Hi Wondering whether someone may be able to help with this mystery. I have a Matthew TAYLES ( born 1836) from Lincolnshire who in 1862 marries Sarah BUCK (born 1841 Notts) in St Martins Birmingham. I have just received their Marriage cert and it states that Matthews father was Thomas TAYLES - Fisherman and that Sarah's was Joseph BUCK - iron moulder. Now comes the tricky bit : Thomas TAYLES - fisherman had a daughter called Margaret (born 1815) who married a man called Joseph BUCK an iron moulder, they had a daughter called Sarah born 1841 in Nottingham. It seems to me that this Sarah is the same one as on the above marriage therefore she actually married her uncle - although most probably illegal would this be likely? Den

Hi Den, As he was born in Lincs, and she in Notts, the first question that comes to mind is 'how did they ever meet?' - although if they *were* uncle-and-niece then that becomes much less of a problem! Add that they married in what was probably about the busiest church in the Midlands - where they'd be suitably anonymous, with little chance of any back-checking, as well as it being conveniently far from both birthplaces - then it seems that the relationship is highly likely. Certainly within the Table of Kindred and Affinity - and so illegal - but is it *that* much more incestuous than the by-no-means uncommon marriages of 1st cousins? [I'll leave that for the geneticists to tell me...] Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: <FIVETAYLES@aol.com> To: <WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: [WAR] IS this marriage likely? Hi Wondering whether someone may be able to help with this mystery. I have a Matthew TAYLES ( born 1836) from Lincolnshire who in 1862 marries Sarah BUCK (born 1841 Notts) in St Martins Birmingham. I have just received their Marriage cert and it states that Matthews father was Thomas TAYLES - Fisherman and that Sarah's was Joseph BUCK - iron moulder. Now comes the tricky bit : Thomas TAYLES - fisherman had a daughter called Margaret (born 1815) who married a man called Joseph BUCK an iron moulder, they had a daughter called Sarah born 1841 in Nottingham. It seems to me that this Sarah is the same one as on the above marriage therefore she actually married her uncle - although most probably illegal would this be likely? Den ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Den What are the names of the witnesses, are they related to the bride or groom ? Mike Fisher now in Droitwich formerly of Wythall,Solihull Lodge & Billesley,Birmingham ----- Original Message ----- From: <FIVETAYLES@aol.com> To: <WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: [WAR] IS this marriage likely? > Hi > > Wondering whether someone may be able to help with this mystery. > > I have a Matthew TAYLES ( born 1836) from Lincolnshire who in 1862 > marries > Sarah BUCK (born 1841 Notts) in St Martins Birmingham. I have just > received > their Marriage cert and it states that Matthews father was Thomas > TAYLES - > Fisherman and that Sarah's was Joseph BUCK - iron moulder. > > Now comes the tricky bit : > > Thomas TAYLES - fisherman had a daughter called Margaret (born 1815) who > married a man called Joseph BUCK an iron moulder, they had a daughter > called > Sarah born 1841 in Nottingham. It seems to me that this Sarah is the > same one > as on the above marriage therefore she actually married her uncle - > although > most probably illegal would this be likely? > > Den > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >