Marriage Register Help in Eton 1919

[Shiny1]

Hi All,

I am trying to identify the wife of a relative who died as a result of his wounds from WW1 and was hoping someone may have access to marriage registers and be able to help.

He is remembered on his families grave stone together with wife Jessie up here in the north east but he died in St Albans.

The best marriage I can find is between Robert J Blair and Jessie Seymour which took place between July and September 1919 in Eton, Buckinghamshire. The free BMD reference is:

Blair    Robert J    Seymour    Eton    3a   2534

I'm hoping a library or archive may have some registers which someone can look at to find parents names or an address for me.

Thanks for the help,

Michael

[rosie99]

The index number for the marriage is quite high so possibly registry office.

There is a birth in Eton reg district for a Jessie Seymour in Sept qtr 1897 (Mothers maiden surname Turner) , would that fit her age.
This looks like the family in 1911
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7VL-P99

[CaroleW]

To lookup a marriage in parish registers you have to know which church it took place in.  If it was a civil/registry office marriage it cannot be looked up

[rosie99]

Parents marriage
March qtr 1895 
Seymour    Edward John       
Turner    Martha       
Eton    3a   703

[CaroleW]

Robert Johnston Blair died 1926 aged 31 and left a will.  Probate was granted to Thomas Finkall Blair trade union official

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Blair&yearOfDeath=1926#calendar

Daughter Hazel b Bucks 1920

[Shiny1]

Thanks for the help everyone.

That sounds like the right family, her dad according to the 1901 census was the Queen's wardrobe man in Windsor Castle.

Thomas Finkall Blair was Robert's dad, he had a brother with the same name as well.

I think these are the correct two people I just want to prove it. I have done a newspaper search but can't find anything and can't really think of any other way to confirm the wedding without buying a certificate.

I hadn't realised the high number might indicate a registry office.

Michael

[rosie99]

I think that the page numbers in any one district / quarter start off with C of E marriages and the higher ones are those needing a registrar present. I could not see anything in the newspapers either.

Edward is still working for HRH in 1939 

[Shiny1]

Thanks Rosie, I wonder if that was a life long career then.

Michael

[rosie99]

He probably enjoyed it  .  He does not appear to have died in the Windsor/Eton area though.