Hi Joan, There were a lot of William and Mary STONEs in the area you are looking in and probably several marriages betweens Williams and Marys! The age derived from the censuses should not be treated as exact so you need to be looking at say +-5 yrs around the dates you mentioned. Now that you are looking at pre-census times you DO need to start searching parish records (the IGI Bucks entries are incomplete) and wills. Luckily the Bucks FHS have a BMD index which they take to the Bucks RO (Tues last I heard) which is an immense help. HTH > ------------------------------ > From: "Joan" <jmmj75@talktalk.net> > Subject: Re: [BKM] Wills at Bucks RO for STONE and HUDSON > > Hello Anne. Many thanks for offer. When you have the time I should be > grateful if you could please check on an entry I have for a marriage: > > 1829 Feb 8 William STONE & Mary STONE, 25 & 19, Wit: John Stone, Mary Stone. > This seems a little odd. Perhaps they were "cousins" or someone has > transcribed the document incorrectly? > > Both witnesses are STONEs. They might be parents or siblings? With the help > of VKS I have tracked a family of William and Mary STONES from 1841C-1891C. > All the ages given indicate a birth date for William of app 1803; and for > Mary, the year 1810. (At the last count I had 11 children's names.) > > However, in an image downloaded from Ancestry showing lineage of several > STONE families, it shows a Mary STONE (bap 30 Sep 1810) marriage at St > Mary's, Radnage, to a Joseph SPRINGELL, on 10 August 1835. > > Also, from the chart it appears that William STONE bap 28 September 1803 was > the 5th child of Robert STONE and Ann AVERY; and Mary STONE bap September > was his sister! > > I'm quite sure it is me who has got "the proverbial" twisted and if you > could determine the correct marriage entry I can walk properly again! :-) > Thank you. Joan.