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[wendy47]

Hi

I can't see a marriage on Freebmd so will look elsewhere

Wendy

[Big-toshie]

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[wendy47]

Hi

Can't see a marriage so it looks like you'll have to purchase the Birth cert.

You know you can do it online I presume via

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Of course there is a postal strike next week!!!

Wendy

[Big-toshie]

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[wendy47]

Hi Bob

Yes, you will.

You should get

Date of birth
Name of child
The sex
Name of the father
Name of the mother - [Married & former]
Father's Occupation
Address
Registration date
Registrar's name

Then you may be able to find the marriage, but I think it wasn't compulsory to register until the mid 1870's.

Good Luck

Wendy

[Big-toshie]

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[wendy47]

Hi Bob

You do have the option of ordering Ellen's sister's Birth Certs if you get stuck with Ellen. Hopefully you'll find out what you need. I would be interested in the results when you get them.

Regards
Wendy

[Big-toshie]

I'll let you know
Bob
 

[Richard Knott]

Very much a longshot but you may want to investigate it while waiting for the certificate.

There is a Mary Ann LAKE marrying in 1864:

Dec 1864   Dorchester  5a 783
Frank Bascombe
Caroline Brown
Mary Ann Lake

You will see that there is a groom missing. It may be that Caroline Brown's husband is the missing one; but it may be George Jones. (You will need to check later censuses). I have tried the usual tricks to see if there is another groom with nearly the same number but haven't found one.

This Mary Ann Lake appears to be the Mary Ann Randall who married Charles Ernest Lake in 1860, but I can't find his death immediately. She does appear as a 17 year-old dressmaker, born in Fordington, in the 1861 census, so that at least is right as Mary Ann Jones also gives her place of birth as Fordington in the 1881 census.

Richard