Marriage of Wilfred BLACKBURN and Emma

[WideEyedGirl]

I haven't been able to find a marriage between my 4x great grandparents - Wilfred Blackburn and Emma.
Wilfred was born in Dalton (in Rotherham) about 1823, and Emma was born in Bramley/Ravenfield (about 2 miles from Dalton) about 1822. They are together on the 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 censuses (they both died in the late 1880's) in Dalton - with their children Lucy Ann Blackburn (born 1848 in Conisbrough), Mary E Blackburn (born 1851 in Bramley), John Blackburn (born 1852 in Dalton) and Wilfred Ernest Blackburn (born 1860 in Dalton).

I know that the easy option in this instance would be to order a birth certificate for one of the children to find out the mother's maiden name, but I wondered whether someone on here would have more luck than me finding a marriage between Wilfred Blackburn and Emma before I have to resort to paying for the certificate.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[PaulineJ]

Search yorkshirebmd for lucys birth and get the maiden name from that

[WideEyedGirl]

Search yorkshirebmd for lucys birth and get the maiden name from that

Unfortunately the BMD index for Lucy doesn't give a mother's maiden surname.

[avm228]

Search yorkshirebmd for lucys birth and get the maiden name from that

Unfortunately the BMD index for Lucy doesn't give a mother's maiden surname.

Is she not the Lucy A Blackburn shown on YorkshireBMD as registered in the Tickhill subdistrict of Doncaster in 1848, mother's maiden name Badger?

[WideEyedGirl]

Search yorkshirebmd for lucys birth and get the maiden name from that

Unfortunately the BMD index for Lucy doesn't give a mother's maiden surname.

Is she not the Lucy A Blackburn shown on YorkshireBMD as registered in the Tickhill subdistrict of Doncaster in 1848, mother's maiden name Badger?

I've found a Lucy Ann Blackburn registered in Doncaster in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1848, but for some reason the maiden surname isn't showing, so if this is the same record that you have found then I'll have to take your word for it that the surname is Badger!

[avm228]

It sounds as though you are looking at the GRO index, which does not display mothers' maiden names at this date.  As Pauline and I have mentioned, you can see the maiden name for yourself on the local index at YorkshireBMD: www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk.

[lancsann]

Wilfred in 1841 (as yet unmarried)?

living in Dalton Parva

Name   Age
Joseph Blackburn   50
Mary Blackburn   50
Mark Blackburn   15
Wilfred Blackburn   15
Ellen Blackburn   15
Ann Blackburn   13
Priscilla Blackburn   12
Sarah Blackburn   10
John Blackburn   9

[lancsann]

and Emma in Ravenfield

John Badger   65
Elizabeth Badger   55
Jane Badger   19
Emma Badger   17
John Badger   5

10 Nov 1822 Emma d John & Elizabeth Badger of B/y, lab, by H.E.
Book:   Baptisms (Baptism)
Collection:   Yorkshire: Braithwell - Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages & Burials), 1754-1837


Can't find any record of a Wilfred Blackburn marriage

[WideEyedGirl]

and Emma in Ravenfield

John Badger   65
Elizabeth Badger   55
Jane Badger   19
Emma Badger   17
John Badger   5

10 Nov 1822 Emma d John & Elizabeth Badger of B/y, lab, by H.E.
Book:   Baptisms (Baptism)
Collection:   Yorkshire: Braithwell - Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages & Burials), 1754-1837


Can't find any record of a Wilfred Blackburn marriage

Thank you for this - I'd found the Wilfred Blackburn 1841 census previously, but this one is new to me (and I've just done a search for it and found it). The marriage is still a mystery to me too!