Birth Certificate Questions

[Talacharn]

Hi, My questions relate to a marriage in 1949 England.

On the marriage certificate, different addresses were given in the town. Is there a length of time they have to be resident before marrying? Three months before, their child was born in Manchester.

Married in a Roman Catholic church, if either were from, what is now the Republic of Ireland, would anything else like documentation be required? That year, the Republic was formed.

Talacharn

[AntonyMMM]

An RC church might ask to see a baptism certificate, to show they were Catholic.

There is no time limit that you have to live at an address before you can marry - it would be the address they were living at (or gave) at the time they gave notice to the registrar (being RC , it wouldn't be "by banns").

[heywood]

Their could be a note in the baptism register in their home parish too.
My parents marriage in 1937 in England, is annotated on the register for my father’s baptism.

[Talacharn]

Thanks for your comments. An RC marriage is a first in my family.
Would the church have further details?
I would like to trace where he was from.
I cannot imagine any notice in her former church, she was not RC.
From the family, it is believed he was from the Republic of Ireland, but that may not be accurate.

[heywood]

I thought you meant that you knew the couple were both Irish.
The first thing would be to get the marriage certificate for his father’s name.
It would be difficult to go back to a birth record for your man but the certificate is a start.

Did they marry in Manchester?
The church records where they were married might have a note.
Scroll down for Parish registers
https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/diocese/archives/

[Talacharn]

The marriage certificate arrived this morning.
I have the father's name (deceased) and occupation. The age suggests he was born in 1925.
Looking at FamilySearch it is a common name, which is not narrowed any with the father's name. I cannot find anything other, like census records that identify families.

She was not Irish. I am still waiting for the certificates but it seems they had a child 3 months before in Manchester, but did not marry there. He travelled because of his work, so married 90 miles away. I need to wait for the birth certificate to arrive, which may give more information.

[heywood]

That’s difficult.
Irish civil births are online to 1920 at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

[aghadowey]

Also, bear in mind that the last available Irish census is 1911.

[Maiden Stone]

An RC church might ask to see a baptism certificate, to show they were Catholic.

There is no time limit that you have to live at an address before you can marry - it would be the address they were living at (or gave) at the time they gave notice to the registrar (being RC , it wouldn't be "by banns").

Banns would have been read in church on 3 Sundays.
Were marriage witnesses relatives?