Transcribing a Marriage in 1846 there is a Margin Note "Dwarfs." Helpful information for some but would GRO show that 'extra' if one applied for a copy of the Certificate?
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Hello OC, I'm transcribing the Register.
It's for LanOPC so wont be on-line for a few weeks yet and Val, I cant put the image up because the software wont let me. The marriage was on 7/8/1846 at St Peter's Liverpool between Joseph Astill & Elizabeth Mansfield both are of 'full' age and the bride signs with an 'X' in case you want to see what you can find.
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Alan
As I thought, this was just a subjecive comment by the Vicar who performed the marriage. It will not have appeared on the certificate because it has no place on the certificate. Marriage laws do not require to know whether someone is of normal height or not!
I do love these comments in the margins though and that is why I always encourage people to look at original registers. I have found such gems as "A great and incontinent whore" next to my umpty-times relative. "A liar and a godless thief" next to someone else's relative, lol.
OC
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