according to IGI Martha <FAUCKES > christened 13 april 1851 Temple Gloucester daughter of Richard and Matilda FAUCKES this last name would be spelt many ways as this spelling is rare STEPHENS on the other hand is all over Bristol for many generations does the certificate give all the parents names?? jim, in B. C. On 17-May-10, at 9:59 PM, Margo Nicklasson wrote: > Hi > > I'm new to the list and this is my 3rd attempt in sending a message > so maybe 3 times is the charm. > > I am researching the Stephens/Fauckes family of Bristol. I > recently received my gr grandparents marriage certificate - Thomas > John Stephens m. Martha Fauckes in 1873. It shows they married in > a Church listed as 'S. Simon'. Would this be St. Simon? > > When I typed St. Simon into a modern day map program of Bristol it > came up with a church building off of Newgate which would have been > about 20 minutes from where they were living at the time of the > marriage and only a few minutes from where my gr grandfather was > born on Horsefair. However upon closer inspection - at street > level - I see that this is just the shell of a church. Would this > have been St. Simon's church. Perhaps someone living in Bristol > could enlighten me? > > Please and thanks. > > Margo > Ontario Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message