maybe their parents did not want them to marry. They had 12 children, 7 survived. pic = = = = = = = = = = = = = Remember me in the family tree my name, my days, my strife; then I'll ride upon the wings of time and live an endless life - GOETSCH Incoming/outgoing mail scanned by Norton 2004: Renewed Feb 2005 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Spence To: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Re: Information on marriage certificate Pat wrote............. ..............".When my Gr Grandparents married in 1872, he put his father deceased [he died 2 yrs later] and she put her father deceased [he died in 1921, a year before her]." How very strange that they both wrote that. Maybe it was wishful thinking!!!! Thanks, Dorothy ______________________________