manchester marriage look up

[sparkles]

hi,
i am looking for a marriage between alexander mcwilliams and margaret andrews.
on their daughters b/cert it says they married on 13th sep 1878 in manchester, but i cant find it.
i have tried ancestry and free bmd but no luck.
any help would be great

tia
christine

[Tall Al]

Christine,

On Free BMD, I can see a marriage of Margaret Andrews Sept Qtr 1878 at Salford (Ref 8d/190) but the "males" seem to be either William Cox or John Thomas Myles.

I can't see any Alexander McWilliams marriages in the Manchester area between 1860/90.

Alan

[wozzle]

hi,
i am looking for a marriage between alexander mcwilliams and margaret andrews.
on their daughters b/cert it says they married on 13th sep 1878 in manchester, but i cant find it.
i have tried ancestry and free bmd but no luck.
any help would be great

tia
christine

it does'nt normally tell you the marriage date on a birth cert?
are you certain that is the marriage date and not the birth date ?
what was the childs name?

[mshrmh]

I've also checked LancashireBMD which doesn't have anything. Looking at the image of the index for the relevant quarter there an Eliza Jane McWilliams as the only marraige with that surname. There is a Margaret Andrews as Alan has found - that is on LancashireBMD as to John T Myles.

Looks like either it isn't the Manchester we're expecting or there's something "off" (date place names etc) - I'm guessing the birth wasn't England & Wales so could it be another Manchester altogether?

[sparkles]

hi
the daughter was born in dunoon scotland.
the father was scottish and mother irish.
the next child was born in isle of man.

the childs name was mary mcwilliams dob 23.4.1882

most of the marriage certs i have , have the parents date of marriage on them.

i have also tried under williamson/andrews.

where is another manchester

christine

[Barbara.H]

Some of their children are on family search pilot as being baptised in the Isle of Man - so maybe it is Man (isle of ) you are after, rather than Man(chester)?

  Barbara

sorry, posted this 1 second after you posted, so obviously you know of the IOM connection. 
will try Scotlands People for you

[J D------]

Scottish records have more info on them than English ones, are yours mainly Scottish births certificates you have with parents marriages details on?
You could try this site for I O M bmd's?

http://www.manxbmd.com/

J.D.

[mshrmh]

where is another manchester
christine

Hi Christine - unlikely to be the case given the details you've posted about the children - I was thinking about migrants - there are several Manchesters in the US and I expect there are others elsewhere.

[Barbara.H]

I've tried Scotlands People, Lancashire BMDs on 'soundex' and 'vague' options, and free BMDs looking for any McWilliam to any Margaret - nearest I could find were:
Halifax June 1883, Alexander McWilliam to Margaret Smith
Lanchester (in desperation for a soundalike!) Dec 1882, Margaret Andrews to either John Palmer of Wiiliam Cowton 

Sorry, couldn't find anything else. 
Is is possible that Mary McWilliams is actually the child of Margaret Andrews and an earlier husband, so Alexander is her stepfather?
  Barbara