Sarah Asselborough/ Francis Brown 2Q 1914 marriage South Shields

[jacqueline cox]

I can find GRO index for this marriage in South Shields, nothing on Findmypast Durham marriages, no family trees in Ancestry with more information. UKbmds seem to have no transcripts. Can anyone do better than me and find if it was a church/ chapel or Register Office marriage, and - even better - a transcription or image of the event?

[Tickettyboo]

South Tyneside Registrars have a search facility https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/34814/Search-historical-births-deaths-and-marriages-records

search for the marriage by entering the groom and the year 1914 which confirms the bride's name
and the church code is CR 2

Now click on the Marriage index tab and that shows that codes starting CR were at St Mary, Whitburn
( I am assuming that the '2' is the book number for that parish)

Boo

[Tickettyboo]

PS

If you want a copy, and can't visit the archives then a cheaper option than a GRO cert would be to order a copy from the parish register via Durham Record Office Quick Search , cost is £5 and they will email a scan from the microfilm to you.

Boo

[taffie01]

Boo has beaten me to it. However, Sarah is recorded as Sarah E  ASSELBROUGH, different spelling, a common recording fault.
taffie01

[jacqueline cox]

And now, since I live in Cheshire, is there anyone going to Durham CRO in the near future who could very kindly do a look up for me? It is the groom's father's name I need. Brown - I ask you!
If no one is, it'll have to be £5 ....

[Pennines]

If you check the 1939 Register for Francis Brown with Sarah E. - that will give you his date of birth.

You can then look up his birth on the GRO and find mother's maiden name.

Look for a marriage of a Brown to someone with that maiden name BEFORE the birth of Francis.

That may help you find the family on the census records from 1891 to 1911 as you will have father, mother and Francis together (hopefully!)

You may even find the baptism of Francis as you are armed with his birth date.

[jacqueline cox]

Unfortunately his mother Lapier was born in Halifax Nova Scotia and her first child was born there. I'm not sure  about the marriage; work in progress....

[Tickettyboo]

And now, since I live in Cheshire, is there anyone going to Durham CRO in the near future who could very kindly do a look up for me? It is the groom's father's name I need. Brown - I ask you!
If no one is, it'll have to be £5 ....

If I'd been able to look it up I'd have offered, but I too am a good distance away from the archives.
Someone may offer though.

Boo

[jacqueline cox]

I'm only hoping for someone who'd be going anyway. I'm grateful for anything that people can do if they are heading that way!