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Married in the church before it was built?
« on: Saturday 23 June 12 14:32 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help solve this puzzle please. 

I have a marriage from Northumberland and Durham Family History Society (reproduced on FindMyPast) between John Burn and Elizabeth Bainbridge for the 26 Feb 1815 at Sunderland Holy Trinity but according to an article from Sunderland Antiquarians there are 2 Holy Trinities, one in Usworth (on idea where this is) and one in Southwick which was built in 1842.  The article says 'formed into an ecclesiastical parish out of Monkwearmouth.  The census records for Elizabeth and her children (I think John must be dead by '41) are all for Monkwearmouth Shore.  So how could they have married before the church was built?

 http://www.sunderland-antiquarians.org/assets/Uploads/OPGM/WAP/PlacesofWorshipinOldSunderland.pdf

The Burn children were christened at Robinson Lane and St Georges which according to the same article would mean that they were Presbyterians.

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Re: Married in the church before it was built?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 23 June 12 14:58 BST (UK) »
Bishop's Transcripts on familysearch seem to have records for Sunderland Holy Trinity from 1769.
Crackett, Cracket, Webb, Turner, Henderson, Murray, Carr, Stavers, Thornton, Oliver, Davis, Hall, Anderson, Atknin, Austin, Bainbridge, Beach, Bullman, Charlton, Chator, Corbett, Corsall, Coxon, Davis, Dinnin, Dow, Farside, Fitton, Garden, Geddes, Gowans, Harmsworth, Hedderweek, Heron, Hedley, Hunter, Ironside, Jameson, Johnson, Laidler, Leck, Mason, Miller, Milne, Nesbitt, Newton, Parkinson, Piery, Prudow, Reay, Reed, Read, Reid, Robinson, Ruddiman, Smith, Tait, Thompson, Watson, Wilson, Youn

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Re: Married in the church before it was built?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 23 June 12 15:23 BST (UK) »
Ah, thank you Craclyn

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Re: Married in the church before it was built?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 23 June 12 15:31 BST (UK) »
Holy Trinity the Parish Church of Sunderland was consecrated 5th September 1719.

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Re: Married in the church before it was built?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 23 June 12 15:40 BST (UK) »
Quote from: northernsearcher on Saturday 23 June 12 14:32 BST (UK)
but according to an article from Sunderland Antiquarians there are 2 Holy Trinities, one in Usworth (on idea where this is) and one in Southwick which was built in 1842. 


The Holy Trinity Parish Church comes after St. Michael's in the article. Usworth Holy Trinity was created in 1835from Washington Holy Trinity.
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday 23 June 12 17:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you Stan, lovely and informative website.
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Re: Married in the church before it was built?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 24 June 12 22:38 BST (UK) »
There is a burial in Monkwearmouth St. Peter of a John Burn of MWM Shore, age 46, 9 Feb 1838. I don't know if that is him or not as there are several baptisms of children in Monkwearmouth with parents John and Elizabeth.

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Re: Married in the church before it was built?
« Reply #8 on: Monday 25 June 12 08:12 BST (UK) »
Janis thank you for the information about John.  I don't have a death or a birth for him.  Can I ask where you found it? I had assumed that he must have died after 1833 - birth of last child Mary - and before the 1841c as Elizabeth is on her own with the some of the children in Wear St. MWM Shore. She is a publican.  By the time of the '51 she has remarried (not found marriage yet) and is living with William Tynesmouth or Tynmouth.
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