Marriage Look-up please - Thomas Townsend/Mary Stiggants

[CaroleW]

Shown as married daughter Harriett E Collins

[Sandykt]

That's right. 

Its killing me trying to find the marriage of Mary Stiggants/Steggants to Thomas Townsend though.

[CaroleW]

They may never have married

Have you looked for Harriett Collins on the 1901/1911 to determine her husbands name which will help find their marriage to see what name she married as

I have a feeling she is possibly an illegitimate daughter

[Sandykt]

Harriet married Joseph Collins Q2 1890 Reading v2c p688. 

In 1901 they were living at 6 Dunmow Rd West Ham.   Incidentally the 1901 says
Harriet was B in West Ham unlike the 1891 which says Sandown IOW

[Little Nell]

The two marriage with that reference - both the brides are Harriet so it is not necessarily conclusive.

I've checked for St* and To* births on the Isle of Wight 1859-61 and there aren't any.   The closest I have found is Sinnett or Stanney

There may be more to this than meets the eye.

Nell

[CaroleW]

The 1890 marriage is on the IGI pilot website - Harriet's father was William Townsend- not Thomas

http://pilot.familysearch.org