Female 5 Heaton Norris, Lancashire, Scholar Have also got John living nearby. Dwelling: No1 Longfield Cottages, Mauldeth(?) Road, Heaton Norris The Marriage certificate dated 1878 in OLDHAM has Joseph HARPER father as FRANCIS HARPER (Deceased) and Mary Ann McGREGOR father as HENRY McGREGOR (Deceased) Thanks

Catherine

Catherine Report 13 Jul 2004 18:27

I have just recieved a marriage certificate which has given me two more 'new' names as the fathers of both the bride and groom are listed - hurray - BUT they are both 'deceased'. The wedding took place in 1878. Tried looking for death certificates but to no avail, looked up allsorts of combinations on LDS but nothing, any suggestions?? Cate