Hi Louise, To my Sue-Per-Late-Ive Surprise, WorcHistCent DOES hold the (or at least some of the) Registers of Dudley St James... And that Marriage entry was more surprising than most! Dudley St James - Marriages Register Page 19; Number 37 - 1871 Jan 17 [the first of 2 marriages that day] By Banns; by I E C BOURNE [very dubious transcription, this - his signature was almost illegible!] Edwin EDWARDS, 21, Bachelor, Puddler, Dudley s/o John, Puddler Elizabeth Hickman PLANT, Spinster, -, Dudley d/o Joseph, Clerk Witnesses: Benjamin HALL & Ann DUNN [All 4 signed] The intriguing bit was the *second* marriage the same day... Page 19; Number 38 - 1871 Jan 17 By Banns; by I E C BOURNE [etc...] Benjamin HALL , 21, Bachelor, Bridge Stocker, Dudley s/o Joseph, Bridge Stocker Ann DUNN, 20, Spinster, -, d/o Noah, Boat Loader Witnesses: Edwin EDWARDS & Elizabeth Hickman PLANT [All 4 signed] - Elizabeth - although married by then - signed her maiden name... Were they Relatives - or were the two couples 'just friends' ??? The Occupations were as your certificate - very clearly written. The only Doubtful Part was the name of the Minister... Gus

Hello Gus, Thankyou so much. Great news that the reg. was at WHC. I had also been wondering about Benjamin Hall and Ann Dunn - as far as I can tell, not related to either side. My GRO Certificate lists Minister's last name as Browne, although the initials are hard to decipher. No wonder we have so many problems in this great hobby of ours. However, your news that the Puddler occupation is correct is bad news. Alas! Will post a general query to list regarding this. Many thanks again, Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tysoe" <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] New Lister - EDWARDS/PLANT > Hi Louise, > > To my Sue-Per-Late-Ive Surprise, WorcHistCent DOES hold the (or at least > some of the) Registers of Dudley St James... > > And that Marriage entry was more surprising than most! > > > Dudley St James - Marriages Register > Page 19; Number 37 - 1871 Jan 17 [the first of 2 marriages that day] > By Banns; by I E C BOURNE > [very dubious transcription, this - his signature was almost illegible!] > Edwin EDWARDS, 21, Bachelor, Puddler, Dudley > s/o John, Puddler > Elizabeth Hickman PLANT, Spinster, -, Dudley > d/o Joseph, Clerk > Witnesses: Benjamin HALL & Ann DUNN > [All 4 signed] > > The intriguing bit was the *second* marriage the same day... > > Page 19; Number 38 - 1871 Jan 17 > By Banns; by I E C BOURNE [etc...] > Benjamin HALL , 21, Bachelor, Bridge Stocker, Dudley > s/o Joseph, Bridge Stocker > Ann DUNN, 20, Spinster, -, > d/o Noah, Boat Loader > Witnesses: Edwin EDWARDS & Elizabeth Hickman PLANT [All 4 signed] > - Elizabeth - although married by then - signed her maiden name... > > Were they Relatives - or were the two couples 'just friends' ??? > > > The Occupations were as your certificate - very clearly written. > The only Doubtful Part was the name of the Minister... > > Gus > > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > >

Gus and Louise In Littlebury's 1873 Worcestershire Directory - The Vicar of St James Dudley is listed as Rev. John George Cotton BROWNE ( may be COTTON-BROWNE ) ( of course it may have the Curate who officiated at the Marriage. In Kelly's 1870 the incumbent is listed !! ( BTW The Incumbent of St Thomas' Dudley ,for the same period ,is a Rev John BROWNE!! Bet that made Archdeaconry meetings difficult !! ( both directories published on CD by Archive CD Books) www.archivecdbooks.org Happy Hunting Helen New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: John Tysoe [mailto:gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 7:06 p.m. To: ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WOR] New Lister - EDWARDS/PLANT Hi Louise, To my Sue-Per-Late-Ive Surprise, WorcHistCent DOES hold the (or at least some of the) Registers of Dudley St James... And that Marriage entry was more surprising than most! Dudley St James - Marriages Register Page 19; Number 37 - 1871 Jan 17 [the first of 2 marriages that day] By Banns; by I E C BOURNE [very dubious transcription, this - his signature was almost illegible!] Edwin EDWARDS, 21, Bachelor, Puddler, Dudley s/o John, Puddler Elizabeth Hickman PLANT, Spinster, -, Dudley d/o Joseph, Clerk Witnesses: Benjamin HALL & Ann DUNN [All 4 signed] The intriguing bit was the *second* marriage the same day... Page 19; Number 38 - 1871 Jan 17 By Banns; by I E C BOURNE [etc...] Benjamin HALL , 21, Bachelor, Bridge Stocker, Dudley s/o Joseph, Bridge Stocker Ann DUNN, 20, Spinster, -, d/o Noah, Boat Loader Witnesses: Edwin EDWARDS & Elizabeth Hickman PLANT [All 4 signed] - Elizabeth - although married by then - signed her maiden name... Were they Relatives - or were the two couples 'just friends' ??? The Occupations were as your certificate - very clearly written. The only Doubtful Part was the name of the Minister... Gus ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com UK Census on-line http://freecen.rootsweb.com/