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« on: Wednesday 06 January 10 10:59 GMT (UK) »
barryd asked:
> Who/when/where where did Dorothy marry?
Well, there's a good question! And I still haven't worked out *why* the following happened . . .
My ggrandfather James Adolphus Cowper's birth certificate lists his parents as James Cowper and Dorothy Heaviside. So I spent ages pounding my head against this brick wall, searching for their marriage, etc.
Eventually, I found a Peter & Dorothy Cauper in the 1861 census, which was the breakthrough I needed.
Anyway, it turns out that James Adolphus Cowper's father "James" was born "Peter". There was clearly something dodgy going on as their marriage certificate lists Peter Couper and *Mary* Heaviside, then the birth certificate of the first child John W Couper names his parents as Peter & Dorothy, but on the subsequent children's birth certificates the parents are named as James & Dorothy.
As various addresses match, I'm pretty certain of James = Peter and Mary = Dorothy . . . there are also some very dubious ages in the census so it may have been disapproval because Dorothy was cradle snatching. However, I have a feeling that it may be more to do with religion: I suspect Dorothy's father was catholic and Peter/James was almost certainly not as he's from Kirkcaldy
I'll post dates and more detail later when I get home.
--- Tony
Edit: they were married on 5 Aug 1860 in Stella
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