Perhaps they never married, or it was never recorded. Or they did marry but the records have been lost, as it is a very long way back. IGI don't have all the records, only those they have been allowed to have, and there are a lot still kept private, or destroyed. I seem to remember hearing that marriage was not always recorded, and it was just a verbal promise to each other so long ago. Have you tried just searching for William Daker to see what appears. Good luck with it anyway. Anouska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Czerniawska" <ann@czerniawska.co.uk> To: <ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:53 PM Subject: [ENG-SHROP] Daker/Lellah marriage >I have traced my family back to William Daker who married Elizabeth Lellah >in 1728. The marriage is on the IGI but I can find no trace of Lellah as a >surname although it seems to have been quite commonly used as a Christian >name, a diminutive of Ellen. > Could the clerk have been interrupted and left off the bride's surname? > > I suspect William was either the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Daker, born > in Cardington in 1688, or of Samuel and Joice Daker, born in Condover in > 1703. If only I could prove which, I could get back another 100 years. > > Can anyone throw any light on this, please? > > Thanks, > Ann. > > > ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== > WHY not visit the Shropshire Genuki site. > It really is a mine of information. > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >