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Northumberland / 1920's Marriage Records, Newcastle, missing?
« on: Saturday 05 September 09 00:33 BST (UK) »
Hello,
Not sure if this has already been asked, but I'm having a right old time trying to find some marriages in Northumberland (Newcastle/Tynemouth etc.)... I'm wondering if there are some missing or incorrectly transcribed indeces from the 1920s that anyone knows about?
I'm trying to find a marriage between Elizabeth Jane Smurthwaite and Joseph Kirtley (neither are particularly common surnames!)... their first child was born in 1927 so I initially looked through just the 20s, but I have ended up checking ALL dates, to no avail.
My second case is a Hall/Hoper marriage in again the 20s. I'm trying to eliminate some John Halls and Thomas Halls (very common names by the looks of it). I think the Thomas Hall I'm after has a mother whose maiden name was Hoper (he was born in 1927) and his dad's name (from Thomas' marriage certificate in the 50s) is John Hall. However, I can't find a John Hall/Hoper wedding, or even a John Hall/+ other wedding which would correlate to any of the Thomas Halls from 1927.
I hope this makes sense and that someone could shed some light on it all!
I understand that "common-law marriages" were commonplace, but I would have thought people would have "made it official" more often than not by the 1920s! If they were in a "common-law marriage" the "wife" still take her "husband's" surname?
Not sure if this has already been asked, but I'm having a right old time trying to find some marriages in Northumberland (Newcastle/Tynemouth etc.)... I'm wondering if there are some missing or incorrectly transcribed indeces from the 1920s that anyone knows about?
I'm trying to find a marriage between Elizabeth Jane Smurthwaite and Joseph Kirtley (neither are particularly common surnames!)... their first child was born in 1927 so I initially looked through just the 20s, but I have ended up checking ALL dates, to no avail.
My second case is a Hall/Hoper marriage in again the 20s. I'm trying to eliminate some John Halls and Thomas Halls (very common names by the looks of it). I think the Thomas Hall I'm after has a mother whose maiden name was Hoper (he was born in 1927) and his dad's name (from Thomas' marriage certificate in the 50s) is John Hall. However, I can't find a John Hall/Hoper wedding, or even a John Hall/+ other wedding which would correlate to any of the Thomas Halls from 1927.
I hope this makes sense and that someone could shed some light on it all!
I understand that "common-law marriages" were commonplace, but I would have thought people would have "made it official" more often than not by the 1920s! If they were in a "common-law marriage" the "wife" still take her "husband's" surname?