Have you checked the 1911 census to see a) if father is still alive and b) who is living with him. Also the 1901 census. Women were treated as the man's property - I have a document that required the husband signiture if the wife wanted to cash in HER assurance bond. I wouldn't be surprised if she is alive and the bride's mother was only mentioned because her husband was dead. Dorri > From: ovington1@sky.com > To: wilsonnicholas90@gmail.com; LONDON@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 12:34:47 +0100 > Subject: Re: [LON] A Matter of Wedding Etiquette 1908 > > > Were they a well to do family ? > > Divorce was still largely a thing for the rich as it was very expensive > > Have you checked the Catalogue on the National Archives to see if there is a divorce mentioned > (under J77) > > They may have been separated rather than divorced so there may be no record > > Without seeing the detail and context of the entries its hard to say but suggests the mother had > passed away > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > Hello, > > > > The wedding took place in London in 1908, but that is the only connection > > my question has with. the area. The printed announcements show the name > > of the groom`s father but not his mother`s, and the bride`s late father`s > > and her still living mother`s. > > > > Does the absence of the groom`s mother``s name indicate something. If she > > was divorced from the father, would this be a reason for excuding her name, > > or could her name have been excuded because she was already dead. I have > > three separate announcements from three different sources and the groom`s > > mother is excluded in each case so it obviously was not a typo error... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think that is quite likely too. In those days women were known by their husband's name entirely example Mrs John Smith Also this was a acomplicated announcement with the bride's mother etc so dropping Mr and Mrs from the wording many have dropped the cost .... Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ On 2011-05-23 2:47 AM, Dorri Roughley wrote: > Have you checked the 1911 census to see a) if father is still alive and b) who is living with him. Also the 1901 census. Women were treated as the man's property - I have a document that required the husband signiture if the wife wanted to cash in HER assurance bond. > > I wouldn't be surprised if she is alive and the bride's mother was only mentioned because her husband was dead. > > Dorri >