On 09/12/2014 23:07, Anne Chambers wrote: > David Marshall wrote: >> On 08/12/2014 11:17, Anne Chambers wrote: >>> David Marshall wrote: >>>> On 08/12/2014 10:49, Anne Chambers wrote: > >>>> >>> Have you found the bride in a previous census in England ? >> In the 1891 census her birthplace is just stated to be Ireland and I >> have not found her in 1881. In 1882 his >> battalion was in Ireland so maybe he met her there. >> >> David >> > When was their first child born ? Pwehaps she came over from Ireland > because she was pregnant and needed to get married fast. > As far as I can tell they had no children, my son-in-law is descended from his second marriage. Of course that does not rule out the possibility of a stillbirth or an infant who died before the next census. There are no obvious candidates in FreeBMD, but the name is too common to be certain as the wife's maiden name is not included in the index at this period. As I mentioned, his marriage is correctly recorded in his service record which would suggest that he had official approval. David