Just a thought, after all these years studying Certificates. When a Bride and Bridegroom's parents are named on Certificates, does it mean they were present at the wedding ? Diane 10813
I have just received a certificate for a marriage in 1840 and was very disappointed to see that neither of the fathers were named. There was only one witness named. Were certificates often "incomplete" in the early years or is this an isolated case? Alan 10469 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bridget Meads" <bridgetmeads@btinternet.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:20 AM To: <Dkn72a@aol.com>; <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SFHG] Query. > Hi Diane > > Only if they are listed as witnesses, sometimes the father was already > dead > but they omitted to say this, probably because no one asked! They were > only > asked who their father was. > > Bridget 10773 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Dkn72a@aol.com> > To: <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:36 AM > Subject: [SFHG] Query. > > >> Just a thought, after all these years studying Certificates. When a >> Bride >> and Bridegroom's parents are named on Certificates, does it mean they >> were >> present at the wedding ? >> >> Diane 10813 >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
Alan My ggg grandfather Edward Davis died Birmingham in 1839 leaving a young family when applying for my gg grandfathers marriage cert his father was Edward a gunsmith wrong profession so I sent for 3 of his siblings 2 have the correct profession Clog maker but wrong name John and 1 has no father mentioned at all, these were all in 1850,s This caused a lot of confusion but finally I found his death certificate which confirmed Edward a Clog & patten maker Although he becomes Edwin on his widows death certificate Regards Jackie 10751 -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of alaninspain@msn.com Sent: 30 May 2008 10:13 To: Bridget Meads; Dkn72a@aol.com; SFHG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFHG] Query. I have just received a certificate for a marriage in 1840 and was very disappointed to see that neither of the fathers were named. There was only one witness named. Were certificates often "incomplete" in the early years or is this an isolated case? Alan 10469 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bridget Meads" <bridgetmeads@btinternet.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:20 AM To: <Dkn72a@aol.com>; <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SFHG] Query. > Hi Diane > > Only if they are listed as witnesses, sometimes the father was already > dead but they omitted to say this, probably because no one asked! They > were only asked who their father was. > > Bridget 10773 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Dkn72a@aol.com> > To: <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:36 AM > Subject: [SFHG] Query. > > >> Just a thought, after all these years studying Certificates. When a >> Bride >> and Bridegroom's parents are named on Certificates, does it mean >> they were present at the wedding ? >> >> Diane 10813 >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message