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Title: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Friday 04 July 14 08:54 BST (UK)
looking for a marraige certificate for
richard ernest nelson
born bradford 1877
to
 laura greaves
born scotton 1883, thier first child richard was born in halifax in 1903 laura was a servant in the nelson household i have all the census as they were my husband,s grandparents but hit a brick wall with marraige certificate they were living in ferndale mid glamorgan in 1911 this is where they both died
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: andycand on Friday 04 July 14 09:11 BST (UK)
Hi

It looks like they married Dec Qtr 1909 Bradford Reg District Vol 9b Page 185. Richard is on FreeBMD as page 785 but that is outside the range for Bradford.

Andy
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Friday 04 July 14 10:53 BST (UK)
i think i looked at that one i,m on ancestry and no luck there we even wrote to halifax registry office no luck there either , carol, they are on ancestry but not married to each other.
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 04 July 14 11:26 BST (UK)
I would agree with Andy  :-\ 

The other couple on the entry for Laura Greaves page 185 are married to each other.  Both Laura and Richard Ernest do not have matches.  Perhaps Bradford registry office could help as that is where the marriage was.

Rosie
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Friday 04 July 14 11:31 BST (UK)
thanks rosie
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: Treetotal on Sunday 06 July 14 17:12 BST (UK)
A tree on Ancestry has their marriage in 1903...you may want to check that out.
Carol
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 06 July 14 17:34 BST (UK)
looking for a marraige certificate for
richard ernest nelson
to
 laura greaves
born scotton 1883, thier first child richard was born in halifax in 1903

Do you have a birth certificate for one of the children that confirms the parents names  (preferably richard bn 1903)
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:00 BST (UK)
i have found richard,s birth on ancestry and we have my husband,s fathers birth certificate that says richard father laura mother
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:04 BST (UK)
sorry treetotal only now seeing your post thats my tree on ancestry i put that down when i first started years ago but did,nt realize how hard it would be to find a marraige cert
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: Treetotal on Sunday 06 July 14 18:10 BST (UK)
No problem...I guessed it could be yours and that the marriage was an estimate based on the birth of their 1st child...will keep looking....there is always the possibility that they didn't marry or that the document was damaged :-\
Carol
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:16 BST (UK)
thats what we think they were not married because why come to the rhondda valley from yorkshire because he was,nt a miner he was a pawnbroker it says manager at pawnbroker on the 1911 census they are living in ferndale mid glamorgan then wonder if they were both married to someone else. carol
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:21 BST (UK)
Do you have a copy of the 1909 marriage that Andycand found.  It may be that they just did not marry until later.  :-\
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:26 BST (UK)
no i havent and i dont know how to find it i will have a try now , carol
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:31 BST (UK)
his father richard moody nelson is down for bradford 1910 he remarried after his wife francis died but cant find marriage for richard and laura
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:37 BST (UK)
It looks like Laura's has the right reference number

Marriage December qtr 1909 
GREAVES    Laura       
Bradford reg district    9b   185

Marriage December qtr 1909   
NELSON    Richard Ernest       
Bradford    9b   785

This entry for Richard shows on freebmd as italics as the reference number is wrong for the area.  Looking at the image it is not good though it is a typed image.  It could just be a transcription error when the GRO index was typed. 

If it was me I would be ordering the record for Laura but stating the spouse was Richard Ernest Nelson.
Title: Re: marraige certificate
Post by: jamesharry1921 on Sunday 06 July 14 18:42 BST (UK)
great thanks rosie