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Title: 1860 Marriage cert deciphering please
Post by: harrovian on Thursday 21 July 11 02:42 BST (UK)

Have stumbled before & requested help when i needed clarity or confirmation but this latest one baffles me because the ink is not the clearest. I can make out the following;

Thomas Corson age 19 [sec 5 profession?] father James corson ___?___(fathers profession ). Janet Corson maiden name _?_ deceased


Jane McMurray age 18, _?_ servant, father _?_ McMurray, land stewart(??) deceased. _?_ McMurray, mn _?_


any help filling in the blanks would be sOo obliged.

Thanks in advance for any help/ :) 

Title: Re: 1860 Marriage cert deciphering please
Post by: Closed Account on Thursday 21 July 11 02:51 BST (UK)

Here's my input on all but Janet Corson's maiden name:

Thomas Corson- Farm Servant
James Corson- Dairy Man
Jane McMurray- Farm Servant
Thomas McMurray- Land Steward
Agnes McMurray- Maiden Name Maxwell

Edit: Janet Corson's maiden name could be Shawe.  There's a distracting left parenthesis mark before the "D" in "Deceased".

Title: Re: 1860 Marriage cert deciphering please
Post by: carol8353 on Thursday 21 July 11 07:42 BST (UK)

If it's from Scotlands People,you can ask them for a better copy,I've often heard of people doing that.

Carol