Colin, No specific help but have you looked at the deaths in that area for a Hicks that would fall into that age?  My GGGrandfather was married before my GGGrandmother and we didn't know that until we stumbled across the burial record when we visited the Gwent RO.  We then went looking and found the marriage record.  It also looks like he married one of the witnesses to the original marriage; probably all friends. Paul Ohio, USA ----- Original Message ---- > From: Colin Reader <c.n.r@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: gloucester@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 12:00:43 PM > Subject: [GLS] Lost Marriage > > Hi > > I'm looking for my G.Grandfather's 1st marriage; he was born 9th September > 1854 to Robert and Susan Hicks (formerly Wiltshire) at Fishponds Stapleton > Gloucestershire. > > He appears on the Censuses up to 1871 living at home in Stapleton with his > parents and siblings. On the 1881 census he is lodging in Deptford with > Julia Hicks my G.Grandmother > He is listed as married and Julia is listed as Single, they went on to have > at least 5 children, eventually moving to Green Street Green in Kent. > I have their marriage certificate dated 20th February 1930 in which Joseph > is listed as a widower and Julia as spinster, I have made the assumption > that he waited for his 1st wife to die > before marrying my G.Grandmother. > > I have not been able to find a record of Joseph's 1st marriage I assume > between 1871 and 1881. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > Marian Reader > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005:  > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message >