If it said William Geary was a bachelor on the marr cert of 1875,then it means that he had not been married before(unless he was telling fibs
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In the 1861 census he was the boarder and definitely stated he was unmarried.
That 1859 Wiliam Geary(with loads of middle names) isn't yours- mum is Sophia and dad is a hairdresser called William- not Mary Ann and Wiliam a bricklayer.
I suspect dad's a cousin though- but not the same chap as your William Geary.
Will summarize what I think we have now, tomorrow.
Carol
