Russell = Cresswell marriage certificate for auction

[copperbeech5]

Hi,

for anyone researching the above names, there is a  marriage cert for sale on a well known auction site
No:
160988689546

1907 copy of 1873 certificate of marriage.
Russell & cresswell at st Stephens church Nottingham.

Hope it is of interest to someone!

Best wishes,
Copperbeech5

[Alexander.]

Thanks for posting. I thought this might be one of my distant relatives, alas, it's not. The marriage was in 1872, between George Russell and Lucy Cresswell.

Here is a direct link to the item - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/160988689546

Alexander

[copperbeech5]

Hi freckneal,

Aww, that's a shame, it would have been great for it to have found the right home!

Best wishes,
Copperbeech5

[Marathonman]

Hi there

Just thought I'd let you know I've bought the item and as a mini project for me I'm doing research on the cert to see if there are any surviving relatives around today.

So far its an interesting tree George Russell came from Glasgow, Scotland signed the Certificate  with an x, one of the witnesses was Elizabeth Russell who also signed with an x and may of been his sister. His father was a Gasser which was either 1) A person who worked in the "gas-room" where raw cotton was de-fumigated, or 2) A person who applied gas to finished cotton threads to smooth them.

Lucy Cresswell came from Belper, Derbyshire and her father was a Collier. They had a total of 6 children and lucy died in 1907 aged 55, George remarried in 1908 to Eliza Rawson.

Plenty more to look for and hopefully in the end unite the family with this cert if possible.

Mike

[copperbeech5]

Hi Mike,

Well done you!  I hate to see these things cast a drift, do keep us posted on your progress!

Good to get the feed back too.

Best wishes,
Copperbeech5

[crisane]

Ignore. Info already corrected