This particularly applies to marriages My grandmother married in a church away from her parish because she liked the look of the church and it had steps she could walk down in her wedding gown! Steven Hollis Senior Metallurgist 1 Sleat Rd, Applecross, Western Australia 6153 M +61 439 951 802 E [email protected] W www.processminerals.com.au Process Minerals International is a subsidiary of Mineral Resources -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry1936 Sent: Friday, 27 July 2012 10:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDX] MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK Digest, Vol 7, Issue 163 Don't forget that central London parishes were tiny and people frequently hopped across boundaries depending upon which church they preferred at different times. In a similar situation to you I started browsing parishes in an ever increasing circle from the 'home' parish and found not only ancestors baptised or married in a nearby parish but family links which led on to other ancestors. A GG grandfather who had two children baptised in his home parish and two just down the road in the next parish - perhaps he fell out with the first vicar! A slow tortuous journey but it produced results. You need a diagram of the London parishes which is somewhere on Genuki. Barry On 27 Jul 2012, at 13:30, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:01:06 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MDX] Rawlins (previously LMA) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Barry, > > > I had missed the number of baptisms at the church on this date!! What a fascinating piece of information! Thank you so much for pointing this and other important information out to me. I have the marriage record for Samuel Rawlins and Mary Snell. Samuel was a widower and is listed as a laborer on the marriage record. Mary's father, THomas Snell was an "agriculturer" laborer. > > > I have also found an earlier record for a Richard Rawlins from St Luke's Old Street who was the son of a Samuell Rawlins. Lots of pieces of information, but not the links. > > > I so appreciate the your guidance. I am encouraged to work on finding more answers. > > > Regards, > > > Bev W > ************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters** List Admin 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT PLEASE READ - Email Disclaimer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message (including any attachments) is intended only for the addressee(s) and is to be kept strictly confidential unless otherwise agreed in writing with its sender. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email (or any of its attachments) by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. --------------------------------------------------------------------------

My Grandparents married in Stratford East London, a short walk from where the Olympics are being held at the moment, but they both lived in Hartlepool County Durham in the North East of England. My grandfather was a merchant seaman and must have been in the London Docks and grandma went down to marry there. They gave an address in the Stratford area and said they were both of that parish but maybe my grandfather had arrived the required 3 weeks beforehand and took up lodgings there in order that they could marry in the parish. Either that or my grandma moved down to Stratford to lodge for that period of time until granddad returned from his voyage and they could marry. I have also been told that all that would be required in order for someone to say they were of the parish in which they wanted to marry, was to leave a suitcase of clothes in a house in that parish for the required 3 weeks or so, they didn't necessarily have to live there. Regards Jenny DeAngelis <<This particularly applies to marriages My grandmother married in a church away from her parish because she liked the look of the church and it had steps she could walk down in her wedding gown! Steven Hollis Senior Metallurgist>>

Absolutely, the practice of leaving clothes at an abode so they could say they were of that parish was a common occurrence often monetary. That is why it is not uncommon to see the married couple having the same address. This practice continued right through the 20th. century. Were you looking for help tracing them?   Paul Eggleton ________________________________ From: Jenny De Angelis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [MDX] MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK Digest, Vol 7, Issue 163 My Grandparents married in Stratford East London, a short walk from where the Olympics are being held at the moment,  but they both lived in Hartlepool County Durham in the North East of England.  My grandfather was a merchant seaman and must have been in the London Docks and grandma went down to marry there.  They gave an address in the Stratford area and said they were both of that parish but maybe my grandfather had arrived the required 3 weeks beforehand and took up lodgings there in order that they could marry in the parish.  Either that or my grandma moved down to Stratford to lodge for that period of time until granddad returned from his voyage and they could marry. I have also been told that all that would be required in order for someone to say they were of the parish in which they wanted to marry, was to leave a suitcase of clothes in a house in that parish for the required 3 weeks or so, they didn't necessarily have to live there. Regards Jenny DeAngelis <<This particularly applies to marriages My grandmother married in a church away from her parish because she liked the look of the church and it had steps she could walk down in her wedding gown! Steven Hollis Senior Metallurgist>> ************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters** List Admin 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