Winifred: You would be VERY lucky indeed to find details of any marriage from before 1837 in a non-Church of England register. Sometimes Roman Catholics recorded details of the marriage of members of their congregation who had married elsewhere, but hat is about all. The Law insisted that every wedding in England HAD to take place in a Church of England Parish Church. If it was anywhere else it would be illegal: the parties would be liable to prosecution and any children would be considered illegitimate and unable eg to inherit from their parents. The only exceptions allowed in Law were for Quakers and Jews. Things were slacker in Scotland and the usual explanation of a marriage being impossible to find in England is that it could have been a Border Marriage, where the parties went to a Border Marriage House, just a few feet into Scotland, where they could marry be declaration. On the west side of the Border Gretna Green is well-known for that sort of thing, but on the east side the Marriage House at Lamberton Toll was just as busy. There were others elsewhere on the Border. Sometimes a couple would go well into Scotland, eg to Edinburgh, where the same applied. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Annette Watson via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: wynandfrank <wynandfrank@btinternet.com>; northumbria <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 0:36 Subject: [NMB] Calem CARR Hi Winifred, Have you checked no conformist records for the marriage of Calem CARR & Mary VARDY? I have checked www.familysearch.org and they have listed Ann as being baptised 26 July 1795 to Caleb CARR father and Mary VARDY mother,(from film 1068907) so maybe they did not marry. Happy hunting, Annette WATSON Lismore Australia At 12:47 AM 16/09/2014, you wrote: >Caleb Carr was baptised 1772 at >Longbenton. Next information I have is the >baptism in 1795 at Tynemouth of a daughter >Ann daughter of Caleb and Mary Carr, formerlyy >Vardy, labourer of Shiremoor. I cannot find any >record of the marriage of Caleb and Mary Vardy >or the baptism or death of Mary, but Caleb >married Elizabeth Hume in 1796 at >Tynemouth. They had six children before >Elizabeth died in 1807. In 1808 Caleb married >Rachel Smith at Longbenton. They had ten sons >(Donât mention the good old days) before the >deaths of Rachel 1848 and Caleb 1851, Ann was >unmarried and lived with her father until her >death. I cannot find any information about Mary >Vardy in spite of spending many hours pawing >through records. Can anyone help please? >Winifred Hellens .. Please quote the minimum >necessary to put your reply on context. Please >introduce yourself at the top of every post. 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 .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. 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