May Marriage to identify

[bme]

These are the ancestors:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name:   Charles May
Date of Registration:   Jul-Aug-Sep 1856
Registration District:   Wokingham
Inferred County:   Berkshire
Volume Number:   2 c
Page Number:   572
Records on Page:   
Hannah Clark
Charles May

but
Charles MAY christened 12 August 1832 in Hurst, Berkshire, England is the son of Daniel & Lucy
while
Charles MAY christened 10 November 1833 in Hurst, Berkshire, England is the son of Joseph & Mary

Would the actual marriage certificate have the parent's details? Can I ask here if someone could check?

Very much appreciated, bme

[KGarrad]

The marriage certificate will show father's names and occupations.

BUT there is no way to look at certificates without buying them!
Cost is £9.25
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp

[ribbo39]

Hi bme,

In the transcripts for Hurst available on-line;
http://history.hvs.org.uk/Hurst/PRM-1850.htm

the marriage of Charles May to Hannah Clark (minor)  13-9-1856 reveals his father to be Joseph May, labourer  and Hannah's father as William Clarke, Labourer with witnesses being;
William Brooker, Hannah May

Hope this helps,

Alan

[KGarrad]

Nice one, Alan!
Good find.

Not all parish registers can be found online, so that was lucky for bme!

[ribbo39]

Hi KG,

Many thanks.
It was one of those sets of records I found a long time ago and just remembered it.

I only wish many more were freely available - perhaps one day......!!

Alan

[bme]

Thank you for you assistance ... it throws a spanner into the works as we were veering towards the other alternative ... oh well, back to the drawing board, or family tree  .. 

[ribbo39]

Hi bme,

I think you will find that  Joseph & Daniel May are brothers whose parents are James & Hannah.

Daniel bapt. 7-8-1796 and Joseph bapt. 3-7-1803

This is the address to go to for  Bapts., marriages & burials;
http://history.hvs.org.uk/Hurst/Parish-Reg-index.htm

James May - married - Hannah Dodd 3-9-1792

Alan

[bme]

Definitely brothers but
Charles May son of Daniel & Lucy was born 12 August 1832
and
Charles May son of  Joseph & Mary was born 10 November 1833

We had incorrectly identified D&L's Charles as our direct line whereas in J&M's Charles is correct ..

It ended up not as bad as it could have been - especially if J&M's Charles was out-of-family .. It is now a matter of detaching the "line" from one Charles and re-attaching it to the other [correct one] .. Learning all the time !!