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From: "Steven Gibbs" <>
Subject: Re: Bit of a puzzle??
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:31:09 +0100
References: <Ggcne.5698$%h4.2911@newsfe3-win.ntli.net> <_oine.107374$8n4.6491274@phobos.telenet-ops.be>


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> "AliceCooper" <> wrote in message
> news:Ggcne.5698$%...
>> I wonder if someone could point me in the right direction for a brick
>> wall
>> I
>> have hit. I have got a marriage certificate for Hannah Bickley, with
>> father down as George Bailey
>> ( http://homepage.ntlworld.com/s.fisher6/hannah.JPG
>> but this might take some time to load). However the signature or mark
>> is
>> for Hannah Bailey.
>> To make things worse, she is entered as 20 in 1872, but in 1881
>> census she
>> is down as born in 1856. I am assuming 1856 is probably her real dob,
>> and
>> the marriage date was "enhanced".

Sorry for replying to Colin's post, but the original hasn't appeared
here.

The marriage is on the IGI, and the bride's name is given as Bailey.
I'd suggest that "Bickley" is an error made by the Register Office when
copying the original.

Regards
Steven Gibbs
Bedford


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