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Offline graham saunders

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letter of freedom to marry
« on: Tuesday 31 October 17 13:46 GMT (UK) »
in 1878 james conroy married mary eliza mcaleenan in the st columba's church derry at tne time of that marriagre he is shown as a widower   would he have require A LETTER OF FREEDOM from his previous parish and if so doues any one know if it was lodged anywhere

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Re: letter of freedom to marry
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 31 October 17 14:16 GMT (UK) »
Depends on what is on Civil Reg...

Name   JAMES CONROY
Date of Event   1878
Group Registration ID   N/R
SR District/Reg Area   Londonderry
Returns Year   1878
Returns Quarter   1
Returns Volume No   2
Returns Page No   308

Depends on
If he had Death Cert for wife..
If he was known... etc etc
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