I have a William HUMPHREYS and Elizabeth JONES who were supposedly married prior to August 1866 when their first daughter was born. A search of the St Martins Parish Register and a search by the Shropshire Register Office have failed to locate a marriage for this couple. In the 71- 91 censuses Elizabeth is always shown as born St Martins about 1847 although William HUMPHREYS has various birth places although I suspect it may have been Selattyn. Any help would be appreciated as this is my brick wall. Regards, Daff West Western Australia.

H Whitwell wrote: > I have a William HUMPHREYS and Elizabeth JONES who were supposedly married > prior to August 1866 when their first daughter was born. A search of the St > Martins Parish Register and a search by the Shropshire Register Office have > failed to locate a marriage for this couple. In the 71- 91 censuses > Elizabeth is always shown as born St Martins about 1847 although William > HUMPHREYS has various birth places although I suspect it may have been > Selattyn. > > I can see the family in St Martin's parish in 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses but William only appears on the 1891 where he claims to have been born on Nantwich in Cheshire? As William was a canal boatman is it possible that the marriage could have taken place anywhere along the canal network? Ian