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My great grandparents Susannah Marston and Thomas Smith were married July1867 at St Thomas Church, Dudley. I only have those details but am wondering if anyone has access to the Parish Registers and they have time if they could check this entry and see if any other details are available. I believe his father was William Smith but no idea about his mother. Also I have no idea where William or Thomas were born although I know Susannah Marston was born in Cleo Mortimer.

I am a newbie, so if I am asking for too much then I apologise.

This is from fmp.

England Marriages 1538-1973.

Thomas Smith.
Susan Marston.
Marriage date 15 Jul 1867.
Marriage place Dudley.

and this from,

West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1867.
SMITH Thomas. MARSTON Susan. 1867. Dudley, St Thomas. Dudley Register Offic.e 204/025/278.

Susan was born out of wedlock,

MARSTON, SUSANNAH blank.
GRO Reference: 1849 S Quarter in CLEOBURY MORTIMER Volume 18 Page 41.

Thank you Jimmy for you responses. Much appreciated. I wonder if you would know where a copy of the original marriage record could be obtained from. I had no luck with a google search and although I checked the GRO they don't do marriages. Thank you.

Transcribed from Worcester Archives

278 15 Jul 1867 St Thomas Dudley
Thomas SMITH 19 B Miner Dudley Father William Dead Contractor
Susan MARSTON 18 S Dudley Father (Blank)
After Bans The X Of Both
Wit; Emma Smith X / Amber? Broom X

Susan was Christened at St Giles Farlow Shropshire

609 1849 10 May 1849 Susan daughter of Elizabeth MARSON Windmoor Pool a Labouring woman

1851 Random Farlow Shropshire
John Marston Head Married Male 70 1781 Day labour Shropshire, England
Mary Marston Wife Married Female 64 1787 - Shropshire, England
Mary Marston Daughter Unmarried Female 23 1828 At home Shropshire, England
Hanah Marston Daughter Unmarried Female 18 1833 At home Shropshire, England
Charlotte Marston Daughter Unmarried Female 16 1835 At home Shropshire, England
Susan Marston Grand daughter - Female 1 1850 At home Herefordshire, England
John Marston Grand son - Male 0 1851 - Herefordshire, England
Best RF

moved to the black country discussion section.

You can order marriage certifs from the Gro.
https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-dea ... ertificate

visit the online Gro and go to order a certificate You have to sign in.
You can find the gro ref you need from the free bmd website.
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/

you can also visit the archives and look it up in their cataglogues.

Jimmy wrote:Susan was born out of wedlock,

MARSTON, SUSANNAH blank.
GRO Reference: 1849 S Quarter in CLEOBURY MORTIMER Volume 18 Page 41.

Could be a brother,

MARSTON, JOHN blank.
GRO Reference: 1850 S Quarter in CLEOBURY MORTIMER Volume 18 Page 46.

John was Christened at St Giles Farlow Shropshire
1850
636 8 Sep John son of Mary MARSON Windmoor Pool Farlow a Labouring woman

Could this be Susan's mother Elizabeth.

1841. Full address Underhill Street, St Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
Thomas Marston 35. Carpet weaver.
Susan Marston 40.
Thomas Marston 15.
Elizabeth Marston 14.
Sarah Marston 12.
John Marston 10.
Robert Marston 8.
Emma Marston 6.

1851. River Side, St Leonard, Bridgnorth.
Elizabeth Marston. Head. unmarried. 23. Dress maker. Kidderminster.
John Marston. Brother. Unmarried.20. Carpet weaver. Kidderminster.
Robert Marston. Brother. Unmarried. 18. Carpet weaver. Kidderminster.
MariaBell. Lodger. Unmarried. 20. Worsted spinner. Kidderminster.
JohnSmith. Lodger. Unmarried. 20. Carpet weaver. Bridgnorth.Quatford, Shropshire, England

Marriage,
Quatford, Shropshire.
05 Aug 1851.
John Smith. minor. Bachelor. Carpet weaver. John Smith. Carpet weaver.
Elizabeth Marston. full age. Thomas Marston. Carpet weaver.

Could I thank Jimmy, Northern Lass and RockyFowler for the wonderful information you have supplied. It will be a big help and is more than I could hope for. Thank you all for taking the time to do the searching. Mai_ling

I will move this to archive unless you need any more on this thread.

Thank you, the information received has been really helpful.