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Isle of Man / Frances LUCAS Marriage circa 1854
« on: Wednesday 02 May 18 15:46 BST (UK) »
I have just joined this Group in this hope that someone can help me find the marriage of Frances LUCAS to Henry ALLEN around 1854.
Frances was the daughter of Thomas Edward LUCAS and Ann CHRISTIAN and lived at Lewaigue, Manghold. She was baptised there in 1826. By 1856 Frances and Henry had moved to USA and had their first child there. I have exhausted the online marriage records (FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast) for Isle of Man, and am hoping that someone out there might be researching the same family. The Lucas family seem to have been fairly prosperous, and other family marriages are reported in the local newspapers but I can't find this marriage for looking. In Henry's obituary his marriage is given as 1854 - of course I don't know where the obituary writer got his information, but Frances was living at home, unmarried, in the 1851 census, so the marriage must have taken place between 1851 and 1856. They could have married in USA but, again, I can't find any likely records and surely it seems unlikely that a girl from a good family would have travelled with a man, unmarried. I cannot find any record of her arriving in USA before this either.
Henry worked on the Liverpool Steam Packet Line so there is a small possibility they married on the mainland, but I just can't find any likely record.
I am hoping someone might be able to help find marriage, or be researching the same family. Frances was one of 6 sisters (Elinor Christian, Frances, Matilda, Alicia, Julia and Evalina, and one brother William).
Very grateful for any help.
Frances was the daughter of Thomas Edward LUCAS and Ann CHRISTIAN and lived at Lewaigue, Manghold. She was baptised there in 1826. By 1856 Frances and Henry had moved to USA and had their first child there. I have exhausted the online marriage records (FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast) for Isle of Man, and am hoping that someone out there might be researching the same family. The Lucas family seem to have been fairly prosperous, and other family marriages are reported in the local newspapers but I can't find this marriage for looking. In Henry's obituary his marriage is given as 1854 - of course I don't know where the obituary writer got his information, but Frances was living at home, unmarried, in the 1851 census, so the marriage must have taken place between 1851 and 1856. They could have married in USA but, again, I can't find any likely records and surely it seems unlikely that a girl from a good family would have travelled with a man, unmarried. I cannot find any record of her arriving in USA before this either.
Henry worked on the Liverpool Steam Packet Line so there is a small possibility they married on the mainland, but I just can't find any likely record.
I am hoping someone might be able to help find marriage, or be researching the same family. Frances was one of 6 sisters (Elinor Christian, Frances, Matilda, Alicia, Julia and Evalina, and one brother William).
Very grateful for any help.