I'm having trouble !

[AlanC]

I'm looking at an 1867 Marriage Cert for Gt G/father William Molyneux which shows his father also William Molyneux a miner. Would this suggest William senior was alive and present at the Marriage? My reason for asking is that I cant find a death for 'Senior' other than a 1859 registration.

[JudithM]

Father's name on the certificate is definitely not a sign that father was present at the wedding as its simply a question asked of the couple to be married.
His name should be listed whether he was alive or not, and although theoretically it should say deceased by his name if he was not alive that depends very much on how the question was posed, and how it was answered.

[AlanC]

Thank you Judith..................perhaps I have the correct death reg afterall.

[Vicky the Viking]

Alan - where was your Molineux family based?

Just asking because OH has some, from the Atherton/Tyldseley area, including a few Williams (though none are his direct line).

We are having fun trying to sort them out too, not least because of all the spelling variants!