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Title: A marriage for Benjamin James Marshall
Post by: SamuelF992 on Wednesday 28 February 18 17:48 GMT (UK)
Hi all

I've been searching for a while for a marriage between Benjamin James Marshall (1851-1890) and his wife Sarah (abt. 1852-1892). Benjamin is from Bedminster and Sarah from Bath. In the censuses Benjamin goes by his second name James. I've never been able to find a marriage or an 1871 census, but the couple had their first child, Alfred, in Bristol in 1872. Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Samuel
Title: Re: A marriage for Benjamin James Marshall
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 28 February 18 17:54 GMT (UK)
Alice Rosina's birth reg gives mmn Cleveland
Title: Re: A marriage for Benjamin James Marshall
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 28 February 18 17:58 GMT (UK)
Marriages Jun qtr 1884   
Cleveland    Sarah Jane       
MARSHALL    Benjamin James       
Barton Regis    6a   192a   
Title: Re: A marriage for Benjamin James Marshall
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 28 February 18 18:03 GMT (UK)
Sarah Jane Cleveland
Benjamin James Marshall
Marriage    4 Jun 1884
Bristol, St Jude, Gloucestershire
Grooms father John Marshall
Brides father   Thomas Cleveland
Title: Re: A marriage for Benjamin James Marshall
Post by: SamuelF992 on Wednesday 28 February 18 18:09 GMT (UK)
Hi Rosie,

Thank you very much. Why might the marriage be registered as being in 1884 when Alice Rosina was born in 1874? Could there have been some error in the transcription?

Title: Re: A marriage for Benjamin James Marshall
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 28 February 18 18:13 GMT (UK)
GRO index and parish registers give marriage as 1884.  It is more likely that they did not get around to getting married until then.