I came across an unusual situation, at least in my experience. So I am wondering if anyone else has any experience of this. John Butson and Ann Painter, both of the parish of Kenwyn married 6 Aug 1819 at Kea. The marriage is recorded at Kenwyn: familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11775-48029-76 But there is no entry for the marriage at Kea: familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12433-51941-57 FamilySearch does not have the banns books posted, so that I cannot check those. Why would the marriage not have been recorded at Kea, if that is where it took place? Certainly anyone working solely from a parish register index would not see the actual place of the marriage and would conclude that the marriage recorded at Kenwyn took place at Kenwyn, which it did not do. One other thing worth noting: There is a gap of about 6 weeks in the Kea marriages, which might be because a lot of couples chose to marry in June, so that the supply of marrying couples was briefly exhausted. Kea was a smaller parish than Kenwyn, which does not seem to have had such a gap.

Hi Wesley, It might have something to do with the state of Kenwyn parish church in 1819. The Genuki page for Kenwyn contains this information: "In 1819 the church had become so delapidated through extreme old age that it was considered unsafe for further use. The church was completely reconstructed and was reopened for divine worship on 8th October 1820." On the marriage image that has the BUDSON/PAINTER marriage, there is another where the couple were of Kenwyn but married in the Church of Kea. The same reverend did the service for both the Kea church and Kenwyn church marriages. The Genuki page for Kea states that the parish church there was constructed in 1802. Perhaps this couple preferred to dodge the crumbling stone and marry in the shiny new church, or maybe they just lived closer to it? I hope no one does their research based solely on a parish register index, but for what it's worth, the marriage entry as transcribed on the OPC database for this marriage clearly notes the "Kea church" information. Joanne Toronto, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wesley Johnston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 1:00 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Marriage at Kea recorded at Kenwyn but not at Kea >I came across an unusual situation, at least in my experience. So I am >wondering if anyone else has any experience of this. > > John Butson and Ann Painter, both of the parish of Kenwyn married 6 Aug > 1819 at Kea. > > The marriage is recorded at Kenwyn: > familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11775-48029-76 > > But there is no entry for the marriage at Kea: > familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12433-51941-57 > > FamilySearch does not have the banns books posted, so that I cannot check > those. > > > Why would the marriage not have been recorded at Kea, if that is where it > took place? > > Certainly anyone working solely from a parish register index would not see > the actual place of the marriage and would conclude that the marriage > recorded at Kenwyn took place at Kenwyn, which it did not do. > > > One other thing worth noting: There is a gap of about 6 weeks in the Kea > marriages, which might be because a lot of couples chose to marry in June, > so that the supply of marrying couples was briefly exhausted. Kea was a > smaller parish than Kenwyn, which does not seem to have had such a gap. > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >