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Title: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: andygmandrew on Friday 07 July 17 16:24 BST (UK)
I hope some kind person can help me with detail for the following marriage:

Charles Dogherty and Susanna Morton, married 3/2/1846 at Morpeth St Robert. There is only the bare detail of the marriage in Family Search and Find My Past and unfortunately I can find no trace of either in any of the censuses and regrettably the Bishops Transcripts don't cover Morpeth St Robert, so this is my only hope of finding out their parentage.

I live in Edinburgh and can't just pop in and look it up, so if anyone happens to be at Woodhorn or Tyne and Wear Archive I'd be very grateful if you could spare a few moments to help my search.

Thanks.

Andrew Morton
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: [Ray] on Friday 07 July 17 16:44 BST (UK)
Hi

Refs are . . . . .
Mar 1846 Morpeth 25 331 Dogherty     Charles / Morton     Susanna
Why not order the cert from GRO?


Ray
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: JenB on Friday 07 July 17 16:53 BST (UK)
Can I just make a couple of points? :)

Morpeth St Robert is a Roman Catholic Church, so wouldn't appear in the Bishops Transcripts.

There are very few post-1837 (i.e. post-civil registration) marriages to be found in the Durham Bishops Transcripts.

There are a couple of Rootschatters who occasionally go to the archives so you might be lucky  :-\
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: andygmandrew on Friday 07 July 17 18:23 BST (UK)
Ah, that would make sense, I had a sneaking suspicion that they might be Irish hence my lack of luck with the census.

Hopefully someone can help.
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: andygmandrew on Friday 07 July 17 18:25 BST (UK)
I'm doing a one name study and ordering a certificate every time I strike a problem is impractical and expensive! I'm a pensioner so can't throw money at it.  :'(
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: c-side on Sunday 09 July 17 23:46 BST (UK)
I haven't been to Woodhorn for a few weeks but hope to be there on Wednesday.  Happy to take a look for you if I make it  ;D

Christine
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: andygmandrew on Monday 10 July 17 08:43 BST (UK)
That would be wonderful! I'll look forward to hearing from you. I'm so curious as to Susanna's parentage.

Kind regards,

Andrew
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: JenB on Monday 10 July 17 09:22 BST (UK)
Quote from: c-side on Sunday 09 July 17 23:46 BST (UK)
I haven't been to Woodhorn for a few weeks but hope to be there on Wednesday.  Happy to take a look for you if I make it  ;D

Christine

I was rather hoping you might come along :)
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: c-side on Monday 10 July 17 23:39 BST (UK)
 :) :) :)
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: c-side on Wednesday 12 July 17 20:59 BST (UK)
Here’s the marriage from St. Robert’s Morpeth – date as given

Charles Docherty, residence Morpeth.  Parents Irish, residence (left blank)
Susanna Morton, residence Morpeth.  Parents Irish, residence Morpeth

Witnesses:  Revd. Jas. Burchall, residence Cowpen and M W Blake, residence Morpeth

Minister:  G A Lowe

Disappointing that there are no more parent details

Christine
Title: Re: Help Gratefully Received!
Post by: andygmandrew on Thursday 13 July 17 19:53 BST (UK)
Thank you ever so much for doing this for me. It's so disappointing that the parents names aren't given but at least it confirms my supposition that they were Irish.

If there's anything you need looked up in Edinburgh or Berwick where I occasionally go, do let me know.

Thanks again,

Kind regards

Andrew