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how can only 1 person marry?

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Nicola

Nicola Report 5 Oct 2007 18:27

Can anyone find an explanation for this oddity?

I requested a marriage cert for Alice Garside and Frank Thompson Q4 1924 in Salford

I have had a partial refund from the GRO and a message saying that the names are not at the reference I gave them. I checked I'd not made a mistake...
Looking under Alice Garside she clearly marries a thompson ref 8d 248

Looking under Thompson and having waded through may pages (why do all my ancestors have common names?!) I can find no trace.... Checked all the thompsons in case Frank was second name or used as short for something still no luck.
I still want the cert, but obviously not if it doesn't exist!!!
Any suggestions?

Dea

Dea Report 5 Oct 2007 18:39

Hi,

I have checked the reference and Alice Garside married SAMUEL Thompson on that reference !!

Dea x

P.S. - I have Garside's in Salford - perhaps we connect?

Dea x

Nicola

Nicola Report 5 Oct 2007 18:49

Hmm.
Cant remember what made me think he was called Frank? I guess she married a samuel. Maybe it was samuel frank?

Thanks for solving for me- you'd think the GRO would kind of guess....?

Dea- tell me about your Garsides. Alice was born 1905 she was my g grandmother. I have not gone any further up the line- was waiting for teh marriage cert to get her father name so that I could use teh census etc. If you think there may be a link I can fill in for you down the generations...
Nicola

Dea

Dea Report 5 Oct 2007 19:23

Hi,

I don't know if we will connect but I am willing to try to link them up.

What else do you have on Alice - did she have any brothers or sisters born after 1912? - If so, we could trace her mother's maiden name and link them back through the census's?

Perhaps you already have this on her birth certificate?

Dea x

Nicola

Nicola Report 5 Oct 2007 20:24

dea, birth cert should arrive tomorrow but with post stike will be next week now. will pm you when I get it. I dont know of any siblings.
Nicola

Dea

Dea Report 5 Oct 2007 20:54

Birth cert should be enough to work forward at this stage - Let me know the details when it arrives.

I haven't been on this site for a while and can't work out how to find the new posts on a thread - I don't seem to receive notifications any more.

I will try to pm you my e-mail address - send me the details through there if I don't reply through here.

Dea x

Peter

Peter Report 5 Oct 2007 22:34

Dea,

If you want to see later postings on a thread you have contributed to (like this one), then all you need to do is click on My Threads on the left of this page.

Dea

Dea Report 6 Oct 2007 07:26

Thank you Peter - That helps a lot !!

Dea x