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Title: Marriage look up please
Post by: SteveJW on Monday 24 November 25 19:42 GMT (UK)
1948
St Aidan, Preston
James Southworth
Isabella Hodgetts

Registered June Qtr 1948

Many Thanks in anticipation


Steve

Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 24 November 25 22:13 GMT (UK)
Look up where?

Have you checked with Lancashire Records Office whether they hold these records or whether they are still held by the church

Church phone number
01772 335310
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: SteveJW on Monday 24 November 25 22:27 GMT (UK)
Thanks
I will try ringing tomorrow

Steve
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 24 November 25 22:59 GMT (UK)
What particular info are you looking for on the marriage cert?

Isabella was born 1895 as Topping.  There is no marriage to Hodgetts but the 1921 census shows her as Isabella Topping housekeeper to Joseph Edmund Hodgetts

Joseph was b 1887 Preston - here's a marriage for him & 1921 entry shows him as married

Marriages Mar 1913   Lancs BMD shows it was a civil marriage
Hodgetts    Joseph E    Smalley    Preston    8e   1079    
Smalley    Mary A    Hodgetts    Preston    8e   1079

2 children born to the marriage - 1913 & 1914

The 2 children on the 1921 are shown as Hodgetts but the boy Joseph's  birth was registered as Topping & Doris as Hodgetts mmn Topping
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 24 November 25 23:24 GMT (UK)
1939 - Mary Alice Hodgetts b 1886 is shown as married & only died in 1974

1939 - Joseph Hodgetts is shown as married but is living alone. He died 28.3.1962.  He left a will - probate via a firm of solicitors
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: SteveJW on Tuesday 25 November 25 16:34 GMT (UK)
Thanks for the info provided

I need to find James Southworths fathers name and occupation

I know James died 1980,
FreeBMD has only one James Southworth who died in 1980 and gives a date of birth as 24th September 1922

Unfortunately the General Register Office has two James Southworths born in 1922, both births registered in the December qtr in Preston
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: ShaunJ on Tuesday 25 November 25 16:49 GMT (UK)
Quote
FreeBMD has only one James Southworth who died in 1980 and gives a date of birth as 24th September 1922

That one is in the 1939 Register in Lynn Place, Preston

Inferred parents James and Susannah. James senior is a general building contractors ganger.
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: softly softly on Tuesday 25 November 25 16:50 GMT (UK)
Thanks for the info provided

I need to find James Southworths fathers name and occupation

I know James died 1980,
FreeBMD has only one James Southworth who died in 1980 and gives a date of birth as 24th September 1922

Unfortunately the General Register Office has two James Southworths born in 1922, both births registered in the December qtr in Preston

He appears in 1939 war register with that dob. His parents are James & Susannah Williams.

SS
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 25 November 25 16:50 GMT (UK)
This marriage ties in with a James with the correct birth date on the pre war register
Marriage Mar qtr 1921 
Southworth,  James   
Stewart,  Susannah   
Preston    8e   1211   

Susanna was previously married
Marriage Dec qtr 1905
Stewart    Edward       
WILLIAMS    Susannah       
Preston    8e   1013   
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 November 25 16:55 GMT (UK)
Quote
I know James died 1980,

Isabella was b 1895 - James Southworth 1922 - 27yr age difference??

EDIT

See reply below
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 November 25 17:03 GMT (UK)
I think we are looking at the daughters marriage - not the mothers.  Daughter was b 1926

Births

HODGETTS, ISABELLE        TOPPING     
GRO Reference: 1926  J Quarter in PRESTON  Volume 08E  Page 737

Did you ring the church/records office to see who had the records?
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: softly softly on Tuesday 25 November 25 17:20 GMT (UK)
Believe Isabelle Southworth died 2013. Cannot confirm my gro entry playing up.

