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I have hit the proverbial brick wall very hard!
May Charlotte Gordon born around 1906 married my great uncle Alfred Amrose Smith at Greenwich Registry Office on 20/2/1926. May's father is listed as Arthur Michael Wingfield Gordon. (I think the middle names are correct - the wrting isn't too clever!)
My problem is that I can't find any reference to any births for either of them.There is an entry for May Charlotte born in Canterbury, but nothing at all for Arthur. The address for the Gordon's on the certificate didn't exsist on the 1911 census.
Can anyone help me please? :-)

How old were they? the couple I mean. what age did they say they were?
Who were the witnesses to the marriage?

Births Dec 1904
Smith Alfred Ambrose Greenwich 1d 1118


if he was your great Uncle, you must know one of his siblings names- presume they were your grandparent.
Tell us about them as well

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Name: May Charlotte Smith
Birth Date: 29 May 1905
Date of Registration: Jan 1999
Age at Death: 93
Registration district: Bromley
Inferred County: Kent
Register number: C36
District and Subdistrict: 2221C
Entry number: 63

Name: Alfred A Smith
Birth Date: abt 1905
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1956
Age at Death: 51
Registration district: Greenwich
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5c
Page: 787

Real shot in the dark:

Name: Arhtur M W Gordon
Birth Date: abt 1859
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1952
Age at Death: 93
Registration district: Haverfordwest
Inferred County: Pembrokeshire
Volume: 8c
Page: 363

Thanks for the replies so far. Amazing how you found out the deaths so quickly Jonesey, how did you do it so fast!
I have all the details I need about Alfred Smith. It's Arthur Gordon that I am stuck with really. There is no record of May or Arthur on the 1911 Census
I have no idea when Arthur was born, I am guessing around 1880.

1871
Name: Arthur M W Gordon
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Edward W Gordon
Mother's Name: Mathilda Gordon
Gender: Male
Where born: Brighton, Sussex, England
Civil parish: Walcot Trinity
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Registration district: Bath
Sub-registration district: Lansdown
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 11
Piece: 2492
Folio: 72
Page Number: 3
Household Members: Name Age
Edward W Gordon 42 b ledbury Herefordshire
Mathilda Gordon 35 b Florence italy British subject
Clara G M Gordon 14
Arthur M W Gordon 17
Edith L Gordon 10 b Bramley Surrey
Herbert E Gordon 9 b b London
Alice E Gordon 4 b london
Mary Wood 25 b Hasley? not clear -oxfordshire
Harriet Gunstan 25 housemaid
Amelia Rapsey 19 nurserymaid

address 11 Norfolk Crest
father was a clergyman -Church of England which would explain them moving around

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 2492; Folio: 72; Page: 3; GSU roll: 835198.

On the 1861 census there is an entry crossed out for a Mr and Mrs Gordon and then it says Absent. so are they at the grandparents????

1901 now a widow
GORDON, Matilda Head Widow F 56 1845 Living On Own Means
Italy Naples (Brit Sub) VIEW
GORDON, Clara Daughter Single F 32 1869 Living On Own Means
Italy Florence (Brit Sub) VIEW

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Piece:
976 Folio:
53 Page:
4 Registration District:
Havant

Civil Parish:
South Hayling Municipal Borough:
Address:
Roseneath, South Hayling County:
Hampshire

This is th emarriage of Nimrod and Mary Ann

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Nimrod Mitchell
Name: Nimrod Mitchell
Spouse Name: Mary Ann South
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 5 Nov 1817
Parish: Shalford
County: Surrey
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

meant to say I wonder if thats where one of his middle names is from and it's not Michael but Mitchell??????????

Thanks SOOOO much for the help!
Really helpful.
Given me lots to look at.