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Thanks rootgatherer, I should have remembered that. I once found a couple who I thought had married twice (once in Liverpool and once in Duns in Berwickshire) until somebody pointed out that the Scottish one was probably the bans and not the actual marriage. This was after civil registration.

Potty

It is not unusual for the same marriage to appear a few days apart in neighbouring parishes. The marriage will have been recorded in both the Groom's parish and the bride's parish.

If you look at the records they will say something like

Allan Anderson of this parish......to Isabella Thomson of Kenmore

and the other one

Isabella Thomson of this parish ...to Allan Anderson of Fortingall


You may find that perhaps one will give the names and / or occupations of the fathers and one will not - it just depends on the person recording the event.

Have you got the names in the right boxes - very easy to put first name in surname box!

I am putting Thomson in the surname box, Isabel in the first name box, selecting Perth as the county and scrolling down and selecting either Fortingall or Kenmore as the parish. I also entered the exact dates for each of the two marriages.

Potty,
I have sent you a PM.

I have tried on OPR (SP)
I put Perth and all Parishes and still nothing comes up.

Are you sure you are searching under Old Parish Registers - the column with the blue background?

Potty,
are you looking on OPR ?

Just checked again on scotlandspeople and a marriage IS coming up in Kenmore! In fact both the marriages from familysearch are there. It is a bit of a coincidence for two couples with the same names to mary in adjacent villages within two days!

Potty,
I'm doing something wrong, I can't get Isabella and Allans marriage up on SP?

Potty,
I got it from familysearch.
I'll have a look at the one you found on SP.
Thank you.

The Fortingall marriage is coming up on scotlandspeople - I don't have any credits to view it.

Sandra, you didn't say where you got the marriage in your original post from. I think that the Fortingall one I found is correct. I have checked and Fortingall and Kenmore are very close together. Kenmore marriages for that time are on the IGI (batch No M113605 1824-1855 ) and there is no Isabel Thomson/Allan Anderson marriage listed.

Nothing on burials either. (on SP)
I give up now.

I have a death cert on SP for Jessie Anderson, she died 10-01-1904 (Aged 69) in Greenock, her parents are Allan and Isabella.

The OPRs are mainly Church of Scotland records so they may have married in a different church eg United Free, Roman Catholic etc.

They don't seem to appear on a census record after 1851 so they may have died before compulsory registration began in 1855. If they remained in the same area it may be that you have to look for burial records.

Just had a look on SP OPR but nothing comes up.

You are quiet correct Potty. Scottish death certificates (after 1855, when registration began) give the name and occupation of the father and name and maiden surname of the mother if the informant knew them. Female deaths can be searched using both the married surname and the maiden surname as a cross reference.


EDIT

Have you looked for the marriage on the OPRs at Scotlandspeople? Sometimes OPR marriages give the names of the bride and groom's fathers.

Potty,
I looked on SP for a death and got - Isabella Thomson previously Anderson, she was married to David Thomson. It wasn't the same person.

Yes, I saw your other thread - I think Temon must be a mistranscription - I can't find it in Perthshire. Could you look at the original image on scotlandspeople?

There are several Isabel Thompsons born around the right time in Perthshire but no way of telling which might be yours.

Do you know when she died? I have a feeling Scottish death certs give parents' names.

Viv and Potty,
Thank you. I have another thread for a census lookup for their children, and according to that she was born in Temon, Perthshire c1807.

Is where you got her marriage from - IGI submitted record - submitted records are not always correct:

ISABELL THOMPSON Pedigree
Marriages:
Spouse: ALLAN ANDERSON Family
Marriage: 16 MAY 1830 Kenmore, Perth, Scotland

But this is an extracted one - not sure how far Kenmore is from Fortingall:

ISABEL THOMSON Pedigree
Marriages:
Spouse: ALLAN ANDERSON Family
Marriage: 15 MAY 1830 Fortingall, Perth, Scotland