Also I just had another look at William and Elsie's parish marriage record, and where it says the name and occupation of the bride's father there is a line through his occupation which could imply the bride's father was deceased at the time of the marriage in 1921. What do you think?
Whether a father is cited as deceased or not depends if the couple were asked the question (or volunteered the information)
CLICK HERE (see the second entry on the page) for an example of a marriage performed by Joshua Lord (Curate) the same person that performed William Henry Harrop and Elsie William's marriage service. (A further example -
CLICK HERE - see father's occupation column (second entry))
Never take anything for granted - people didn't always tell the truth - for example illegitimate people have been known to invent a father at the time of their marriage to appear respectable.
It does seem odd that Elsie names a father but doesn't give an occupation for him.
