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Hi Suzanne - yes I thought he may have been contracted for work in London but I would have thought he/they would have gone back to his or her parish in Leicesterhsire for the marriage as they both had substantial family members there who would have expected to attend their wedding. Hi MarkCDodd - th...

Why would a couple who lived and presumably met in Leicesterhsire marry in London? Thomas Fisher (b1811) of West Deeping, Leics, a carpenter and Mary Bull (b1813) of Hambleton, Rutland, a farmer's daughter (a farm owned by the Bulls since mid 1700s) are married in a London parish. The record is defi...

Hello. My natural surname is Carl John Dwight Fisher and I was later adopted to the surname of Duffin. I was born in Leicester in 1960 and currently live with my wife in Cornwall. My family research began shortly after the death of my mother as asking about my real father always caused problems with...