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    Hi,
    I am new to this site, and fairly new to genealogy. I have joined Ancestry.co , and am finding it very useful. I now have a problem (not the last one I'm sure) which I hope someone can help with.
    The latest marriage certificate I have received - dated 1859 - has one word that I cannot decipher, in the column for Father's name. All the other marriage certificates I have show in this column the father's name, a dash (showing that the father was unknown) ,or the name plus 'deceased' in brackets, and never anything else. These I can understand. On this latest one there is the father's name (Richard Carrier) plus another word which I cannot read. I have attached (I hope) a copy of this section of the certificate in case anyone can help.
    Any assistance would be very welcome, and if this problem has cropped up before and I have not found it, my apologies for taking up your time.
    I plan to use this site to contact anyone else researching my branch of the CARRIER family, once I work out how.

    Thanks again,
    Bob.
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    Hello Bobc35 and welcome to FTF.

    It looks like Richard Carrier Snowden or Scowden to me, which would be his surname, nothing else.

    OC

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    • #3
      Could it say Swavesea? There was a Richard Carrier aged 78 living in Swavesey in 1861 - perhaps they thought they should give his address as well as his name. Swavesey is about 30 miles from Wisbech where you people married, and in the 1840s a railway was built between Cambridge and Wisbech, with a station at Swavesey so movement between the two places was easy.
      Last edited by JudithM; 04-05-12, 17:40. Reason: extra info
      Judith passed away in October 2018

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      • #4
        Oooh, Judith, I think you are right! Address written in the wrong column!

        OC

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        • #5
          Thanks Judith, this is almost certainly the answer. Both sides of the family were from this area for many generations before moving to London.
          I am very impressed with the speed of response on this, the only problem of course is that it will encourage me to pester you all with more questions.
          Thanks again,
          Bob.

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