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Old electoral rolls.

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 Mar 2014 19:11

Gladys ............

you will often find marriage certificates where the bride and groom give the same address.

This does not mean that they actually lived there together ................... but they were saving money!


The Banns had to be called in both the Parish of the bride and that of the groom

The vicar of each parish had to be paid.

So many people who actually lived in different parishes gave the same address so that it appeared that they came from the same parish.

Thus they only had to pay for one set of Banns.


there was also an understanding that an appearance would be made at the Church were the Banns were being called ............... and this could be very difficult if one had to travel back for 3 Sundays.

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

jax

jax Report 9 Mar 2014 15:33

How do you know they stayed at an address without parents consent?

If it an address they gave when they married, it could of been so they could marry in that parish and didn't actually live there at all.....I know my husband and myself gave different address's to where we actually lived just so we could marry in a particular registry office

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Gladys

Gladys Report 9 Mar 2014 15:23

KLThank you everyone!!!We do know 1902 names and addresses, but the couple we are looking for seem to have stayed there before they married without parents consent!!! We know when they moved from the area, but not where they stayed after the wedding. Many thanks for all the info. Gladys :-)

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 9 Mar 2014 15:05

The ones for Merthyr Tydfil are in the archive section of the local library. I'm not sure how far they cover, geographically, but the ones I wanted were searchable by name or address.

They also held a lot of street directories, but as DetEcTive says, only the head of the household is listed.

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 9 Mar 2014 14:51

This may help?

http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/search_index.php?id=181&acc_type=4

Roy

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 9 Mar 2014 14:45

Have you looked for relatives on the 1901 and 1911 census's?

Roy

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 9 Mar 2014 14:41

You'd need to find where the nearest archive is, or a main library which has a local studies section. Being unfamiliar with the Welsh system you may find that they are now held at the National Archive of Wales.

Electoral Rolls can only be searched by address with only the qualifying male name - female names only if they owned a property in their own right - being listed. You might be lucky and find that there is a street directory with listings by surname, but again, only the head of the household.

If an 'event' occurred (BMD) then the certificate would normally give the usual address

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Gladys

Gladys Report 9 Mar 2014 14:34

I have just been trying to help a friend who is stuck on the address of her forebears in 1903. Do you find getting access to the electoral rolls a trial?? I also have failed to find the electoral roll for the Rhonnda in 1903. Any suggestions form some kind family hunter??? :-(LGladys