Can anyone help by coming up with a marriage record for Richard Woodcock (b c1820 in Birmingham) and Rhoda Trumper (b c1825 in Shropshire, possibly Bridgenorth, possibly Eccleston)?
The first records I have of Rhoda and Richard are 1841 census when they are both (separately) living in St Pauls district Birmingham: Richard Woodcock in Summer Row, St Pauls district, Birmingham with brother Samuel and sister Alice. Rhoda Trumper a domestic servant in a house in Colemore (?) Road.
In 1851 Richard and Rhoda Woodcock were(apparently) married and living in Birmingham Ladywood (Sherbourne Street, Christ Church district) with a 3 year old child, so possibly married around 1847. they went on to have several children, and moved north to live in Cheshire. Rhoda's maiden name is given as 'Trumper' on children's birth certificates.
The only marriage record I can find for Rhoda Trumper on BMD records is to Joseph Stevens in 1847 in Hales Owen, Worcester. (Definitely not my Rhoda as far as i can check).
I suppose it is possible they never actually married, but I think unlikely; Richard was a tailor, and they seem to have been fairly 'respectable' family (no riff raff here!). I think Richard's sister Alice was married in St Phillips in Birmingham in 1853.
Very grateful if anyone can come up with suggestions.
Best wishes,
Lesley