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The Common Room / Re: Falsified age on marriage licence?
« on: Thursday 27 November 25 09:26 GMT (UK)  »
Yes people could, and did, lie about their age on marriage.
There were no actual checks on the accuracy of any information

My husband's Grandmother said she was 18 when she was, in fact, only 16.
Her Father was one of the witnesses so he must have colluded in the misinformation

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Cheshire / Re: Parish map for Cheadle or Stockport
« on: Tuesday 11 November 25 23:27 GMT (UK)  »
Try here:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/marker/#zoom=12&lat=53.4249&lon=-2.2055&f=1&z=1&marker=53.4035,-2.2058&from=1808&to=2001&i=266663755

Doesn't seem to one quite as early as 1809, but by looking at the various maps, it should give you an idea of the area.
(Unfortunately, Cheadle seems to straddle several maps)

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Tuesday 14 October 25 23:42 BST (UK)  »
And received thank you :)

Will study them over the next few days

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Sunday 12 October 25 10:50 BST (UK)  »
Thank you :)

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The Common Room / Re: Presumed death
« on: Tuesday 23 September 25 10:20 BST (UK)  »
Although a good deal earlier than the period you are talking about, I have a GG Uncle who disappeared in the Philippines sometime after 1867.
In 1895 the family applies to the Court to have him presumed dead.

He does not appear in the GRO death indices for either 1867 (date of presumed death) or 1895 (date of declaration)
I do not know if this is because his death was abroad or if it was a policy to not include presumed deaths

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The Lighter Side / Re: Doubting family stories
« on: Monday 18 August 25 10:21 BST (UK)  »
I have a document that my Great-Grandfather drew up around 1900 of his Family tree

He annotated it with snippets about some individuals, some of which have a grain of truth to them:

William -- unmarried, worked for Lord Fitzwilliam in Ireland. Not true for this particular individual as he was a married farmer, but it was true for another William a couple of generations earlier

John -- ran a pub and known as "Jones the Marsh" Not true for this individual as the pub wasn't built until after his death -- but his son did run the pub and is "Jones the Marsh" on his gravestone.

The only snippet I cannot corroborate in some way or other is James -- "last of the wain wrights and father of 13 children"
I cannot find a James
I cannot find anyone who built wains or any similar farm vehicles
I cannot find anyone who had 13 children

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The Common Room / Re: Just can’t find birth cert ?
« on: Monday 28 July 25 17:10 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: MollyC on Monday 28 July 25 17:07 BST (UK)
However if they were married in 1914, then Gladys would have been 12 and William would have been 12 or 10 - which bears out your original story.
1914 - 1892 =22, not 12
She would have had to be born in 1902 to be 12 at the time of a 1914 marriage

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The Common Room / Re: Just can’t find birth cert ?
« on: Monday 28 July 25 10:27 BST (UK)  »
According to FreeBMD
Gladys M Whitehead and William G Mallet were married in June quarter 1914 in the Northleach district of Gloucestershire
(June quarter covers April, May, June -- so fits the April 25th date)

There are two possible births that are worth investigating:
Gladys Mary Whitehead Northleach Sept qtr 1891
Gladys May Whitehead Salford  Sept qtr 1892

but for a Sept birth , I would expect a Dec qtr registration

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The Common Room / Re: Just can’t find birth cert ?
« on: Monday 28 July 25 10:16 BST (UK)  »
The wedding on that certificate took place on 25th April, not 2nd (can't see year in the clip shown)
The groom was 21 and the bride was 22, not 12

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