Cheshire Parish Records Marriages only pre 1837

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there Catherine

Can find no reference to St Mary, Rostherne on the CD - Sorry

Chris in 1066Land

[Catherine]

Hi! Chris

Or should I call you speedy - thank you so much for checking for me, it was worth the try.

Catherine  

[FAB Fiona]

Goodness, why didn't they allow the Cheshire records to be on the IGI?

Another probably Cheshire marriage that's caused a stumbling block: Stredder m. Sparks.  I am looking for a marriage Birkenhead and Bebbington way between William (Smith) Stredder and Margaret Sparks probably in the later 1830s.  (They had a son George Alfred Stredder, and daughters Alice Ann Stredder and Amelia Stredder who were both born and married in the 1860s Birkenhead and Bebington areas.  Other children later born in Liverpool and Bolton.)

Other Stredder and Sparks references gratefully received,

With thanks

Fiona

[Catherine]

Hi! Fiona

There is 10 marriages for the name Stredder on the Lancashire bmd site
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

There is also 8 marriages for the name Stredder on the Cheshire bmd site

http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/

Catherine  

[peterbennett]

Hi! Chris

Wondered if St. Marys Church in Rostherne is on it. Looking for Michael Rustage marriage to Fanny Boond on the 03/08/1819. Any details would be much appreciated.

Catherine  

Hi Catherine
checked the Bertram Merrell Index and it shows the marriage only as you describe with no further info.Sorry
peterbennett

[Catherine]

Hi! Peter

Thank you so much for checking this up for me, again very much appreciated.

Catherine  

[peterbennett]

Goodness, why didn't they allow the Cheshire records to be on the IGI?

Another probably Cheshire marriage that's caused a stumbling block: Stredder m. Sparks.  I am looking for a marriage Birkenhead and Bebbington way between William (Smith) Stredder and Margaret Sparks probably in the later 1830s.  (They had a son George Alfred Stredder, and daughters Alice Ann Stredder and Amelia Stredder who were both born and married in the 1860s Birkenhead and Bebington areas.  Other children later born in Liverpool and Bolton.)

Other Stredder and Sparks references gratefully received,

With thanks

Fiona

Hi Fiona
I have checked my Cheshire index (Bertram Merrel)this shows no Stredder marriages at either Birkenhead St. Mary or Bebbington St Andrews up to 1837
peterbennett

[FAB Fiona]

Hi Catherine

Thank you for the pointers to the BMD sites.  I browse them thoroughly every time they are updated.  And I have gone back and forth at 1837online.  

Although I have found some children to William Smith Stredder and Margaret Sparks in Birkenhead/Tranmere/Bebington/Liverpool, I have not found their own marriage nor the birth of George Alfred Stredder who appears to be their eldest son.  I have found the 1841 marriage of a George Smith Stredder in Manchester who may be a brother to William and the certificate is on order.  In the 1881 census, Margaret says she is from Slorton, Cheshire.

Fiona

[Catherine]

Hi! Fiona

Think one of the problems is that although the St. Catherines Index of birth marriages and deaths started in 1837 to the present day, it was not made complusory to register until 1875, where upon people were fined for not registering.
So we still have to rely on church records at times.

Good luck

Catherine