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Offline M_A_A_B

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Re: GARDINER family in Bristol
« Reply #9 on: Monday 01 January 07 21:19 GMT (UK) »
I thought I'd have just a quick look at the indexes myself and luckily it turned up very quickly.

March qtr 1926
Harold J Grimes married Violet L Gardner
Bristol 6a 176

With the above information you can order the marriage certificate if you wish to online at the address Tanja has given for the GRO.

Would that be the right one though? As the middle initial for Violet is different and the spelling of her name is different....

the Harold J ties in with the birth refernce mentioned earlier but I'm not very sure that Harold was born in 1902....I'll have to go and have a look at his grave stone to confirm his age when he died (it does say it on there apparently!).

I know the names and rough ages of the children....

Thanks for all the help and advice!

Happy new year everyone  :) ;) :D ;D

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Re: GARDINER family in Bristol
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 02 January 07 15:40 GMT (UK) »
You might be right and I have got the wrong entry, it just seemed very coincidental that the two names (at least the firstname and last name) were there, right place - Bristol, and more importantly the same quarter.

We never depend on a correct spelling for a surname, it often depends on the literacy or otherwise of either the person giving the details, the person writing the details or even the typist who correlated the indexes.  The same would go for the middle initial.  I did wonder whether I had mistaken the L when it should have been maybe an 'E' and the Bessie had been shortened from Elizabeth, but it is clearly an L.

You now have a few choices,

To check the Parish Registers for the area and see what names have actually been signed by the couple
To order the certificate and stipulate that the name is actually correct
The third option is probably where I would start if I were you, and that is to continue forward searching for another Harold Grimes - fewer of them and less chance of mis-spelling, however don't forget to check Grime without an s also - and for any that you find then check for Violet in the same quarter and see if you can find an alternative couple who fit better, at least if you have some details for the children maybe these will help narrow down the dates for you.

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