Hi All Yes, you cannot rely on a marriage certificate which does not qualify if the father is deceased. Having transcribed many registers, you notice that siblings will sometimes show father deceased; next sibling marries and there is nothing, suggesting that the father is still alive. My personal belief is that this is due to the minister not asking the question! We've also know the occasional one shown as deceased...who isn't! But that is another can of worms... Jacqui ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Jon via <[email protected]> Sent: 08 February 2016 16:15 To: Jane Lucas; [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAN] MICHAEL DENNISON c1841 Hi Jane, Just a quick question.... How do you know that Michael's father was present at his marriage in 1871? Could he have had a brother Thomas, a cousin Thomas? If it's because the marriage record doesn't state his father to be deceased, that's not really anything to go by, as I have a number of marriages in my tree where the fathers weren't said to be deceased, although I know beyond any doubt that they were. Best wishes, Jon :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think we all have some records that are questionable. I am sure I have one in 1852 - that the bride aged 22 married a man aged 40 ( who is a widower) but down as a bachelor. And I suspect her uncle! They are the same common surname so who would know.? ,Quite a lot of people I guess. Can't be certain of anything in these old records , just made in good faith and sometimes ignorance. and sometimes turning a blind eye. On 8 Feb 2016 16:19, "w Simkins via" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > Yes, you cannot rely on a marriage certificate which does not qualify if > the father is deceased. > > Having transcribed many registers, you notice that siblings will sometimes > show father deceased; next sibling marries and there is nothing, suggesting > that the father is still alive. My personal belief is that this is due to > the minister not asking the question! > > We've also know the occasional one shown as deceased...who isn't! But > that is another can of worms... > > Jacqui > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on > behalf of Jon via <[email protected]> > Sent: 08 February 2016 16:15 > To: Jane Lucas; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LAN] MICHAEL DENNISON c1841 > > Hi Jane, > > Just a quick question.... > > How do you know that Michael's father was present at his marriage in 1871? > > Could he have had a brother Thomas, a cousin Thomas? > > If it's because the marriage record doesn't state his father to be > deceased, > that's not really anything to go by, as I have a number of marriages in my > tree where the fathers weren't said to be deceased, although I know beyond > any doubt that they were. > > Best wishes, Jon > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >