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FINDING MY GREAT GRAND PARENTS MARRIAGE DATE

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Kathleen Marie

Kathleen Marie Report 11 Sep 2013 14:25

my my great grand father was born
John Dunford born 21 Oct 1812 Baptized 25 Oct 1812 at St Marys Church Lancashire .England
Father John Dunford Mother Martha Dunford
now done a search in England and wales and Ireland cannot find there Marriage.
Now if they Lived there must be a Record of them .it sounds so easy but cannot find any trace of them .Please can you help.
Need Martha Maiden Name
John and Martha Wedding Day
John Dunford Birth Date and Where.
Baptism would be great to find his Father and Mother
So Please .Please can you help

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 11 Sep 2013 15:26

There's a member's tree on Ancestry (no guarantee it's accurate) which says this re John Dunford senior:

Birth
1790 abt
Waterford, Ireland
Marriage to Martha (no surname given)
1811 Age: 21
St Mary's Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Marriage to Elizabeth Moss
1835 23 Mar Age: 45
Liverpool St Peter, Lancashire
Death
Liverpool, Lancashire
Burial
1837 13 Dec
St Anthony´S, Lancashire, England
Age: 59

This is given as proof of death and birth years:

Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1988 about John Dunford
Name: John Dunford
Birth Year: abt 1778 (Ed: very different from year implied by age at marriage)
Age: 59
Death Year: abt 1837
Burial Date: 13 Dec 1837
Parish: St Anthony's

This is given re second marriage:

Liverpool, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 about John Dunford
Name: John Dunford
Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1835
Parish: Liverpool, St Peter
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Moss
Reference Number: 283 PET/3/20

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 11 Sep 2013 16:17

Another thread re this family:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1331348