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Can't find marriage after banns
« on: Saturday 28 June 25 15:07 BST (UK) »
I have found the banns for a Margaret Rimmer and Thomas McGrath.  The church is down as St Johns Liverpool  on Ancestry.com and were read on 19th June, 26 June and 3 July 1864.  However, I can't find any record of the marriage.  There is no other notations on the banns, is this very common?
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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 28 June 25 15:14 BST (UK) »
Hmmm?

Marriages June qtr 1865
West Derby Registration District     vol 86, page 630

McGrath, Margaret
+ And, on the same page +
Rimmer, Thomas


Could the wrong surnames have been applied?
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 28 June 25 15:22 BST (UK) »
That marriage is on Anc.
Sephton Parish church
April 27th 1865
Thomas Rimmer bachelor Great Crosby - father William Rimmer, Publican
Margaret MCGrath, minor, Liverpool - father Thomas McGrath (deceased) Bootmaker

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This Thomas was a Pawnbroket
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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 28 June 25 15:33 BST (UK) »
That marriage seems unlikely.

There is a birth (August) and baptism for:
Mary Jane McGrath, 19th September 1864 with parents Thomas, a Coach spring maker and Margaret.

Does that fit with your family?
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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 28 June 25 15:33 BST (UK) »
Perhaps they never went through with the marriage.
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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 28 June 25 15:49 BST (UK) »
I suppose it could be the surnames were transposed, I'm trying to find the actual marriage register for the church, not just the banns to see if I can find anything more. 
Or perhaps the wedding never took place. 
Could it be that they were read in another church too in a different parish (or faith?)
Thanks to all who have replied

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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 28 June 25 15:50 BST (UK) »
Do you have them in 1871 census?
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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 28 June 25 16:01 BST (UK) »
Do you have them in 1871 census?

No, I have her married to someone else (I know she was a widow when she married, or at least down as a widow)

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Re: Can't find marriage after banns
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 28 June 25 16:03 BST (UK) »
I was looking in 1871 too for the little girl to see who she was with but no luck.  Bit of an odd one isn't it.

When did she marry someone else? 
Hinchliffe - Huddersfield Wiltshire
Burroughs - Arlingham Glos
Pick - Frocester Glos