Look up Request St Phillips Birmingham - JENKINS

[edinjam]

Once again thank you Jim1 - an absolute wealth of info there, much appreciated. I don't think I am going to be able to pin this down with any certainty - why oh why was the father's name not entered on my great grandfather's marriage entry in the register? And like you and others have said, it seemed to happen to spate of entries during this period. Ah well - the names and occupations in this other family don't marry up so well but we'll never know now. I will revisit again but the Jenkins are proving frustratingly elusive!

[jim1]

The register covers about a 2 year period from 1851-3 which is about 1000 marriages & around 90% have no father's names & occupations.
The culprit is the Rev. J Spooner who obviously didn't think it was necessary although it was a requirement under the 1837 Act.
Although as you say you'll never know for sure the other information you have makes John the saddler highly probable.