Marriage look up - Tonks, Dawley, Shrops

[Kazlee]

Hi,

I'm trying to find the marriage of Thomas Tonks abt. 1857 and probably in Dawley.  He married a Mary Ann, but I really want to know her surname.  If anyone is able to look up details of parish registers for the area, I would be very grateful.

Thanks
Kaz

[Manchester Rambler]

IGI has a marriage between Thomas, son of John Tonks and Mary Ann, dau of James Harris in Dawley Magna on 24 Dec 1860.

Possible?

Rambler

[Kazlee]

Thanks Rambler, that's just made things interesting.  It's got all the right ingredients to be right, Thomas' father is John and it's in the right place, but it's 2 or 3 years after their first child was born, so the first child was possibly illegitimate, more research now needed I think.

Thanks again.
Kaz

[CaroleW]

Hi

You can now search the FULL GRO index images for free at www.ancestry.co.uk

[Kazlee]

I have tried searching the GRO index on Ancestry, but this is not complete yet, and unfortunately, the one I'm looking for is not included.

[CaroleW]

Hi

I don't mean freebmd - see my message - Ancestry have now put the FULL index online.  The same as 1837online except it's free

[Kazlee]

Sorry Carole, I've found the index now now.  Unfortunately, I'm still no wiser.  I can't even find the Thomas who married on 24th December 1860.

Kaz

[Manchester Rambler]

The index still has some teething problems (it's still a test version), but I found Thomas Tonk's marriage by searching "Thomas To" in Dec Q 1860, which brought up a page starting with Toller, and then hitting the "next page" green arrow until I got to Tonks: the reference is Madeley 6a 1209.  Of course, still no guarantee that this is the right one!

Rambler

[Kazlee]

Thanks for that Rambler, it's a great help. I think I'll send for the certificate, witnesses and the  address at the time of marriage may help me decide if it's the right one, fingers crossed!
Kaz