He would be an employee of the church - sextant or Verger etc. and stood ffor a witned if no one else was available At 17:51 23/06/2008 -0700, Marilyn Ralph wrote: >Hello Lynne > >I believe you are correct in thinking that John Stringer often acted as a >witness for couples married at St. Margaret's. He appears as a witness at >the weddings of several of my ancestors who were married there. He is not >an ancestor of mine. > >I was puzzled that his name came up so often and came to the conclusion that >John Stringer was employed by the Church and was called on to be a witness >when needed at marriages that took place at St. Margaret's. > >Best regards, >Marilyn in Oregon USA > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lynne Cox" <l8cox@btinternet.com> >To: "Leicestershire-Plus" <leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:02 AM >Subject: [LEI] Marriages and witnesses at St. Margaret's Leicester > > >> Hi Listers, >> >> Hope you are all well? >> >> I have a copy of the parish register for the marriage of one of my >> relatives >> who was married at St. Margaret's in 1832 one of his witnesses also >> appears >> as a witness for another marriage which took place on the same day, the >> witness was John Stringer. Was John Stringer a regular witness for people >> who where married at St. Margaret's and didn't have any witnesses of their >> own? >> >> TIA >> >> Lynne >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >Internal Virus Database is out of date. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.4.0/1506 - Release Date: 17/06/2008 16:30 > Regards George. Home Page: http://web.localdial.com/users/airforce LRFHS Page: http://www.lrfhs.org.uk Jersey Centenary Battle of lowers:http://www.localdial.com/users/airforce/battle.html