On 24/12/2014 11:01 AM, brightside S9 via wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:52:13 +0000, John P Gibson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 20/12/2014 11:39, brightside S9 wrote: >> <snip> >>> I now have the marriage cert from GRO. I can understand the >>> mistranscription into GRO index. The handwriting is awful. >>> The mariage took place on July 9th 1866. John's father's name is >>> William Lenton. >>> I can scan the cert if anyone wants / needs to try to deciper the >>> rest. >> Ooh, yes please! That would be very nice. >> I really must try to remember to fire up my newsreader, such as it is, >> more frequently. > This link should (I hope it works) bring up the scan. I'll leave it > available for a few days. It would be nice if someone can decpher the > church at which the marriage was solemnised, and the grooms age. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/mmad1tdybeb0a8f/johnlenton_estherlance.jpg?dl=0 I *think* it says "at Milton in the Parish of Portsea" i.e St James, Milton. (Do not confuse with St.Mary Magdalene, New Milton.) see http://www.stjamesmilton.org.uk/history an http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp192-202 Milton Ecclesiastical parish created 1844, out of Portsea ancient parish. It is not unknown for clergy to write the Ecclesiastical Parish in he first space and the Civil Parish in the second. The name of the officiating minister M.M.Baylis[????], may help. Regards, John Henley >