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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Cumberland => England => Cumberland Lookup Requests => Topic started by: redbank on Wednesday 15 January 20 11:56 GMT (UK)
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Please if anyone is going to Whitehaven archives could they do a look up for me.
Marriage of Marcus Dodds and Mabel Kerr, married 20th of August , 1933 at Christ Church, Whitehaven. After relevant info of address's, occupations, Fathers details please.
Thank you.
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Marcus Dodds was born September qtr 1905 Carlisle 10b 626 see www.freebmd.org.uk
Have you looked for him on the 1911 census? www.familysearch.org here's the entry
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X729-4HN
Have you checked GRO online to establish his mothers maiden name?
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp you will find his mothers maiden name was Wallace
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Yes its the information from the marriage certificate that i need. I have his siblings baptisms from the church in Carlisle, though Marcus record was not there just his six siblings. I have him on the census for 1911.
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His father is on the 1911 entry
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Yes i have his fathers info, and the 1939 record, but i can't find his wife Mabel Kerr, her baptism record. So the wedding certificate info would help me. I know she was born 10th September 1909. I checked the GRO but couldn't see it.
Thank you.
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Perhaps she wasn't born in UK ?
1911 Canada census :
John Kerr b 1876 Angleterre mechanic
Mary Anne Kerr b 1875 Angleterre wife
Mabel Kerr b Sep 1909 Quebec
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB4-KYFJ
This family arrived back in Liverpool 21 Aug 1912 from Montreal on the ship Lake Champlain , intending to remain in England.
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Baptism :
Mabel Kerr , daughter of John Kerr , machinist , of the City of Montreal , and his wife Mary Anne Douglas was born on the 10th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine and was baptised by me on the 28th day of February one thousand nine hundred and ten at the Hochelaga Methodist Church.
Possible marriage :
John Kerr and Mary Anne Douglas 2Q 1902 Whitehaven Cumberland 10b 1192
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This is really random, but could Mabel have been born in Canada? There is an tree on FamilySearch with Mable Kerr born 10 Sept 1909 (died 16 Feb 1997) to John Kerr and Mary Ann Douglas. The tree goes a few generations back on both Mabel and Marcus.
In the Canadian 1911 Census, John and Mary Ann both give England as their birth place and Mabel as Quebec. There is a marriage in Whitehaven in 1902 for John Kerr and Mary Ann Douglas.
I could check in the church record in Carlisle Archives when I next go, but not sure when that will be. Carlisle should also hold a copy of the records for Whitehaven as well.
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Christine you've beaten me to it!
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Thank you for your quick replys, I managed a trip to Carlisle Archives today and they had the Marriage Certificate for Whitehaven. It states Mabel as been 33yrs old at the time of marriage, so the date of birth was wrong. She must have been born 1900 instead of 1909, though does state Father as John Kerr, Engineer.
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Glad you were able to find the Whitehaven info.
If the Canada information is correct, then maybe the age on the marriage record is wrong, especially if her death certificate confirms the 1909 date of birth and it should/may confirm the place of birth.