Marriage Certificate Information 1881

[shazzztasstic]

Could anyone advise on exactly what information I will find on a marriage certificate from 1881?  I have found my Great great grandfathers marriage certificate, I hope to find out which county/town he was from in Ireland.  I obtained his death certificate recently (died 1899) hoping it would have this info on but it was very brief, and no place of birth was requested on it. I dont know where else to go as all I know is that his name is Patrick Devlin and he was from Ireland - and listed in 1871 census as living in hartlepool with his first wife Betty, working as a labourer.

[CaroleW]

As he married in England - you will not get the info you want.  Apart from his age and occupation it will only give his fathers name and occupation

English marriage certs do not show birthplaces or mothers names

[shazzztasstic]

Many thanks for that 'The marriage certificate in question is his second marriage to my g g grandmother. His first marriage was to Betty, in Ireland  and they emigrated to England together, no chance of obtaining that though as have no idea where he is from, catch 22!!!

[carol8353]

Great website here will tell you what info you will find on various certs

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/marriages.htm

Carol

[aghadowey]

Any children by the first wife? child's birth certificate will list mother's name and with that information you can search for the marriage in Ireland (registration of catholic marriages began 1864, non-catholic marriages from 1845).

[shazzztasstic]

Yes, there are 2! I cant believe i didnt think of doing that, doh, I usually lie in bed at night thinking over things and I sometimes the answers just come to me on what to do next, but not this time lol, so I thank you very much for this, the kids were born in Durham so I should be able to get those....will the birth certificates hold the mothers maiden name and place of birth?

[aghadowey]

English birth certificates will list mother's full name but not where the parents were born. Once you have the mother's name then you can search Irish indexes for marriage-
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html