Dear Listers, While trying to track down descendants of Joseph & Esther Emanuel (late of London), I came across an interesting marriage for an Irene H.R. Emanuel to Maureen Boxer (Lambeth Q2 1945). Is this a gay marriage or a mistake? I don't think that I have ever heard of Irene being a boys' name or Maureen for that matter. Any thoughts on this oddity. Miriam Pollak Melbourne, Australia Working on Plashet Cemetery

There is a birth shown on Free BMD in June qtr 1946 for BOXER Phillippa H Mother surname Emanuel Marylebone 1a 713 which makes Maureen Boxer the father. Cannot think of male replacement for Maureen. Perhaps a mistake was made on the marriage certificate which was later corrected with a new certificate but the actual record was not amended. Would love to know the result of this enquiry!! Cherry in Thames Ditton, Surrey On 27 Feb 2013, at 00:18, Miriam Pollak wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > While trying to track down descendants of Joseph & Esther Emanuel > (late of London), I came across an interesting marriage for an > Irene H.R. Emanuel to Maureen Boxer (Lambeth Q2 1945). Is this a > gay marriage or a mistake? I don't think that I have ever heard of > Irene being a boys' name or Maureen for that matter. > > Any thoughts on this oddity. > > Miriam Pollak > Melbourne, Australia > > Working on Plashet Cemetery > Our website is at > www.british-jewry.org.uk > We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. > > British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I should think it's probably Maurice. I found a birth for a Maurice:- Name: BOXER, Maurice Registration district: [?] Hackney County: London Year of registration: 1902 Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3 Volume no:[?]1B Page no:[?]526 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Miriam Pollak" <miriam_pollak@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:18 AM To: "British Jewry Mailing List" <british-jewry@rootsweb.com> Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] Query - gay marriage Dear Listers, While trying to track down descendants of Joseph & Esther Emanuel (late of London), I came across an interesting marriage for an Irene H.R. Emanuel to Maureen Boxer (Lambeth Q2 1945). Is this a gay marriage or a mistake? I don't think that I have ever heard of Irene being a boys' name or Maureen for that matter. Any thoughts on this oddity. Miriam Pollak Melbourne, Australia Working on Plashet Cemetery Our website is at www.british-jewry.org.uk We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. British-Jewry-admin@rootsweb.com is the address to use for help. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRITISH-JEWRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

could the Maureen be Marion perhaps that has been badly transcribed... I know Marion was used as a male name (John Wayne being a famous example) cheers Sheila Dear Listers, While trying to track down descendants of Joseph & Esther Emanuel (late of London), I came across an interesting marriage for an Irene H.R. Emanuel to Maureen Boxer (Lambeth Q2 1945). Is this a gay marriage or a mistake? I don't think that I have ever heard of Irene being a boys' name or Maureen for that matter. Any thoughts on this oddity. Miriam Pollak Melbourne, Australia