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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Cornwall => England => Cornwall Lookup Requests => Topic started by: taylorwallace on Monday 13 July 09 14:43 BST (UK)
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James Jope to Hannah unknown, around 1752. Not on free reg or IGI although all children of marriage baptised at St. Dominick. Date and location needed, please.
taylor wallace
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Have you looked for the marriage in Devon, given that the parish is on the county boundary?
Have you got their wills to see if there any clues?
www.rootschat.com/links/06pj/
http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=14710 for copy records
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Thanks for the suggestions. I know, as a former member of Cornwall FHS, that Cornwall have a comprehensive marriage index which would show if this couple married there. I was hoping that as a one-off, someone could check, if only to rule it out. I will see if it is also at Sog.
taylorwallace
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Sorry, it's not in the marriage index and the parish isn't covered by Phillimore's index for Cornwall either.
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very many tanks
taylor wallace
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HAve you thought of looking in the Plymouth registers - I do research at Calstock parish archive, which is next door to St. Dominick - and I have found that sometimes people from this area seem to marry in Plymouth. I wonder whether it was a way of getting round the age limits, or perhaps the girl was already pregnant, or perhaps they eloped to Plymouth, or it could even have been a status thing. It's also possible that they were quaker or other non-conformist which would be harder to track down.
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thanks
taylor wallace