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Title: help with names
Post by: heatherwalsh on Wednesday 28 February 18 15:15 GMT (UK)
Hello could some one please help me with the surnames of the witnesses and the occupation of william on this cetificate..............kind regards from heather
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: Milliepede on Wednesday 28 February 18 15:39 GMT (UK)
Labourer - witness surname looks like Gallery.
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: heatherwalsh on Wednesday 28 February 18 16:01 GMT (UK)
thank you
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: Bookbox on Wednesday 28 February 18 16:17 GMT (UK)
If you're asking about the Laurinson marriage, at the top of the page, the occupation of the father William Laurinson is Pensioner, which may indicate that he was an ex-soldier with an army pension.

The witnesses may be Thomas Bate and Mary Jane Jeffreys (made her mark).
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: Karen McDonald on Wednesday 28 February 18 20:44 GMT (UK)
If you mean entry #89:
I agree with Millipede: Labourer and Gallery (or possibly Gallary).

First Gallery/Gallary is William, the second I thought was James, but it looks more like "her mark" between the words (I can't see a dot over the word and the ending is different from the "his" above), so not sure what it could be.
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: Bookbox on Wednesday 28 February 18 20:55 GMT (UK)
The pdf is labelled john laurison and sarah marriage. ???
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: Karen McDonald on Wednesday 28 February 18 21:17 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Bookbox on Wednesday 28 February 18 20:55 GMT (UK)
The pdf is labelled john laurison and sarah marriage. ???

Oops. Didn't see that.  ::)
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: heatherwalsh on Thursday 01 March 18 00:58 GMT (UK)
thank you to everyone
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: Milliepede on Thursday 01 March 18 10:38 GMT (UK)
Apologies from me too for not noticing the name  :-[
Title: Re: help with names
Post by: heatherwalsh on Thursday 01 March 18 12:05 GMT (UK)
 Hello,  john laurison was a pensioner ex army at time of marriage, his father william was also a pensioner.  where might i look for their army records and in what time frame should i look?  any idea's?  kind regards from heather