Peter wrote: > Anne, > > I don't have the necessary PR but a quick search at ParishRegister.com does > show a Edward Thomas Farmer as a hit on the register for St Mary Magdalene > (Bermondsey) between 1782& 1812. The detail is only available with payment. > > HTH > > Peter > > For years, I've been looking for the marriage of my gggrandfather Edward > Thomas FARMER to Susannah ? - he > came from a Bermondsey (Surrey) family and there is a connection (his > mourning ring has been handed down as a > family heirloom) through Susanna with Amos ASQUITH, who was either her > father or grandfather, a Bermondsey > brewer who died in 1793, so I disregarded this marriage in the IGI, thinking > that Kent was unlikely. > > EDWARD THOMAS FARMER > Marriages: > Spouse: SUSANNA WIGMORE > 12 MAR 1820 Lee, Kent, England > M016504 > > However, browsing through the Ancestry LMA collection, I discovered that Lee > was in the Hundred of Lewisham > (only about 6 miles from Bermondsey) and some of the St Margaret's records > are in the database. The > marriages, however, end at 1813. My local FHC has just broken its only > fiche reader (wasn't me, honest!), so > getting the film isn't an option at the moment. > > I'm hoping the marriage entry will give Edward's parish as St Mary > Magdalene, Bermondsey. I've Googled and > there seem to be some transcriptions in the Lewisham library but not for the > period I am interested in. > I'd be grateful for any ideas as to where I can find out the details of the > marriage; their first child was > born in March 1821, so it fits. > > Anne > South Australia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >