I have the certificate of the couple I believe may have been my grandparents
They were married by " Deputy Superindent Registrar's Certificate"
I have looked at it several times, but only just noticed that it looks as though the signatures of the Bride and Groom were written by the same person!
Is it possible that someone else signed on their behalves??
(I have the cert in photobucket, but have no idea how to post the relevant portion here!)
Joan
"Nepotism - We promote family values here as often as we promote family members"- Larry Kersten, American sociologist and author
Are they signatures? Or do you have a transcription-certificate?
Christine
Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
Hi Chris
I'm pretty sure it's a photocopy - other signatures look different
Joan
"Nepotism - We promote family values here as often as we promote family members"- Larry Kersten, American sociologist and author
Joan, where did you get the cert from? (and where did they marry?)
Hi Merry,
They married in St George's Church, Altrincham in 1905, and I got the certificate from Cheshire BMD ( it's my wretched Beatrice Webbs causing problems again!!)
In fact it's even odder as it looks to me as though both the witnesses' signatures were written in another same hand - a different one from the bride and groom!!!!
Joan
"Nepotism - We promote family values here as often as we promote family members"- Larry Kersten, American sociologist and author
Is that C of E?
If it was, it's quite rare to be married by a superintendent registrars certificate. They were normally issued to enable people to marry in a non-conformist church where the registrar would need to be present, though they could be used in the C of E, but normally only if someone changed their mind at the last minute! lol
My gg-grandparents did just the same when they married in 1849!
I can't imagine why the sigs look as they do? No one else should have signed for anyone else. If any party couldn't sign for any reason, they would have had to make their mark instead.
Yes, it is C of E - Family story (hush, hush!) is that the vicar had advised the bride not to go ahead with the wedding
Joan
"Nepotism - We promote family values here as often as we promote family members"- Larry Kersten, American sociologist and author
I have come across one case recently where a C of E wedding followed a Bishop's cert (I think). One or other party hadn't grasped that the Banns had to be called in both churches!
Christine
Hi Christine - I doubt there was a Bishop's Cert in this case - I think the groom was simply " a scurrilous piece of work", as I have been told, and the vicar was not happy about proceeding with the wedding..... and yet......Originally Posted by Christine in Herts
Joan
"Nepotism - We promote family values here as often as we promote family members"- Larry Kersten, American sociologist and author
Muggins
The copy you got from Cheshire Register Office will not be the original, it will be a copy made by the Vicar when he filled in his returns and sent them to the local register office.
The original entry will remain with the church, or probably, by now, in the county records office.
(See how Merry has scared me with her talk of confusing abbreviations, lol!)
OC
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