marrige records

[bestnan]

can anyone help how can i find who my gr grandad was married to he married in june 1890 he was called luther royle his wifes name was elizabeth but on the records i have looked at you just get the page with several names on there are two elizabeths on elizabeth simpson and elizabeth brooks how can i find which one it was

[aghadowey]

Where did the marriage take place? England? are you looking at www.freebmd.org.uk?

[bestnan]

they lived in manchester at the time so i would imagine they got married there

[aghadowey]

Where did you find the record you mentioned in original post?

Added-
FreeBMD gives the marriage registration as Apr.-June 1890 in Chorlton district, volume 8c page 953. Since there are only 2 grooms listed but 3 brides it's likely that the Elizabeth on the page was known by both Simpson and Brooks (perhaps she was a widow). Ordering the certificate will show her details and hopefully clear up some of the confusion for you.

[PaulineJ]

Use LancashireBMD.

ROYLE   Luther   m SIMPSON   Elizabeth   @ Ardwick, St. Silas

[aghadowey]

Use LancashireBMD.

ROYLE   Luther   m SIMPSON   Elizabeth   @ Ardwick, St. Silas

As I mentioned in earlier post it's possible that Elizabeth Simpson and Elizabeth Brooks are the same person. Getting the marriage certificate would confirm or rule this out.

[PaulineJ]

Look at the GRO pages from which the names are indexed.
Matilda should be page 963. That leaves two grooms and two brides.

Elizabeth Simpson and Elizabeth Brooks are NOT the same person. FreeBMD doesn't give alternate names unless the writing was poor.

In any case, the parish copy should be available somewhere for less than the cost of a GRO copy.

[Mark1973]

Looked up both possible Elizabeths on the 1891 census, and they're both 23, so that doesn't help

[Jay9]

British Army World War 1 records have him as a widow but was married to Elizabeth Simpson.