I am trying to do a bit of my friend's family tree. After waiting almost a month, a marriage certificate came for her great grandparents. Yippee I thought, until I read it. Now I am even more confused. The Bride had been divorced, very unusual in 1901, and was obviously living in high society judging by some of the addresses we have for her. The Groom was widowed, a fact we had established previously, so that was OK.
According to the 1901 census they were living together before they married, however this certificate gives them completely different addresses. I have searched all the censuses from 1851 to 1901 and found odd individuals of this family, but I have not found the Grandmother's birth and she keeps changing ages depending on which record you read. I have even searched a 15 year stretch of the GRO Indexes and still not found her.
You think that a certificate is going to help you clarify the information you already have, in point of fact it only muddies the waters even more!
According to the 1901 census they were living together before they married, however this certificate gives them completely different addresses. I have searched all the censuses from 1851 to 1901 and found odd individuals of this family, but I have not found the Grandmother's birth and she keeps changing ages depending on which record you read. I have even searched a 15 year stretch of the GRO Indexes and still not found her.
You think that a certificate is going to help you clarify the information you already have, in point of fact it only muddies the waters even more!
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Oh how I relate to this! My Great grandma is similar, she remarried and yet we don't think she divorced but her 1st husband hadn't died either, it's a nightmare to fathom out, all I cna say is there wasn't half a load of lying going on in those census and certificates, I tell you, each census, birth certificate, marriage certificate we have for her she is lying about her status and name. I'm sure bless her she had her reasons but it makes getting to the bottom of who my grandma's father was very tricky!
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