So there was no first marriage ? My wife's great grandmother registered three births giving the father's surname as her surname, they married just before the birth of the fourth child when the first child was fourteen years old. Mike Fisher in Droitwich my family tree http://mjfisher.tribalpages.com On 27/09/2012 02:05, Ron Lankshear wrote: > > Eileen said a marriage to Henry(Harry) Hall has not been found. > There is a birth certificate and baptism for Charles Henry Hall in 1903 > confirming father was Henry a painter. > BUT first marriage certificate not available to confirm her father, > Presumably it would have said the same as second ie Henry a bootmaker > and by then deceased. > > Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick)