Help needed (concerning marriage certificiates)

[Becki]

Hi all,
I know that my great-great-grandparents Charles and Ethel (née Rhodes) Wright married in 1911 in Bradford, Yorkshire.
Would their marriage certificate tell me where they were born or just their ages at marriage like I presume? I know when and where Ethel was born but Charles had no middle name and Charles Wright is likely to be a common name.

Thanks,
Becki

[JJen]

Hi Becki,

Welcome to RootsChat.

The link below will show you what information will be shown on an English and Welsh marriage cert -

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/images/Marriage%20Cert%20PDF.pdf

JJ

[JJen]

Marriage info 

Charles Wright age 23, Bachelor, Brass finisher
Abode - 130 Edderthorpe Street, Bradford
31 Oct 1911, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral)
Father - Randolph Wright, Stuff Warehouseman
Spouse - Ethel Rhodes age 21, Spinster
Spouse father - Tom Rhodes, Retired Greengrocer
Wits - Frank Wright (could be his older brother as per 1891 census) and Tom Rhodes

Hopefully with the above info you'll be able to find Charles on the 1911 with his father Randolph.

JJ

[LizzieL]

Baptised in Bolton 21 oct 1888, born 5 Jul 1888, motherEmily Margaret, father Randolph

[LizzieL]

If you have access to Ancestry or FindMyPast, he can be found with his parents on censuses up to his marriage.

[LizzieL]

Randolph married Emily Margaret Watkins on 18 Nov 1875 in Bradfotd, his father's name was David and he was a machine wool comber. Emily's father was John Watkins a book keeper

[JJen]

Hopefully all the above information will help you to further your family research. If you need any further help then just ask as there are plenty of people on RootsChat that are only too willing to help 

Enjoy the search for your family 

JJ

[polarbear]

Hello and welcome from me too  .

The original images of both marriage records transcribed above can be seen at Ancestry. If you don't have a sub, check whether your public library subscribes to the library edition. These images are of original parish records and have the actual signatures of the parties.

PB

[Becki]

Thank you all. I had Ethel's father down as James Fletcher Rhodes so I have to delete everybody above her on my family tree. Her father being Tom would explain why my great-granddad was called Tom rather than Thomas.

Becki