Mason-Brown

[Donez]

I have a marriage date for Frank Mason b. abt 1877 and Mary Brown b. abt. 1976 of 2nd Qtr 1899 in Leicester.
To establish Mary's maiden name would I need the marriage certificate or are there any possible lookups for 1899? (either online or record offices)
I have ancestors of Frank but not Mary.

Help would be appreciated.

[lizdb]

have I missed something here? Surely Brown is Mary's maiden name?

[Donez]

I'm an idiot!!

I was trying to establish her farther's/mother's christian names to try and find Mary Brown in an earlier census. Brown is such a common name. I assume I need the marriage cert. I just wondered whether marriage records were at the records office or say online.
Is the cert the only place to see where the marriage took place?, who her parents were?

Genealogy confuses me and I type different things to what I am thinking. Maybe it's just age!

Thanks

[lizdb]

Join the club! I think we all do that sort of thing!

I think you will have to buy the cert. With a name like Mary Brown there is really no relistic hope of finding the right one with her parents in earlier censuses. At least if you get the cert it will confirm her father's name, which will help. You might also find other info useful for confirming her on a census - e.g the address she gives on the marriage cert, or the witnesses on the cert may be siblings, for example.

[toni*]

do you have them on the 1901 census?
this should give her year and place of birth which may help narrow it down.

Mike or Rachel of Leicester have looked up marriages for me at St Margarets Church, Leicester which have been a great help and also burials at Welford Road, hopefully one of them will pick this up.

[Donez]

They are on 1901 Census living on Harold Street,  Aylestone, Leicester, with my gran as a 1 year old.
Frank Mason was listed as 23 and Mary as 24 years old.

Prior to his marriage Frank lived in 1881  in Durham St. All Saints, Leicester with his parents.

I could only see him as a 16 year old in 1891 as a possible lodger???

I only picked Brown up from Freebmd marriage 1895-1900 - as 2nd Qtr 1899 7a/377

[Donez]

Just resurrecting this query !!!

Frank Mason

I have a marriage date for Frank Mason b. abt 1877 and Mary Brown b. abt. 1976 of 2nd Qtr 1899 in Leicester.
Frank's father was Alfred and his mother Mary Ann.

To establish Mary's parent's names I assume I need the marriage certificate, or are there any possible lookups for 1899? (either online or record offices)

His parents and many of family were married in St. Margaret's, Leicester, but maybe 1899 is a bit late.

I will order a marriage certificate tonight, but before that I wondered whether anyone has access to any marriage records for 1899.

Any help in identifying Mary Brown would be appreciated.

[Donez]

I'm a little impatient waiting for certificate with Xmas approaching.

The only Mary Brown I can see in 1881 that fits the bill is:

78 Willow St. St. Margaret's, Leicester

William Brown 42
Hannah Brown, Wife 44
Alice Brown, 13
Louisa Brown, 10
Ernest Brown, 9
Mary Ann Brown, 4

Can anyone throw any light on a marriage in Apr-Jun 1899 for this Mary Brown to Frank Mason, a lodger in Durham St., Leicester 1881.
Or:
Can anyone see where she lived in 1891?
Regards

[willsy]

There isn't a Frank Mason getting married at St Margaret's but the list only goes up to 1897. Have checked the Welford Road burials and there are 3 Frank Mason's but all would be of the wrong age

Mason Frank 1876   AUG   22   4Mths Lower Charles Street
Mason   Frank   1906   OCT   6   21   38 Mount Road
Mason   Frank   1928   APR   20   22   N.E.I. / 96 Lansdowne Road
Willsy

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