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Title: Look up Request Mary Catherine Welch, Marriage please
Post by: Sue Lancashire on Sunday 24 August 14 10:02 BST (UK)

 :) Is any one able to help with this family member.

I have been unable to trace a marriage for Mary to Thomas (Tommy) Marsden circa 1935. She gave birth to their daughter, also  Mary Catherine on 7/3/1936 in Farnworth Lancashire.

I have searched the England and Wales records for their marriage with no success. Wondering if they married in Ireland as family story has Mary being from Waterford. No war time wedding overseas either. Mary is names as formerly Mary (May) Welch on her daughters birth certificate.

She was still living  in Bolton, Lancashire 1941 when Tommy was killed in action in the Middle East during WW2. Her daughter married in 1962 at a Roman Catholic Church in Bolton.

Any help and advice would be really appreciated. Thank you,

Sue.

Title: Re: Look up Request Mary Catherine Welch, Marriage please
Post by: GAJM1 on Sunday 07 September 14 09:21 BST (UK)

Hi Sue,

I had a look and unfortunately don't seem to be in Ireland either.

Title: Re: Look up Request Mary Catherine Welch, Marriage please
Post by: Sue Lancashire on Sunday 07 September 14 10:31 BST (UK)

 :)Thank you so much for looking. There must be an explanation, but I haven't been able to solve it yet!

Regards from Auckland, New Zealand.

Title: Re: Look up Request Mary Catherine Welch, Marriage please
Post by: healyjfch on Sunday 07 September 14 11:46 BST (UK)

Be aware that unusual surnames like Welch may be written as the more common Walsh (e)

I found 3 variations of my own surname in Parish registers

Happy hunting, you will have hundreds of Walsh's to look through