Dear Geoff I have had a very similar experience but in Scotland which may make this reply superfluous! My couple were married on exactly the same day in two different places. In the end I have decided that they were married in the local church and then the register entries were sent in to the main church and entered again. There were several miles between the two. I have consulted others on this and nobody has a better explanation. Some of the other marriages around the same time were in both registers and some were not so I couldn't account for that. These were not Banns but the bride and groom could have come from each of the churches. I have not yet found their births. We are talking 1792 here. Is it possible that Bermondsey had to report to Southwark being the "senior" church? Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Beach" <geoff@beachfamily.plus.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: [SoG] Duplicate marriages? > Listers, > Can anyone shed a ray of light to the issue I have with my ancestor > Thomas, > his 3rd marriage was at Bermondsey in October 1810, and later he marries > the > same spinster with the same name in Southwark in June 1811. I have copies > of > the relevant entries, so I'm not relying on IGI data, although it happens > to > be correct. > Appreciate any help, > Regards, > Geoff > South Wales. > > >

Kay The telling point, in your case at least, would be whether the signatures were real or made by the copier. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay DONALD CLARK" <grannykay@tiscali.co.uk> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [SoG] Duplicate marriages? | Dear Geoff | | I have had a very similar experience but in Scotland which may make this | reply superfluous! | | My couple were married on exactly the same day in two different places. In | the end I have decided that they were married in the local church and then | the register entries were sent in to the main church and entered again. | There were several miles between the two. I have consulted others on this | and nobody has a better explanation. Some of the other marriages around the | same time were in both registers and some were not so I couldn't account for | that. These were not Banns but the bride and groom could have come from | each of the churches. I have not yet found their births. We are talking | 1792 here. | | Is it possible that Bermondsey had to report to Southwark being the "senior" | church? | | Kay | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Geoff Beach" <geoff@beachfamily.plus.com> | To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:34 PM | Subject: [SoG] Duplicate marriages? | | | > Listers, | > Can anyone shed a ray of light to the issue I have with my ancestor | > Thomas, | > his 3rd marriage was at Bermondsey in October 1810, and later he marries | > the | > same spinster with the same name in Southwark in June 1811. I have copies | > of | > the relevant entries, so I'm not relying on IGI data, although it happens | > to | > be correct. | > Appreciate any help, | > Regards, | > Geoff | > South Wales. | > | > | > | | -- | This email has been verified as Virus free | Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net

I have several similar from Lowland Scotland. They seem to be consistent with marriage ceremony of husband and wife in each of their home parishes. Arthur Thomson Kay DONALD CLARK wrote: > Dear Geoff > > I have had a very similar experience but in Scotland which may make > this reply superfluous! > > My couple were married on exactly the same day in two different > places. In the end I have decided that they were married in the local > church and then the register entries were sent in to the main church > and entered again. There were several miles between the two. I have > consulted others on this and nobody has a better explanation. Some of > the other marriages around the same time were in both registers and > some were not so I couldn't account for that. These were not Banns > but the bride and groom could have come from each of the churches. I > have not yet found their births. We are talking 1792 here. > > Is it possible that Bermondsey had to report to Southwark being the > "senior" church? > > Kay > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Beach" > <geoff@beachfamily.plus.com> > To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:34 PM > Subject: [SoG] Duplicate marriages? > > >> Listers, >> Can anyone shed a ray of light to the issue I have with my ancestor >> Thomas, >> his 3rd marriage was at Bermondsey in October 1810, and later he >> marries the >> same spinster with the same name in Southwark in June 1811. I have >> copies of >> the relevant entries, so I'm not relying on IGI data, although it >> happens to >> be correct. >> Appreciate any help, >> Regards, >> Geoff >> South Wales. >> >> >> > > >