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I am looking for the husband of SARAH MAJOR from Newton Abbot, Devon. On the Ancestry marriage index for 1853 April quarter there are only 3 names on the page: Sarah Major; Ruth Colleyhole and Thomas Harris. Any ideas anyone?? Or was polygamy allowed in the 1800's!!

the 4th person might not have been transcribed yet, they are completed alphabetically.............. Jane

This is the marriage Krissie has found... Marriages Jun 1853 Colleyhole Ruth Newton A. 5b 298 Harris Thomas Newton Abbot 5b 298 Major Sarah Newton A 5b 298 Georgina.

This is the fourth with that reference but wrong quarter!! Name: Samuel Cull Year of Registration: 1853 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Newton Abbot County: Devon Volume: 5b Page: 298

Thanks Keith, but how did you find it??

Looks possible that Samual married Sarah 1861 census Name: Samuel Cull Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Sarah Gender: Male Where born: Devon, England, Devon, England Civil Parish: Bampton Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael Town: Bampton County/Island: Devon (Devon) Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View Image Registration district: Tiverton Sub-registration district: Bampton ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 119 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Cull 41 Sarah Cull 37 Charlotte Dormer 61

Unless you have found that Cull entry in the June quarter on the original GRO index I'm afraid the fact it has the same volume and page reference is just a coincidence Keith. Newton Abbot entries would have been in that volume and within a similar page allocation every quarter.

I trawled the images (only joking), no, put only vol and page number and year in and looked for Newton Abbott. Is this who you were expecting?

Keith that cant be the missing groom because he married in the december quarter & Sarah married in the June quarter. Georgina.

Krissie when & where was your Sarah Major born? Georgina.

In the 1861 on ancestry there is a Thomas Harris born Wales age 26, married to a Sarah aged 24 born ireland Daughter Mary Ann 5 but a son John age 15 (that doesn't make sense I am sure he can't be a son because of the age). If you want all the details and have not got access to 1861 ancestry i will look again. I could not find a Thomas Harris married to a Ruth. Ann Glos

I appreciate that it is a different quarter, but when you search for Samuel getting married he is on his own on the page, coincidence or late/wrong entry?

I don't know what to expect, Keith. All I know about her is that in the 1851 census she was living with her Uncle William Major, an innkeeper, in Newton Abbot, her mother having died when she was 3 years old. In 1852 she was mentioned in Uncle William's will so she was still unmarried. I was curious to see whether she eventually did get married or not. Maybe she ran the inn by herself. Could you possibly look up her up on the 1861 census for me [my subscription to Ancestry has run out].

Coincidence Keith. ONE partner in a marriage can't be a late entry as both names appear in the same entry, think what a marrage cert looks like. The fourth name in June quarter and at least a second name in the Dec quarter have either not yet been transcribed or were hard to read and are there somewhere with a wrong page number perhaps.

You could send for the certificate but put brides maiden name as a checking point. that way you wouldn't lose the whole £7. ann Glos

Sorry, forgot to say that Sarah was born in 1823 in the parish of Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon.

Update on 1861 census, it cannot be them , charlotte is recorded as sister in law and unmarried.

Keith all that means is the other people whose marriages were entered on that page have not yet been transcribed, 1853 has not been fully transcribed yet. Georgina.

Krissie, are you saying that you don't actually know if she got married on that date? or that you know she got married but don't know if she married Thomas harris? ann Glos

I don't know whether she got married or not, that is what I want to know.