If you are sure you have the correct certificate it might be no more than a mistake by the registrar. I have a copy of my uncle's marriage certificate. His father was definitely John, but he appears as James on the certificate, but it is definitely the correct certificate in every other detail. Regards, Cecilia Bell in Essex UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "C Bridges" <c-bridges@sky.com> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [NMB] GATISS > common abbreviations for Joseph and James, ie "Jos" and "Jas", are often confused. Thank you Brian. I hadn't thought of this. However, I have both original (i.e. photocopied) certs and both names are in full. Also the occupations are mason (James1839) and joiner (Joseph 1846). These occupations seem incongruent. When the certificate was filled in could any member of the wedding party offer the information? What was the usual procedure? Cathy On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Brian Pears <bp@bpears.org.uk> wrote: > On 22/03/2010 21:16, C Bridges wrote: > > Has anyone any details about this name/ family and/or any advice about > why > > there could be two fathers? > > Unfortunately the common abbreviations for Joseph and James, > ie "Jos" and "Jas", are often confused. So I reckon that > the father's name on one of the certificates was abbreviated > at some point and then misread. > > Brian > -- > Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ > Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List > GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2763 - Release Date: 03/22/10 07:33:00
Thank you Cecelia. I'm beginning to think it may well be an error as you suggest. Can I ask as well - were fathers always recorded as deceased on wedding certs if they were dead? If so, James and Joseph were both alive at the times of the marriages, which should mean I could perhaps find 'him' in the 1841 census? I'll keep trying! Cathy On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Cecilia Bell <bell193@btinternet.com>wrote: > If you are sure you have the correct certificate it might be no more than a > mistake by the registrar. I have a copy of my uncle's marriage > certificate. > His father was definitely John, but he appears as James on the certificate, > but it is definitely the correct certificate in every other detail. > > Regards, > Cecilia Bell in Essex UK > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C Bridges" <c-bridges@sky.com> > To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 10:46 PM > Subject: Re: [NMB] GATISS > > > > common abbreviations for Joseph and James, ie "Jos" and "Jas", are often > confused. > > Thank you Brian. I hadn't thought of this. However, I have both original > (i.e. photocopied) certs and both names are in full. Also the occupations > are mason (James1839) and joiner (Joseph 1846). These occupations seem > incongruent. > > When the certificate was filled in could any member of the wedding party > offer the information? What was the usual procedure? > > Cathy > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Brian Pears <bp@bpears.org.uk> wrote: > > > On 22/03/2010 21:16, C Bridges wrote: > > > Has anyone any details about this name/ family and/or any advice about > > why > > > there could be two fathers? > > > > Unfortunately the common abbreviations for Joseph and James, > > ie "Jos" and "Jas", are often confused. So I reckon that > > the father's name on one of the certificates was abbreviated > > at some point and then misread. > > > > Brian > > -- > > Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ > > Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List > > GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer > > > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2763 - Release Date: 03/22/10 > 07:33:00 > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >