Signatures on certificates

[AddictedtoFamilyTree]

I wondered about the signature when I looked at it last night. George and Mary's signatures on the marriage cert look as if they are in the same hand 

Both very wobbly. Although I often think how similar people's handwriting is on some certificates.

[AddictedtoFamilyTree]

Have you noticed on the same page as Georgina's baptism there is this
Alfred Bailey born 24 Aug 1884 baptised 10 Sept 1884 Parents William Bailey & Mary Ann address 74 Bradshaw St father's occ hosepipe weaver

as they lived on the same road as George Henry and Mary Jane did when they married I wondered if they were related to Mary Jane
It seems Alfred's mother was b Ireland -so I wondered if there might be a connection between her and witness James Delahumty  as this seems to be mainly an Irish name
Just guessing of course !!

Suz

I've double checked my Mary Jane's siblings, she had two brothers called William, one died as an infant, hence the second William, and he didn't make it to the 1880s. She had a sister called Sarah but she died as an infant too. Maybe Mary Jane and William are cousins? Georgina's first husband was lodging with her mum's sister Amy in the 1901 census. They all seemed quite close. Georgina's son also married one of Amy's children.

[AddictedtoFamilyTree]

George Henry had a sister called Sarah, but having double checked, she is too young to be a witness or married to become Sarah Pearson. Georgina's husband, Isaac Frost, had a Grandma called Bailey too!  They're making my head hurt so I think I might leave it for today... or at least until after tea...

[Maiden Stone]

George Henry had a sister called Sarah, but having double checked, she is too young to be a witness or married to become Sarah Pearson.

How old was Sarah Pearson, George's sister? Was there a minimum age for a marriage witness?

[Jebber]

Witnesses could be very young, there was no minimum age, they only had to be old enough to understand what they were witnessing.

A girl could marry at 12 and a boy at 14.

[AddictedtoFamilyTree]

Sarah Roberts would have been 10 when her brother got married. So I don’t think she is old enough to be married herself and now Sarah Pearson to be one of the witnesses?

[AddictedtoFamilyTree]

George Henry had a sister called Sarah, but having double checked, she is too young to be a witness or married to become Sarah Pearson.

How old was Sarah Pearson, George's sister? Was there a minimum age for a marriage witness?

I was trying to work out of the witness Sarah Pearson could be his sister Sarah, but I don’t think it can be her.