Marriages Look Up's Pre.1839> St Hilary Liscard

[celia]

St John

[celia]

Thought the photo's looked a bit drab so i brightened them up a bit.Think they look a bit better, dont like drab

Celia

[Joan Rines]

Hi Celia...  I'm looking for the marriage of John Morris b. 1842 & Elizabeth Hughes b. 1848.  Their 2 daughters were born in Liscard, on Rake Lane.  I'm hoping that John & Eliz. were married in Wallasey.  Probably between 1870-1884.
Thank you.  Joan Rines, Maine, US

[celia]

Hello Joan
I  looked  on the UkB.M.D and found one only must have called himself John for short

Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1881 to 1885

MORRIS Jeremiah HUGHES Elizabeth Wirral, Civil Marriage Wirral BW/25/123 Married in 1881
If you go to the website you will see a number at the end.Click on it to see a form you can use to send for the certificate if you want.I will see what other information i can find in the library

Celia

[Joan Rines]

Thanks again, Celia.  I have that cert. & the ages are wrong.  They're very elusive, my Morris'.  But he was a stonemason, so probably travelled alot.
They were Church of Eng.
Joan

[celia]

Hello Joan
I went to the library as promised and found it closed I forgot to remember it now closes on a Saturday afternoon I was going to look through the directories.Its quicker than the net ones,after i had looked for the marriage if any in wallasey.Whats the last address you had for John,when where his children born.Rake lane was nearly all shops and there were about 3 /4 stone masons in bussines at the time john would have been there.One is still there right next to the cemetery.

Celia

[Joan Rines]

Hi Celia... thanks so much.
The last known address for John Morris was
353 Rake Lane, Liscard on 26 Aug 1885.  I did not find them there for the 1881 census, but I did find a John Morris/40 b. 1841 Denbigh/mason/mar/lodging
at Pencrug, Llangadock, Carmarthen who seems to be the only one I could find that fit the bill.
They emigrated in 1887 to Portland, Maine.
Thanks again for all the help.  Joan

[celia]

Hi Joan
no wonder i couldn't find him on the on line directories earlier this evening Looks like you may have found him. So If this is him you now know he was married in/by 1881
If he was welsh he might have been visiting relatives.Was his wife welsh?Then like today you will find that most women get married from home.So if i don't find a marriage next week.Maybe you should look in  her hometown/ Birthplace for the marriage.

Celia

[Joan Rines]

Hi Celia.... Yes, they were Welsh.  But all I know is that John was from Denbighshire.  Nothing about Elizabeth Hughes.... and there are thousands of them!  I can't even narrow them down to a town.  They're such common names.  No sons to glean a family name.  I've found a few towns that have a few of the odder family names- Constance, Dorothea & Ruth- but nothing concrete.  I have both Eliz. II and Harriette Agnes born in Wallasey by 1884.  Is it odd to have first marriages at 42 & 36 yrs.old?     
Thanks again, Joan