Hi people,
My great grandparents married in St Marks Parish church, Victoria Docks, Essex, on Feb 10th, 1889.
Their names are William Sanderson Coulson & Jane Sewell.
All the censuses prior to 1889 have both of them living in South Shields & Newcastle.
All of the censuses after 1889 have them raising a family in South Shields.
Therefore a marriage in Essex is odd.
Something I read recently suggests that people in the UK were expected to marry in the parish in which one of them lived. If not, they had to pay (whom, I don't know) for permission to marry elsewhere. Therefore this suggests that one or both of my great grandparents were living in Essex for a few years before they married. Either that or they had some special reason to go south and spend valuable money on a permit.
I have no other evidence that either of them lived outside of Shields/Newcastle.
Their marriage cert gives addresses that they lived at in 1889:
13 Clyde Rd for the groom
3 Gordon Terrace for the bride.
>>> I wonder, can we do some research on those addresses to find out who was living there circa 1889? Were they residences or boarding houses. for example.
Also, does anyone have an idea of how we could prove that these people lived for a while in Essex sometime between 1881 and 1891?
Alternately, is it possible to find a reason why a couple might dash down to this place to get married? Is this particular parish special in some way? (religious order perhaps?)
Looking forward to your suggestions.
-David C
