Christiana Foot

[mark foot]

Christiana was born in Leigh in 1850 and the census returns are clear that her parents were Robert Foot and Adelaide (Barret Robert was the son of Titus Foot and Susannah Allen. However on the marriage cert between Chrisiana to George Short the father's name has been givenasHerbert Foot, who like Robert Foot was a labourer.It appearsto have beenwitnessed by a Harriet Foot, although the sig is unclear. Any help with this mystery would be appreciated. Ibdlieve Rogert was still alive at the time of the wedding and therefore Herbert would not appearto be a step father. My thoughts are that either the vicar put down the name Herbert rather than Robert and perhaps it wasn't picked up especially as Christiana put a cross rather than sign her name or was he calling himself  Herbert possibly he had bedn in some trouble.
Just to add that the vicar had incorrectly put their residence at the time of their marriage as Leigh before crossing out and changing it to Hermitage. So might Herbert have been mis heard or mis understood for Robert?

Many thanks for any help with this mystery.

[trish1120]

I personally think it is a mistake on the Vicars part

[Romilly]

I personally think it is a mistake on the Vicars part

It sounds the most likely thing to me as well. I think that this must have happened a lot, as over the years I too have puzzled over christian names being different on Certs to Censuses, etc.

Romilly.

[LizzieL]

I think the witnesses signature looks more like Annie Foot. I too think the father's name is a case of the vicar mishearing it. If Christiana was nervous and spoke very softly when she gave her father's name, maybe all the vicar heard was the last syllable - "bert".

[Romilly]

I think the witnesses signature looks more like Annie Foot. I too think the father's name is a case of the vicar mishearing it. If Christiana was nervous and spoke very softly when she gave her father's name, maybe all the vicar heard was the last syllable - "bert".

I can't see any Document or signatures?

Where are you looking LizzieL?

Romilly.

[LizzieL]

The parish record is on Ancestry