Hi All, I am trying to read a marriage licence on Findmypast. It is for Mary WHITTAKER to Joseph BLACKSHAW on 26 Dec 1873 in Gawsworth. It says, hand written, just after half way down :- And he further made oath that the consent of Ellen Whittaker Mother of the said Mary Whittaker father being dead and ?? ?? ?? Guardian of her ?? ?? ?? and her mother being ?? hath been ?? to this marriage Some of these words I cannot read at all and some I think I can read but they make no sense so I have possibly misread them. (Ellen is the mother and the father is dead) Any help gratefully received Christine

Just a note to say I have their marriage and family and I know there is a tree on Ancestry. I am specifically enquiring about the marriage licence. Christine -----Original Message----- From: Christine Benson via Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 3:46 PM To: CHESHIRE mailing list Subject: [CHS] Mary WHITTAKER to Joseph BLACKSHAW marriage licence 1873 Hi All, I am trying to read a marriage licence on Findmypast. It is for Mary WHITTAKER to Joseph BLACKSHAW on 26 Dec 1873 in Gawsworth. It says, hand written, just after half way down :- And he further made oath that the consent of Ellen Whittaker Mother of the said Mary Whittaker father being dead and ?? ?? ?? Guardian of her ?? ?? ?? and her mother being ?? hath been ?? to this marriage Some of these words I cannot read at all and some I think I can read but they make no sense so I have possibly misread them. (Ellen is the mother and the father is dead) Any help gratefully received Christine

My interpretations in [] And he further made oath that the consent of Ellen Whittaker Mother of the said Mary Whittaker [?her?] father being dead and [she living her] Guardian of her [person lawfully ??appointed??] and her mother being [??] hath been [obtained] to this marriage So, Ellen is the mother, as you realise. Her father is dead and her mother is living. Her mother is her lawfully appointed guardian (I doubt this means that something legal has been done - it probably simply means that her mother is now, by default, her guardian, rather than her father.) Still a couple of words I'm unclear of. It displays the usual total lack of punctuation. Adrian On 22/09/2014 15:46, Christine Benson via wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to read a marriage licence on Findmypast. It is for Mary > WHITTAKER to Joseph BLACKSHAW on 26 Dec 1873 in Gawsworth. It says, hand > written, just after half way down :- > And he further made oath that the consent of Ellen Whittaker Mother of the > said Mary Whittaker father being dead and ?? ?? ?? Guardian of her ?? ?? ?? > and her mother being ?? hath been ?? to this marriage >