Manchester Marriage

[Granny Lynne]

I have found 2 marriage records for John Connolly b.1851 - one is 1873 and the other 1875. I have checked 1881 census but it doesn't give me any clues.
Rather than buy both certs is there any way I can find out which is the correct one first?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Lynne - What facts do you have about your John?

[Little Nell]

LDS has

JOHN CONNOLLY Spouse: MARY ANN RILEY
Marriage: 19 SEP 1875 Saint Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Source Information: Batch No.: M005995

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

two on Lancs bmd for Manchester

1873
CONNOLLY John BAINES Charlotte ......Manchester Register Office or Registrar Attended

1875
CONNOLLY John HYNES Winifred ..........Manchester Register Office or Registrar Attended

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

The 1875 one married Winifred:

CONNOLLY John HYNES Winifred Manchester Register Office or Registrar Attended Manchester MCR_RM/85/197

(From Lancs BMD)

The other one married Charlotte:

CONNOLLY John BAINES Charlotte Manchester Register Office or Registrar Attended Manchester MCR_RM/81/61

But his surname might have been spelled wrong or he might have married elsewhere or not at all.......I take it there's more than one possible for him in 1881?

[Granny Lynne]

Sorry I took so long to reply, I lost my internet connection (again!!).

Anyway, the 2 marriages are the Charlotte Baines and Winifred Hynes ones.

As for John, he is the eldest son of Peter and Bridget Connolly (nee Ford) and was born in 1851 in Manchester. In 1871 he is a Printer and living at 5 Ivy Street, Manchester with his parents and siblings.

I have the 2 Johns in 1881. The one with Charlotte is a Joiner and the one with Winifred is an Iron Turner (none of which helps me - LOL!)

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

Merry

Are you getting slower?? :D

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Merry

Are you getting slower?? :D

I was making my son a sandwich!

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

Sorry I took so long to reply, I lost my internet connection (again!!).

Anyway, the 2 marriages are the Charlotte Baines and Winifred Hynes ones.

As for John, he is the eldest son of Peter and Bridget Connolly (nee Ford) and was born in 1851 in Manchester. In 1871 he is a Printer and living at 5 Ivy Street, Manchester with his parents and siblings.

I have the 2 Johns in 1881. The one with Charlotte is a Joiner and the one with Winifred is an Iron Turner (none of which helps me - LOL!)

Seeing as you know the parents names you could go via the local reg office and use the name of dad as a ref check, if neither match then you wouldn't pay anything, the GRO would only give a part refund.

[Granny Lynne]

Nell
Just noticed your post about the Liverpool marriage. Now you have thrown another spanner in the works as a couple of his siblings moved to Liverpool so that could be him!!

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Peter and Bridget's son is listed as John Joseph Connolly in 1871, so what about this one?

CONNOLLY John J NABB Margaret H E Salford Register Office or Registrar Attended Salford SAL/34/63

(is John Joseph on FreeBMD)

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

More confusion!!

1874

CONNOLLY John KELLY Catherine Edge Hill, St. Nathaniel Windsor Liverpool 2119WD/1/38

1875

CONNOLLY John CAMPBELL Margaret Liverpool, Register Office or Registrar Attended Liverpool REG_LP/149/136

CONNOLLY John HYNES Winifred Manchester Register Office or Registrar Attended Manchester MCR_RM/85/197

CONNOLLY John MCMAHON Sarah Oldham Register Office or Registrar Attended Oldham RM/36/55

CONNOLLY John MORAN Mary Liverpool, Register Office or Registrar Attended Liverpool REG_LP/149/167

CONNOLLY John RILEY Mary A Liverpool, Our Lady & St. Nicholas & St. Anne Liverpool 2053LP/61/116

[Granny Lynne]

Glen

LOL at your quip to Merry!!

So would you advise I phone them and ask them to check if one has a father named Peter? When I have ordered via Manchester before I have done it by post and if it's incorrect they have only refunded part of the £7.

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

I was making my son a sandwich!

Thats OK then :D. Thought you might be slipping up.

[Granny Lynne]

Wow, I think I should take a rest from this one - LOL!! There are far too many.

Merry

What year is the marriage to Margaret Nabb please?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Best fit:

John CONNOLY Head M Male 26 Manchester Labourer In Dye House
Margaret CONNOLY Wife M Female 28 Manchester No Occupation
Robert CONNOLY Son U Male 5 Manchester No Occupation

37 Style St manchester

Not great, I admit!

Maybe Margaret would grace us with her other initials on a later census?!!

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

Glen

LOL at your quip to Merry!!

So would you advise I phone them and ask them to check if one has a father named Peter? When I have ordered via Manchester before I have done it by post and if it's incorrect they have only refunded part of the £7.

OC is the expert with that office methinks. Certainly she has ordered from the area anyway.

Perhaps it is possible to supply both refs but specify that the cert is only required if the father is called Peter/Pete etc (useful to include a variant just in case).

I haven't used the Lancs service so couldn't say from personal experience exactly how they work.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Wow, I think I should take a rest from this one - LOL!! There are far too many.

Merry

What year is the marriage to Margaret Nabb please?

1877 (sorry!), so maybe even less likely to be the couple I posted in 1881.

Her name was Nabb Margaret Hannah E on Free BMD and I saw a birth in the area in 1857 (from memory) which could be her. (no E though, just Margaret Hannah)

[Granny Lynne]

Merry
Which census is that please?

[Granny Lynne]

Thanks Glen, I may try phoning on Monday.

Merry, So it's 1881 census then?