Just being nosy really but does anyone have any ideas as to why there would be a need to formally correct the marriage entry for bride's age at marriage & bride's father's name 15 years after the event?
The marriage was between Margaret Roberts & James Cahill at St Nicholas Liverpool on 5 May 1907 & the record entry was corrected by a note in the margin in the presence of the Superintendant Registrar, the bride & another witness in December 1922. The correction gives her age at marriage as 30 (previously 23) & her father's name as John Roberts (previously John Robert McKenzie). Given the registrar's involvement I would imagine that the Record Office marriage entry has also been amended but I have not ordered the certificate as I don't believe it will give me any further information.
The Marriage Register entry is at this link on Ancestry:
Clearly the original entry was incorrect, but I expect the age was deliberately understated as Margaret was several years older than her husband, & the father's name seems to have been just a simple error. I'm not sure, though, how any of this would have come to light all those years later unless Margaret herself had a fit of conscience & reported it! Or perhaps the marriage certificate was needed to obtain some kind of pension or welfare benefit?
Incidentally, I have found Margaret on the 1911 census living with her mother & family in Litherland Lancashire, though don't have the reference to hand, also the following
1901 census (Class: RG13; Piece: 3443; Folio: 45; Page: 32.),
1891 (Class: RG12; Piece: 2986; Folio 15; Page 23)
& 1881 Wales Census (Class: RG11; Piece: 5551; Folio: 41; Page: 75)
I believe she was born in Llysfaen, North Wales in 1877/78. She was previously married to Charles John McKenzie ( a German subject born in the US according to the 1901 census) & that marriage took place at St Thomas's Church Seaforth, on 1 March 1901 & is also on Ancestry Liverpool Parish Records Collection. I have been unable to find any trace of Charles John McKenzie, living or dead, after the 1901 census entry.
Any ideas as to the reason for the belated correction in the PR, or indeed the whereabouts of Charles John McKenzie after 1901 would be gratefully received!
Many thanks
The marriage was between Margaret Roberts & James Cahill at St Nicholas Liverpool on 5 May 1907 & the record entry was corrected by a note in the margin in the presence of the Superintendant Registrar, the bride & another witness in December 1922. The correction gives her age at marriage as 30 (previously 23) & her father's name as John Roberts (previously John Robert McKenzie). Given the registrar's involvement I would imagine that the Record Office marriage entry has also been amended but I have not ordered the certificate as I don't believe it will give me any further information.
The Marriage Register entry is at this link on Ancestry:
Clearly the original entry was incorrect, but I expect the age was deliberately understated as Margaret was several years older than her husband, & the father's name seems to have been just a simple error. I'm not sure, though, how any of this would have come to light all those years later unless Margaret herself had a fit of conscience & reported it! Or perhaps the marriage certificate was needed to obtain some kind of pension or welfare benefit?
Incidentally, I have found Margaret on the 1911 census living with her mother & family in Litherland Lancashire, though don't have the reference to hand, also the following
1901 census (Class: RG13; Piece: 3443; Folio: 45; Page: 32.),
1891 (Class: RG12; Piece: 2986; Folio 15; Page 23)
& 1881 Wales Census (Class: RG11; Piece: 5551; Folio: 41; Page: 75)
I believe she was born in Llysfaen, North Wales in 1877/78. She was previously married to Charles John McKenzie ( a German subject born in the US according to the 1901 census) & that marriage took place at St Thomas's Church Seaforth, on 1 March 1901 & is also on Ancestry Liverpool Parish Records Collection. I have been unable to find any trace of Charles John McKenzie, living or dead, after the 1901 census entry.
Any ideas as to the reason for the belated correction in the PR, or indeed the whereabouts of Charles John McKenzie after 1901 would be gratefully received!
Many thanks
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