I am researching the family of Ralph Gowland born approximately 1817. On Census he indicates he was born at Stanhope, Co. Durham. On one census he even mentions the Village of Eastgate (which is not far from Stanhope).
Ralph married a Jane Tate. They lived in the District of Easington, Co. Durham. However the only marriage record I can find is that of a Ralph Golden. The GRO gives his name as Ralph Golden December quarter 1839 Easington Volume 24 Page 95. The marriage records for Monk Hesleden Church shows the marriage on 29th December 1839 show a Ralph Golden (full age) of Thornley, the son of Thomas Golden to Jane Tate (full age) daughter of Robert Tate. I have not seen the original entry, these details come from a local indexing site.
I can find very few members of a Golden family in the Stanhope area, but what I have found is the baptism at St. John the Baptist Church, St. John’s Chapel, Stanhope on the 5th September 1813 of a Ralph Gowland, son of Thomas Gowland and Mary. There are entries for two other children to this couple. Their address is given as Swinhopeburn which is close to Westgate and Eastgate, Nr. Stanhope.
If the Vicar heard Golden instead of Gowland and if Ralph and Jane could not read, they would not know that their marriage had been recorded incorrectly. Or am I simply trying to fit the information to what I wish to know?
Can I please have your comments and where do I go from here?
Ralph married a Jane Tate. They lived in the District of Easington, Co. Durham. However the only marriage record I can find is that of a Ralph Golden. The GRO gives his name as Ralph Golden December quarter 1839 Easington Volume 24 Page 95. The marriage records for Monk Hesleden Church shows the marriage on 29th December 1839 show a Ralph Golden (full age) of Thornley, the son of Thomas Golden to Jane Tate (full age) daughter of Robert Tate. I have not seen the original entry, these details come from a local indexing site.
I can find very few members of a Golden family in the Stanhope area, but what I have found is the baptism at St. John the Baptist Church, St. John’s Chapel, Stanhope on the 5th September 1813 of a Ralph Gowland, son of Thomas Gowland and Mary. There are entries for two other children to this couple. Their address is given as Swinhopeburn which is close to Westgate and Eastgate, Nr. Stanhope.
If the Vicar heard Golden instead of Gowland and if Ralph and Jane could not read, they would not know that their marriage had been recorded incorrectly. Or am I simply trying to fit the information to what I wish to know?
Can I please have your comments and where do I go from here?
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