Danny,
If William & Ann's son got married in 1885, then he can't have been born much after 1868. If you assume WW & AR were married at the time of his birth, then this gives an upper bound for the search for their marriage date.
If WW was dead in 1885, then he is unlikely to have been born much before 1800, so won't have got married until at last 1817 say. This is the lower bound for the search.
Quite wide.
The most likely range for the event would be 1840-1860.
AD FONTES
Er, well perhaps not today.
James Joyce House in Dublin is too far to travel.
Will have to make do with secondary sources.
[Recognising the possibility of introduced "errors".]
Index to marriages on the UGHG's site.
[Ref:
www.ancestryireland.com ]
OK, it is known not to be perfect.
[Mostly only Cos. Antrim & Down, incomplete, duplicates.]
Better (?) than struggling with microfilms ...
ENGAGE WITH THE GIVEN PARADISE
Search.
Repeat x N: {Copy info out, Next Page}
627 WWs and 126 ARs.
[But only 180 & 40 up to 1868.]
Clean data up, load to spreadsheet.
Sort data by year, then location.
POST TENEBRAS LUX
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1868 Antrim
Civil_Marriages RICE ANNE 1868 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1867 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1867 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANN 1867 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANNE 1867 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1867 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM JOHN 1867 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM JOHN 1867 Down
Marriages RICE ANN 1867 Down
Civil_Marriages RICE ANNIE 1867 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM 1867 Newry & mourne
Marriage_Record RICE ANNIE 1867 Newry & mourne
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM GEORGE 1866 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM JOHN 1866 Antrim
Civil_Marriages RICE ANN 1866 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANNE 1866 Antrim
Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1862 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1862 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM JOHN 1862 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANN 1862 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1861 Down
Marriages RICE ANNE 1861 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM 1861 Newry & mourne
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1860 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM JOHN 1860 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM JOHN 1860 Down
Marriages RICE ANNE 1860 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1859 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1859 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANN 1859 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1857 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM 1857 Down
Marriages RICE ANNE 1857 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM 1855 Banbridge
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1855 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1855 Down
Marriages RICE ANN 1855 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1852 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1852 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM DAVID 1852 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM DAVID 1852 Down
Marriages RICE ANN 1852 Down
Civil_Marriages RICE ANN 1852 Down
Marriages RICE ANNE 1852 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM 1852 Newry & mourne
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1850 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1850 Down
Marriages RICE ANN 1850 Down
Marriages RICE ANN 1850 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANNE 1849 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANNE 1849 Antrim
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Banbridge
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Down
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1849 Down
Marriages RICE ANN 1849 Down
Marriages RICE ANN 1849 Down
Marriage_Record WILSON WILLIAM 1846 Newry & mourne
Marriages RICE ANN 1846 Newry and mourne
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1845 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1845 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1845 Antrim
Civil_Marriages WILSON WILLIAM HENRY 1845 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANN 1845 Antrim
Marriages WILSON WILLIAM 1820 Antrim
Marriages RICE ANNE 1820 Antrim
73 records all up.
Can be looked at in detail for the cost of £6 per 5 records.
[£90 should cover it; £60 if you were a UGHG member.]
Unless you can narrow the field down a bit, with more info from family lore on names/locations/dates, or adopt an intelligence-led approach.
Keep in mind that they may have married "abroad".
The Empire was in full swing in the mid-19thC.
The IGI has a record of a WW marrying a RICE in 1859 in India.
However, she is a Sophia, not an Ann.
Ta,
John [One of the Saints, hopefully - if only for today!]
