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Offline zetlander

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Twice married ?
« on: Sunday 11 October 20 17:38 BST (UK) »
looking on FreeBMD-

Marriage - M 1883 John Dorrington and Agnes Fairweather  --  Ipswich  4a 1110

Marriage - S 1883 John Dorrington and Agnes Fairweather  --  Woodbridge 4a 951

Wonder why the same couple appear to be twice married?  --  Would be a massive coincidence if they were in fact different couples.

(John D has appeared in some of my previous posts but not in this context!)        Thanks.

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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 11 October 20 17:45 BST (UK) »
Sorry, can't help much!  FreeBMD is merely a transcription of the official GRO records. 
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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 11 October 20 17:53 BST (UK) »
It could be something as simple as an admin error.  Have you had a look for corresponding marriages in the parish records?

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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 11 October 20 17:54 BST (UK) »
Plus, with such rather high page numbers, probably register office  :-\
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 11 October 20 18:46 BST (UK) »
checked again on Free BMD --

M1883 Agnes Fairweather or Priscilla Mary Curtis married John Dorrington or Henry Read in Woodbridge

ref -  4a 951
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S1883 Agnes Fairweather or Rosa Norton married John Dorrington or James Jennings  in Ipswich

ref - 4a 1110
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on the 1881 Census there is only one Agnes Fairweather listed who could be the right one.

Can't work out why Agnes F and John D would be listed as BOTH possibly getting married in M and S 1883.
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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 11 October 20 18:53 BST (UK) »
Maybe it was a small (rushed?) wedding the first time around, and the second one was a more elaborate affair?  When was their first child born?

I also noticed the John was born in Ipswich, whilst Agnes lived in the registration district of Woodbridge, so perhaps it was one marriage for one set of parents and a second marriage for the other!

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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 11 October 20 19:21 BST (UK) »
I wonder if there was some question as to the validity of the first ceremony, so to make sure they were legally married they had to arrange a second one.

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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 11 October 20 19:23 BST (UK) »
What was John’s occupation?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Twice married ?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 11 October 20 20:10 BST (UK) »
On the 1891 census John (34) and Agnes (29) Dorrington and three daughters are at Boarhunt  Wymering Hampshire - an army base.  The three children were born in Chatham Aldershot and Bristol.

So maybe the first marriage was at an army base although not sure why they would want a second ceremony.
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