SS
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 25 November 25 18:27 GMT (UK)
Deaths

SOUTHWORTH, ISABELLE        1926 
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/2013 in LANCASHIRE  (591-1A)  Entry Number 507851178

2 children born to the marriage 1949 & 1952.  Are they still alive?   Can they help with parental details for James?
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: SteveJW on Thursday 27 November 25 15:17 GMT (UK)
Terrance born 1952 is deceased and it is believed James is also deceased
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: SteveJW on Thursday 27 November 25 15:30 GMT (UK)
The on line catalogue for the Lancashire Records Office shows they hold the  Parish Records for St Aidans, Bamber Bridge, Preston

I cannot find either of the James Southworths born in 1922, both births registered in the December qtr in Preston. On the 1939 register

I have found a WWII medal card for a James Southworth, in the Durham Light Infantry, The Service Group Number is the same as the correct James Southworth's date of birth

All the help and suggestions is appreciated





Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: SteveJW on Thursday 27 November 25 15:31 GMT (UK)
Lancashire Archives
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 27 November 25 15:53 GMT (UK)
You could ask the Records Office to do the look up for you but I think they charge but don't know how much.   
Unless somebody is going to LRO & is willing to look it up for you the alternative is to  buy the marriage cert which is £12.50.  Compare the cost with whatever the LRO charge & go for the cheapest
 
Another cheaper alternative is to download digital copies of both those 1922 birth certs and see which has the right birthdate.  It's a better way as it gives both parents names and a digital copy only costs £3 so total cost £6
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: heywood on Thursday 27 November 25 16:07 GMT (UK)
If you are going to chase the parish record, Lancashire BMD shows the marriage at Preston, St Aidan - not Bamber Bridge St Aidan.
It’s hard to track the church down, but it seems to be ‘ evangelical C o E’, Elcho Street.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/898329/P.pdf



Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: Ladyhawk on Thursday 27 November 25 22:54 GMT (UK)
This marriage ties in with a James with the correct birth date on the pre war register
Marriage Mar qtr 1921 
Southworth,  James   
Stewart,  Susannah   
Preston    8e   1211   

Susanna was previously married
Marriage Dec qtr 1905
Stewart    Edward       
WILLIAMS    Susannah       
Preston    8e   1013


Another cheaper alternative is to download digital copies of both those 1922 birth certs and see which has the right birthdate.  It's a better way as it gives both parents names and a digital copy only costs £3 so total cost £6

For info.

SOUTHWORTH, JAMES       mmn WILLIAMS
GRO Reference: 1922  D Quarter in PRESTON  Volume 08E  Page 694

The other James Southworth

SOUTHWORTH, JAMES       mmn SCOWCROFT 
GRO Reference: 1922  D Quarter in PRESTON  Volume 08E  Page 670

This could be parents marriage Lancashire BMD

SOUTHWORTH   James   
SCOWCROFT   Sarah Jane   
1907   Preston Register Office or Registrar Attended

Anna Southworth Birth 31 Aug 1909
Baptism 5 Sep 1909 St. Ignatius Preston, Lancashire
Father Jacobi Southworth Mother   Sara Joanna nee Scowcroft

SOUTHWORTH, ANN       SCOWCROFT 
GRO Reference: 1909  D Quarter in PRESTON  Volume 08E  Page 464

1911 James Southworth & family visitors at 38 Berry Street Preston Head Marmaduke Taylor

SOUTHWORTH, LILIAN       SCOWCROFT 
GRO Reference: 1908  J Quarter in PRESTON  Volume 08E  Page 554

1921 James Southworth in Much Hoole, Lancashire, wife Sarah Jane using her middle name Jane Southworth

Edit to add Jun 1915   Mary Southworth mmn Scowcroft    Preston    8e   951

1939 Preston James Southworth born  29 May 1879, Sarah J born 7 Feb 1885, Ann born 31 Aug 1909 and Ann Scowcroft born 25 May 1861

Added there is this possible death entry

James Southworth Death Age 7
Registration Sep 1930 Preston 8e Page   499




 



Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: heywood on Friday 28 November 25 09:08 GMT (UK)
If you are going to chase the parish record, Lancashire BMD shows the marriage at Preston, St Aidan - not Bamber Bridge St Aidan.
It’s hard to track the church down, but it seems to be ‘ evangelical C o E’, Elcho Street.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/898329/P.pdf

Just to say that there are a couple of newspaper snippets from the 1940s mentioning St Aidan’s, Elcho Street, Preston. It would be worth checking with the archives.
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: SteveJW on Friday 28 November 25 20:49 GMT (UK)
Many Thanks for the info

I wrongly thought there was only one St Aidan

I think you mean the following

PRESTON, Elcho St – Evangelical C of E (St Aidan)
M 1946-1976 Orig reg NMR 3/1-2
Title: Re: Marriage look up please
Post by: heywood on Friday 28 November 25 21:11 GMT (UK)
That’s what it says in the link I posted so looks good.
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