Greetings, Listers... Jane LOW, d/o John and Mary (nee Bailey) LOW was born at Eastville 11 Jan 1841. I have Jane's birth certificate, and have her in the 1841 and 1851 Censuses. I do NOT have her in the 1861 thru 1891 Censuses, nor have I found a suitable death or burial record. Jane had an older sister, Elizabeth Cooper LOW, baptised 8 Dec 1833, Wainfleet St. Mary. Possibly born at Partney (1851 Census). Elizabeth married Thomas Albert TAYLOR, s/o John, 4 Apr 1867, Wrangle. Thomas Albert and Elizabeth Cooper TAYLOR are found at Swaby in the 1871 thru 1891 Censuses. In 1901 and 1911, Thomas Albert's wife is shown as "Jane" born at Old Bolingbroke. (There has been no sign of any issue in the Censuses.) An Elizabeth TAYLOR is to be found in The LFHS' "Parish Register Burials 1813-1900" : Elizabeth TAYLOR aged 61 of Whitepit in Swaby, buried 23 Feb 1896. I believe this "clears the way" for Thomas Albert to marry a second wife... There are GRO Marriage Index entries: Thomas Albert TAYLOR and Jane LOWE; Dec qtr 1897; Louth Reg Dist, Vol 7a, Page 1294. I cannot find any sign of this marriage on FreeREG or in the Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index. Thus, I have not identified the names of the bride's and groom's father, and I may be conflating two Janes (or Thomas Alberts, for that matter). Chris Lowis, in his LOWIS_LOWE LINCOLNSHIRE Public Tree on Ancestry, gives 18 Oct 1897, Louth, Lincolnshire for this marriage. He states "Details form the Stamford Mercury and Lincolnshire Chronicle, both dated 22 Oct 1897 via Findmypast. The marriage does not appear in the St James, St Michael or Holy Trinity Marriage Registers." Can anyone please help point me to the missing documentation, or help fill in any of the documentation gaps? Denny, Perth Ontario.

Hi Denny, If you look at the 'how long married' in the 1911 census, Albert and Jane say they have been married for 14 years which would fit an 1897 marriage. (Give or take a few months. <g>) I'm fairly certain that they married either in a non-confirmist church or at Louth Register Office, in which case the only way you'll be able to find details of the marriage is to buy the certificate. I remember Anne Cole saying ages ago that the page numbers in a quarter were allocated in alpha order of parish, with the later numbers for marriages in non-conformist churches and then the Register Office (or else Register office and then non-conformist. I've found out that page 1285 relates to South Thoresby amd 1291 is Wyham cum Cadeby. page number 1292 either hasn't been used or else neither name on the page has yet been transcribed to FreeBMD. Swaby marriage registers are complete on the Lincolnshire Marriage Index to 1911, so they definitely didn't marry there. Pam On 17 January 2017 at 16:03, Denny Lowe <heldenlowe@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Greetings, Listers... > > Jane LOW, d/o John and Mary (nee Bailey) LOW was born at Eastville 11 Jan > 1841. I have Jane's birth certificate, and have her in the 1841 and 1851 > Censuses. I do NOT have her in the 1861 thru 1891 Censuses, nor have I > found a suitable death or burial record. > > Jane had an older sister, Elizabeth Cooper LOW, baptised 8 Dec 1833, > Wainfleet St. Mary. Possibly born at Partney (1851 Census). Elizabeth > married Thomas Albert TAYLOR, s/o John, 4 Apr 1867, Wrangle. Thomas Albert > and Elizabeth Cooper TAYLOR are found at Swaby in the 1871 thru 1891 > Censuses. In 1901 and 1911, Thomas Albert's wife is shown as "Jane" born > at Old Bolingbroke. (There has been no sign of any issue in the Censuses.) > > An Elizabeth TAYLOR is to be found in The LFHS' "Parish Register Burials > 1813-1900" : Elizabeth TAYLOR aged 61 of Whitepit in Swaby, buried 23 Feb > 1896. I believe this "clears the way" for Thomas Albert to marry a second > wife... > > There are GRO Marriage Index entries: Thomas Albert TAYLOR and Jane LOWE; > Dec qtr 1897; Louth Reg Dist, Vol 7a, Page 1294. > > I cannot find any sign of this marriage on FreeREG or in the Lincolnshire > Post 1837 Marriage Index. Thus, I have not identified the names of the > bride's and groom's father, and I may be conflating two Janes (or Thomas > Alberts, for that matter). > > Chris Lowis, in his LOWIS_LOWE LINCOLNSHIRE Public Tree on Ancestry, gives > 18 Oct 1897, Louth, Lincolnshire for this marriage. He states "Details > form the Stamford Mercury and Lincolnshire Chronicle, both dated 22 Oct > 1897 via Findmypast. The marriage does not appear in the St James, St > Michael or Holy Trinity Marriage Registers." > > Can anyone please help point me to the missing documentation, or help fill > in any of the documentation gaps? > > Denny, Perth Ontario. