Aston is part of Birmingham, so that must be their address. pat Maria Bethia Ross, I take to mean she's the godmother, although I would have expected it to be sp (sponsores) - possibly patrones The full transcribed text is here - Ancestry has the printed image http://www.archive.org/stream/warwickshirepari02phil/warwickshirepari02phil_djvu.txt you'll have to do a search on the page, it's right at the bottom. Anne Richard Bailey wrote: > The marriage of Samuel and Elizabeth was at the Parish Church St. Giles in > the Fields Middlesex 3 June 1854, with witnesses being John Godfrey and W > Taylor. the curate was Henry A. Digou ( I think) it is hard to read his > writing > > That could well be my Samuels baptism, but what does the Aston: pat Maria > Bethia Ross mean? I presume he was born 31 July and bapt 5 Aug 1814 > > Nan > > On 10 July 2010 16:02, Anne Chambers<anne.chambers@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> It's the only Ross/Godfrey marriage I could find on Ancestry, apart from >> Samuel& Elizabeth's. It's also in >> the IGI. >> >> It's also very strange that S& E's banns were first published in 1852 at >> St Mary Lambeth but they didn't >> marry until 1854 - what church is shown on the marriage certificate ? >> Possibly Sarah Ann was still alive in >> 1852 and someone forbade the banns, so they had to wait until she >> died...and in the meantime, Samuel Walter >> was born. I can't find any of them under either surname in the 1851 census >> >> This could be Samuel's baptism: >> The Franciscan Register 1814 >> St Peter's Birmingham >> Samuel fs Samuelis& Mariae Ross, Aston: pat Maria Bethia Ross nat 31 July >> 5 Aug >> >> I have subs to Ancestry, Findmypast and Thegenealogist - I find that covers >> just about everything.. >> >> Anne