A 'parish record' of a marriage COMPLETED THANK YOU

[joyceabc]

Hi there
 
I recently asked if there was any one that would be able to look at a parish record of a marriage for me, I have now a more specific year for the marriage.  The groom's name was Walter Wareham and the brides's name was Nellie Lawrence I believe they married at Tisbury or at Donhead St Andrew or Donhead St Mary in the early part of 1931.  I am interested to confirm the names of the parents of the couple on the actual parish record.
 
Again, hoping someone can help.
Joyce

[behindthefrogs]

Presumably you already have the marriage certificate.  The Parish register should contain exactly the same information and will only contain the fathers' names.  What information on the certificate are you querying?

David

[joyceabc]

David thank you for your reply and apologies for the long time in replying, I have had internet problems for a while.
 
As you know the certificate information is copied from records that each registrar and clergymen sent in four times a year.  It is quite possible that a mistake was made at the copying stage.  So, if anyone can still help out by looking at the parish register I would be most grateful.
Joyce

[davierj]

I was unable to find the marriage of Walter Wareham and Nellie Lawrence in Tisbury or the Donheads.   There were other Wareham marriages in these places about that time, for example 26 Dec 1933 George Frederick Wareham and Emily Sarah King in Donhead St Andrew.

Dave

[behindthefrogs]

A few thoughts.  The certificate that you have should identify the church in which they were married.  Even if the rest of the information was wrongly copied at the church that should be right.

It might be worth contacting the local registry office as they should have the copy of the register upon which the quarterly return was based.  You could request a certificate from them naming the fathers that you expected to find.

David

[brionne]

I have checked the MARRIAGE entries for March 1931 and confirm as follows from Find My Past.
     
         WAREHAM WALTER W      TISBURY 5A  292.
         NELLIE LAWRENCE            TISBURY  same reference.


Brionne.

[behindthefrogs]

I have checked the MARRIAGE entries for March 1931 and confirm as follows from Find My Past.
     
         WAREHAM WALTER W      TISBURY 5A  292.
         NELLIE LAWRENCE            TISBURY  same reference.


Brionne.

The registration office of Tisbury can of course include a number of parishes and the local registration office at Tisbury will not use the GRO reference quoted above.

David

[brionne]

Yes, there were aprox 22 different parishes for Tisbury circa 1930s.
I live in the area,if you can PM me details of the Church/Registry Office, if you have obtained the marriage cert, will try Wilts Records for you.

Brionne.

[joyceabc]

davierj, thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to search for the information I requested it really is much appreciated.  Even though it wasn't found in the 3 parishes you looked at it does eliminate them from future searches.  The George Frederick Wareham marriage may come in hand at a later date so I will keep that on file.

David, I may contact the local registry office as you suggest but at the moment I will be putting this 'line' on hold for the time being.  When I last counted there were over 20 parishes under the registration district of Tisbury, and you are quite correct in saying that the offices do not use the GRO reference number, that is purely for the GRO.

Brionne (what a lovely name) your offer is very kind so I thank you for that, but as I mentioned to David I am putting this family on hold for the time being.  Thank you again.
Joyce