Apologies for duplication but previous email had incorrect header for some reason - I used an email to the list as a shortcut - just proves the old saying really. On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:07:46 +0000, "Helen Shipley" <natbrent@fastmail.fm> said: > Dear Lists > Please could I ask a favour of anyone who has time to look at the > Marriage Register re Brighton St Nicholas - for the above? > > As you can see I have the date but I would be grateful for any other > information that might be contained in the register. The exact date was > March 27th 1832. I am hoping there might be details of witnesses and > father's of the bride and groom etc. I am unsure how much was in the > registers at this time but I think witnesses would be recorded and > status ie batchelor/spinster etc., but I think it might be too early > for > the details of parents to be recorded, or occupations. > > I don't have much on Harriet (or Harriott) LAWS regarding her > background > or parents but later census records consistently state she was born > either in Brighton, or Northamptonshire and I am hoping it might be > Brighton and this is possibly supported by her daughter, another > Harriet, going to Brighton by 1860. The couple were in Dorking by later > in 1832 and I am pretty sure Harriet was already expecting their first > child as he was baptised in September 1832. Henry was from Dorking. > > Any help or suggestions will be gratefully received. > > Helen Shipley Helen