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
Yes, Charani, these are my thoughts as well. I, too, was thinking of a double wedding. Maybe the newspaper report of the marriage might throw some light on the matter. Christine -----Original Message----- From: derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charani Sent: 04 May 2013 18:09 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