marraige certificate

[Treetotal]

No problem...I guessed it could be yours and that the marriage was an estimate based on the birth of their 1st child...will keep looking....there is always the possibility that they didn't marry or that the document was damaged
Carol

[jamesharry1921]

thats what we think they were not married because why come to the rhondda valley from yorkshire because he was,nt a miner he was a pawnbroker it says manager at pawnbroker on the 1911 census they are living in ferndale mid glamorgan then wonder if they were both married to someone else. carol

[rosie99]

Do you have a copy of the 1909 marriage that Andycand found.  It may be that they just did not marry until later. 

[jamesharry1921]

no i havent and i dont know how to find it i will have a try now , carol

[jamesharry1921]

his father richard moody nelson is down for bradford 1910 he remarried after his wife francis died but cant find marriage for richard and laura

[rosie99]

It looks like Laura's has the right reference number

Marriage December qtr 1909 
GREAVES    Laura       
Bradford reg district    9b   185

Marriage December qtr 1909   
NELSON    Richard Ernest       
Bradford    9b   785

This entry for Richard shows on freebmd as italics as the reference number is wrong for the area.  Looking at the image it is not good though it is a typed image.  It could just be a transcription error when the GRO index was typed. 

If it was me I would be ordering the record for Laura but stating the spouse was Richard Ernest Nelson.

[jamesharry1921]

great thanks rosie