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Title: Irregular marriages
Post by: patren on Wednesday 12 March 08 11:30 GMT (UK)

Help please!  I am trying to trace the marriage of my gt.gt.grandparents - Theodore George Dixon b.abt.1839 North Wooler and Margaret Davidson b.abt.1839 Coldstream Berwickshire.  I have looked
at all the records for England and also on Scotlands People, but can find no matches.  Their first child Isabella Mary was born in Newcastle in  1861 - so I presume the marriage took place 1859/1860/1861.
Theodore George was also know as "just" George on some of the Census records, and I know that his father and his grandfather are buried in  the dissenters section of Wooler cemetery.
Patricia

Title: Re: Irregular marriages
Post by: booziesuez on Sunday 19 September 10 17:25 BST (UK)

I know its been along time since you posted this message but Theodore George Dixon and Margaret Davidson were married 1857 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Regards
Susan

Title: Re: Irregular marriages
Post by: 2zpool on Sunday 19 September 10 20:14 BST (UK)

I couldn't find Theodore George Dixon on the GRO indexes for any quarter in 1857.  Is that how his name is spelled?

Janis

Title: Re: Irregular marriages
Post by: patren on Tuesday 21 September 10 12:12 BST (UK)

Hi Susan and Janis,
I am away from home and have just seen your replies.  Where did you find the records Susan -- do you know where in Newcastle they were married?  I could not find them at all on BMD.  Yes Janis the spelling is correct, but on a lot of records he is down as only George without the Theodore and on others he is George Theodore.  He was known as George in the family.
Regards Patricia

Title: Re: Irregular marriages
Post by: patren on Friday 08 October 10 09:42 BST (UK)

Ihave found records for Margaret Davidson married 2quarter Berwick Vol 10b p.420
                                                            and
George Dixon 2 quarter Berwick Vol10b p.414

Would this be a possibility even if the page numbers are different?
This is the nearest I've come to them so far and the location would tie in as being near to Coldstrem and Wooler.
Patricia

Title: Re: Irregular marriages
Post by: JenB on Saturday 09 October 10 08:59 BST (UK)

Quote from: booziesuez on Sunday 19 September 10 17:25 BST (UK)

Theodore George Dixon and Margaret Davidson were married 1857 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Quote from: 2zpool on Sunday 19 September 10 20:14 BST (UK)

I couldn't find Theodore George Dixon on the GRO indexes for any quarter in 1857. 

It doesn't seem to turn up either on a search of the Newcastle on Tyne Registrar's site. There is a Margaret Davidson marriage in 1857, but it's to Matthew Richardson.

Jennifer

Title: Re: Irregular marriages
Post by: patren on Sunday 10 October 10 19:58 BST (UK)

Thanks Jen,
I am beginning to think they never married at all!  The family of Theo George were Presbyterian and his father and grandfather are buried in the Dissenters section in Wooler, but at least 4 of the children of Theo George and Margaret were christened in St.Andrews, Newcastle.
Patricia