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Pam Downes and Barbara Roberts wrote, in part: > Hi Denny, > > [...] > > I'm fairly certain that they married either in a non-confirmist church or > at Louth Register Office, in which case the only way you'll be able to find > details of the marriage is to buy the certificate. I remember Anne Cole > saying ages ago that the page numbers in a quarter were allocated in alpha > order of parish, with the later numbers for marriages in non-conformist > churches and then the Register Office (or else Register office and then > non-conformist. I've found out that page 1285 relates to South Thoresby > amd 1291 is Wyham cum Cadeby. page number 1292 either hasn't been used or > else neither name on the page has yet been transcribed to FreeBMD. > Swaby marriage registers are complete on the Lincolnshire Marriage Index to > 1911, so they definitely didn't marry there. > > Pam > Pam, thank you for taking the time to reply, and to remind my 82-year-old mind about what can be found in the GRO's "Page" reference related to marriages. Using FreeBMD Indexing (on-line) and the GRO Marriage Index entry: Thomas Albert TAYLOR and Jane LOWE; Dec qtr 1897; Louth Reg Dist, Vol 7a, Page 1294 ... one can, indeed, see that "Page 1294" will be assigned after "Page 1291" which was given to Wyham cum Cadeby. And as you say this leaves the possibility of a "Page" that still has to be indexed (possibly a marriage in Yarborough Parish) or as you point out, at a non-conformist church or the Louth Register Office. Barbara Roberts also wrote, in part: > In England from 1835 to 1907 it was illegal to marry your dead wife's > sister. So if they are your family, maybe they got married where they > wouldn't be recognised, maybe register office. Barbara, thank you for your posting. While I was aware of the prohibition against the groom marrying his wife's sister, I was not aware of the date range. As they say, one is never too old to learn! A sincere "thanks" to both, Denny (Perth, Ontario)

Hi Denny In England from 1835 to 1907 it was illegal to marry your dead wife's sister. So if they are your family, maybe they got married where they wouldn't be recognised, maybe register office. The Stamford Mercury item says they were both of Whitepit. I would send for the marriage certificate to see if it helps. Barbara On 17 January 2017 at 16:03, Denny Lowe <heldenlowe@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Greetings, Listers... > > Jane LOW, d/o John and Mary (nee Bailey) LOW was born at Eastville 11 Jan > 1841. I have Jane's birth certificate, and have her in the 1841 and 1851 > Censuses. I do NOT have her in the 1861 thru 1891 Censuses, nor have I > found a suitable death or burial record. > > Jane had an older sister, Elizabeth Cooper LOW, baptised 8 Dec 1833, > Wainfleet St. Mary. Possibly born at Partney (1851 Census). Elizabeth > married Thomas Albert TAYLOR, s/o John, 4 Apr 1867, Wrangle. Thomas Albert > and Elizabeth Cooper TAYLOR are found at Swaby in the 1871 thru 1891 > Censuses. In 1901 and 1911, Thomas Albert's wife is shown as "Jane" born > at Old Bolingbroke. (There has been no sign of any issue in the Censuses.) > > An Elizabeth TAYLOR is to be found in The LFHS' "Parish Register Burials > 1813-1900" : Elizabeth TAYLOR aged 61 of Whitepit in Swaby, buried 23 Feb > 1896. I believe this "clears the way" for Thomas Albert to marry a second > wife... > > There are GRO Marriage Index entries: Thomas Albert TAYLOR and Jane LOWE; > Dec qtr 1897; Louth Reg Dist, Vol 7a, Page 1294. > > I cannot find any sign of this marriage on FreeREG or in the Lincolnshire > Post 1837 Marriage Index. Thus, I have not identified the names of the > bride's and groom's father, and I may be conflating two Janes (or Thomas > Alberts, for that matter). > > Chris Lowis, in his LOWIS_LOWE LINCOLNSHIRE Public Tree on Ancestry, gives > 18 Oct 1897, Louth, Lincolnshire for this marriage. He states "Details > form the Stamford Mercury and Lincolnshire Chronicle, both dated 22 Oct > 1897 via Findmypast. The marriage does not appear in the St James, St > Michael or Holy Trinity Marriage Registers." > > Can anyone please help point me to the missing documentation, or help fill > in any of the documentation gaps? > > Denny, Perth Ontario. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >