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Can we find 1st marriage pls
Free reg.
Worcestershire Blackheath St Paul
Marriage date 8 Nov 1891
Joseph SMITH- age 28- bachelor- occupation fitting striker- abode Blackheath- father Samuel SMITH- father occupation fitting maker
Mary PLANT - age 27- widow-abode Blackheath- father Charles DARBY- father occupation horse nail maker
Witness1 Samuel DOWNING
Witness2 Harriette JOHNSON
Notes Brides father deceased

DARBY Mary PLANT Reuben 1884 Rowley Regis, St Giles Sandwell Register Office 18/6/261

connecting up he is on Bcc.

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Staffordshire Rowley Regis St Giles
Marriage date 24 Aug 1884
Reuben PLANT-age 22- bachelor- occupation Tube Worker- abode Coombss Wood-father William PLANT- father occupation Tube Worker
Mary DARBY -age 20-spinster- abode Coombs Wood-father Samuel SMITH- father occupation Tube Worker
Witness1 Thomas ?
Witness2 Mary PLANT
Notes The bride, groom & both witnesses signed with X. The 1st witnesses surname is illegible

surely that marriage is wrong for Mary Darby father should be Charles darby....

I will disconnect if it is wrong....help! ...is Mary Darbys father a Samuel smith...or is it an error in transcript.

Deaths Dec 1889
Plant Reuben 27 Stourbridge 6c 80

can anyone see thsi marriage anywhere
DARBY Charles WHITE Ellen 1841 Oldswinford, St Mary Dudley Register Office 003/002/25

Bear with me, could Mary fit in here somehow ? it would explain the change of fathers names.

I cannot find a birth for Nancy and she would have been born before Charles and Catherine married. is Nancy Mary ?

https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/t ... ver=549633

SANDERS, MARY DARBY -
GRO Reference: 1864 J Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 126

On the 1871 I think that says Mary not Nancy

Well done you you have cracked it.....

Completed with a big hug cos it was doin my head in

1881 Mary is a servant
Name: Mary Darby
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Relationship to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Netherton Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: The Hill
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Coombs Wood Cottage
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Servant
Registration District: Stourbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2885
Folio: 15
Page Number: 24
Household Members:
Name Age
Jesse Tronnant 52
Sarah Tronnant 49
Albert Tronnant 17
Mary Darby 16

Samuel and Catherine the same area
Name: Samuel Smith
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Catherine Smith
Gender: Male
Where born: Netherton, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: The Hill
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Coombs Wood Cottage
Marital status: Married
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Gas Fitter Maker
Registration District: Stourbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2885
Folio: 12
Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Smith 38
Catherine Smith 36
Joseph Smith 18
Samuel Smith 15
Olive Smith 13
Harriet Darby 10
Mary Jane Smith 9
Thomas Smith 4
Jesse Smith

Is Joseph Smith Mary Darbys step brother, Samuel is Josephs father and Marys step father

kdwoodie wrote:Is Joseph Smith Mary Darbys step brother, Samuel is Josephs father and Marys step father

hang on ...let me get my heard round it...good enuff to connect?

yes same occupations