« Reply #5 on: Sunday 11 October 20 15:22 BST (UK) »
This may be a silly question, but why are they "known marriages" if they cannot be found?
Did all these couples have children and where were they baptised?
Where have you looked (such as FamilySearch or Lancs OPC)
The possibilities seem to be:
The CofE Parish Registers have not been fully transcribed.
The surnames have been mistranscribed.
The marriages took place outside the local area.
The marriages were not in a CofE church - they were RC or nonconformist.
No marriages took place.
Without knowing the surname and the local parish (and the source of your information) I don't see how we can help in the search.
Philip
Because their baptisms were recorded and many referred to the "wife" by name.
Yes ive done all the regular sources, they record the baptisms which usually took place quite soon after marriage.. but not the marriage, they even have some of the spouses baptisms 30 odd years previous. Ive viewed the registers online and found no omissions in dates.. just no record of the marriage.
Yes ive searched other areas... There is one for Thomas and Isabella in York, but i have no idea why Thomas should have been in york.
Reading the Wills, im sure these people married as they were clearly god fearing.
Where could i view RC or non conformist records? there was a quaker presence too..
cheers
Derbys - Hill, Atkins, Kirkland, Hutchinson, Hallam, Rose, Houseley, Astle.
Lancashire - Shaw, Greenwood, Fowler, Yates
Gloucester - Nethercott, Flight,
Suffolk - Easey, Stannard, Meadows, Mann, Turner, Juby
Warwicks - Atkins, Sumner, Mower, Howe.
Staffs - Finney, Kent, Corden, Chatterton
