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The above clipping was printed in The Bristol Mercury on 1st June 1839, so a couple of weeks after the marriages of two half sisters, Ann and Eliza Burchill.
However, the marriage of Eliza to Thomas House isn't in the GRO indexes (fair enough perhaps), but also she is still at home with her parents and recorded as Burchill in 1841.
So....if the marriage didn't go ahead, why didn't anyone think to have the newspaper notice amended? I'm feeling sorry for her after nearly 170 years! I wonder what happened??
The above clipping was printed in The Bristol Mercury on 1st June 1839, so a couple of weeks after the marriages of two half sisters, Ann and Eliza Burchill.
However, the marriage of Eliza to Thomas House isn't in the GRO indexes (fair enough perhaps), but also she is still at home with her parents and recorded as Burchill in 1841.
So....if the marriage didn't go ahead, why didn't anyone think to have the newspaper notice amended? I'm feeling sorry for her after nearly 170 years! I wonder what happened??
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