Hi All - Just out of general interest, I tried to locate the marriage of Miss Heston to Mahmoud Efendi in FreeBMD for Devon and Cornwall but couldn't find it. Nor could I find it in FamilySearch. Might this have been a Christmas prank? Seems there might have been an unmentioned Christmas tradition being practiced! Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell

There's no hoax. The parish register of Stoke Demerel records the reception into the established church of Mahmoud EFFENDI (the more usual spelling of this surname) on 20 Dec 1857 with his parents recorded as Abdurahman and Hatidge and a date of birth of 19 Oct 1827. The marriage register at Stoke Demerel parish then records the marriage on 21 Dec 1857 of Mahmoud EFFENDI, age 30, Captain in the Turkish Army, son of Abdusrahman EFFENDI, Judge and Lucy HEATON, age 21, in service, daughter of Edward HEATON, Captain in the Army, with both parties having Stoke Demerel as the place of residence at the time of marriage. I have viewed both images via findmypast.co.uk. Regards

Well, as youngun's in the 1940 era we used "Efendi" to mean something like 'honoured friend'. Of course, we, as ignorant kids probably had it completely wrong, but your idea of a prank is probably correct - as usual, honoured friend! Bern -----Original Message----- From: cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julia Mosman Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2013 7:37 p.m. To: cornish@rootsweb.com; cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: [CORNISH] West Briton, 25 Dec 1857 - tiny thought Hi All - Just out of general interest, I tried to locate the marriage of Miss Heston to Mahmoud Efendi in FreeBMD for Devon and Cornwall but couldn't find it. Nor could I find it in FamilySearch. Might this have been a Christmas prank? Seems there might have been an unmentioned Christmas tradition being practiced! Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message