You're right, Charani. It'll be interesting to see what John thinks. Kind regards Joy ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 18:09:22 +0100 > From: charani.b@gmail.com > To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DBY] HUBBERSTY - Can you read the word?‏‏ > > Joy Hungerford wrote: >> With respect, the writer has added a dot to the i in 'relations' and >> 'wedding,' but not in the last word. So this is unlikely to be 'niece.' > > I agree it's unlikely to be 'niece' but not because there's no dot > over the 'i' (that would rule out 'mill' as well). The groom's father > was a clergyman. He would have known an uncle/niece marriage was one > of the forbidden degrees. > > Then again, the picture seems to show more than one bride, so maybe it > was a double wedding and the groom's niece also married at the same > time. If that were so, I would have thought she would have been > named, unless the person who wrote the caption had forgotten the > niece's name. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, > Greinton and Clutton, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message