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From: "Keith NZ" <>
Subject: Re: Double Marriage?
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:52:55 +1200
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Watts" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: Double Marriage?


> "Joe Connell" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > What likely explanations are possible for the following GRO entries?
> >
> > Walter E Coates to Shilton J1933 Atherstone 6d 1355
> > Walter E Coates to Shilton S1933 Atherstone 6d 1777
> Possibly two different churches (or a church and Register Office), in the
> same town or different villages in the same district, on adjacent Sundays
or
> even adjacent days (30 June and 1 July).

Or even an absent minded Vicar who sent in the returns from two quarters at
the end of the second period, even though he had previously submitted the
first quarter entries.

Happened with a Suffolk parish 1838, and no doubt in other districts in
other years.

The marriage records of England and Wales are strewn with errors, the topic
of Mike Foster's excellent publications.

Keith Wellington, NZ


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