Marriage address

[whimsical]

I have a marriage that took place in the Emmanuel Church Peckham in 1874.  It doesn't give me an address for either of the participants.  It just says Emmanual. Is this unusual?  It makes the research come to a halt .

[rosie99]

It is not unusual for just the parish to be given as an address.  Maybe we can help with your halt in research

[PaulineJ]

Its not unusual for marriages of that era to use the parish  as the address.

Street addresses start appearing regularly maybe 30years after your dates.


If you provide all details, then someone on here might turn something up.
ALL names, occupations, parents and witnesses.

Pauline

[Ruskie]

I don't see how only having the parish name as their addresses on a marriage certificate necessarily brings your research to a halt.

If you can locate them in the 1871 census, this will give their addresses three years prior to their marriage. Of course this may or may not be the same as when they married.

For example, if your bride was living with her family in the 1871 census, then in 1881 her family were still at the same address, it is probably fair to assume that is where she was living in 1874 when she married, even if she claimed to be living in another parish. 

Sometimes the bride and groom gave the same address at marriage (whether of not they were living together) to avoid paying banns in two parishes.

[whimsical]

Many thanks for bothering to answer me. I will continue to try and get this sorted.

[rosie99]

If you would like to give us the details maybe we can help 

[carol8353]

I think this may link to a query along the same lines that Whimsical asked in 2012.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=585858.msg4371036#msg4371036

[Ladyhawk]

I think this may link to a query along the same lines that Whimsical asked in 2012.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=585858.msg4371036#msg4371036

From the links it must be the Golding/Ricketts marriage whimsical is referring to
23 May 1874 Emmanuel, Camberwell, Southwark

[carol8353]

Both bride and groom have middle names,should make tracing them so much easier.

Frederick William Arnold Golding Age:   23. Compositor.
Record Type:   Marriage
Birth Date:   abt 1851
Marriage Date:   23 May 1874
Marriage Place:   Emmanuel, Camberwell, Southwark, England
Father:   George Arnold Golding
Spouse:   Elizabeth Jane Ricketts age 19 father- William Ricketts

Both father's are Jewellers.