Hi everyone, I have an original certificate showing the marriage of the above couple - i.e. it is the copy which was handed to the happy couple - dated 23rd November 1830. The marriage took place in the Parish Church of Bishopwearmouth. It is a printed form (page 186 entry 558) which has been completed in ink by the Curate of Bishopwearmouth - Ch Grant LLB and is signed as a "true Extract" completed on the day they were married. Unfortunately I don't know who they were. I have a Mary Ann Potts born in Deptford, Sunderland in 1832 whose father was Thomas, but have not been able to trace her birth to confirm whether or not this couple are her parents. I've looked through large chunks of the 1841 census for the family, but without success so far. There is a Mary Ann Potts on IGI with a father Thomas but her mother is Eliza Bailey. On her marriage certificate her father's occupation is Railway Contractor and she married in Gateshead in 1854 but haven't been able to find her on the 1851 census either. Does anyone have this couple in their family? The certificate was one of many I found when clearing out my grandmother's possessions when she died and if they were Mary Ann's parents they would be my grandmother's g-grandparents. Any help with solving this mystery would be very gratefully received. Thanks. Pat