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Does anyone happen to know what the regulations were (say London, early to mid 19th century) regarding witnesses to a marriage?  Who could, who couldn't, minimum age etc.?  Could the father of one of the principals act as a witness?  Presumably the definition of ‘Full Age’ changed over the years.

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Could Sue Daniels, researching Ernest Sidney Rapp born 1890 in April 2006, please make contact?



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David

I have the 1839 (St. Luke’s) marriage details for Samuel Wedge & Martha Groves but I believe he was previously married to a Sarah who died in 1837.  This Samuel WEDGE marriage was possibly found either in:
Marriage Licence Allegations Index 1701 – 1850, or,
Boyd’s Marriage Index 1538 – 1840.

Is anyone please able to let me know the full details or tell me where I can get them?

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If a mother couldn’t give birth to a child where she lived would she go to another local house where friends or family lived?  I realise she would have to go somewhere but were certain houses used like this before Lying-in Hospitals were set up?

Has anyone found births occurring at Cow Lane, Shadwell – especially at No. 1, in the 1840s & 1850s but  where this address doesn’t agree with the normal place of residence?

I have the 1841 and 1851 census occupancies for these addresses.

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Can anyone assist with the following please?
I realise extended families could have moved around a lot and these places are/were very near each other.
What appears to be the same family is recorded at the following addresses:

1. A baptism (birth 22 April 1848) 04 August 1848. Address: 1 Cow Lane, Shadwell.
2. A baptism (birth 07 March 1842) 06 September 1850. Address: 2 Angel Gardens, Shadwell.
3. A baptism (birth 22 January 1845) 06 September 1850. Address: 2 Angel Gardens, Shadwell.
4. Census 31 March 1851 Address: 8 Martins Buildings, Shadwell.
5. A birth 01 July 1851. Address: 8 Milk Yard, Shadwell.
6. A death 07 September 1851. Address: 8 Milk Yard, Shadwell.
7. A birth 10 November 1852. Address: 1 Cow Lane, Shadwell.
8. A baptism (birth 10 November 1852) 15 December 1852. Address: 1 Cow Lane, Shadwell.

Does anyone know if 8 Martins Buildings is in fact 8 Milk Yard? The 1851 census does not show a number 8 Milk Yard separately.

Regarding parish baptismal records.  Does anyone know the procedure as it might have occurred at the time?

Q. I presumed that the parish recorded the baptism at the time it took place (I assumed the baptism took place in the parish church say, and that's where the record book was).  If not, is there a way of establishing the date event was recorded rather than just the date of the event? Perhaps from the ’Entry’ and ‘ID’ numbers.

Q. Was the address given the ‘current’ one rather than where they were living when the child was born (or baptised)?

Q. Was the mother’s name given the ‘current’ one rather than the birth mother of the child?