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Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	Jenny	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:21
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	I'm new to this site so forgive me for asking the obvious. Is there a quick way to find a marriage that may have taken place in London between 1914 and 1926 without going through each quarter of the bmd records. The name of the bride will be Mary Martha Fanny Fowler but I don't know who her spouse was. Any advice or help will be gratefully accepted.
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 715 Send Message	Mummy Bear	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:24
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 715 Send Message	http://www.freebmd.org.uk There are aload of Mary M Fowlers MB
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Familyfinder	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:27
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Any idea roughly where it may have taken place?
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Familyfinder	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:31
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Marriages Dec 1926 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowler Mary M - Bernard W Ivory Wandsworth 1d 1218 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This one looks a good/possible-only one when I just searched 'London' and Mary M Fowler.-the others were too early-around 1900
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,113 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:34
	Possible birth....? Births Jun 1897 Fowler Mary Martha F ..Richmond, S. 2a 409 Gwyn
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Familyfinder	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:35
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Ivory Maureen J Fowler Wandsworth 1d 848 Births Dec 1927 A likely child of the above marriage-but you'd need earlier info on Mary to tie things up-best order marriage cert?
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Familyfinder	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:38
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	The only Bernard W Ivory birth that came up Surname First name(s) District Vol Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Mar 1896 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivory Bernard William Wandsworth 1d 717
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	Jenny	Report	14 Jul 2010 20:52
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	The birth record is correct - Mary Martha Fanny Fowler was definitely born in 1897. She was my grandmother but I've been unable to find any record of her marriage to my grandfather - he was called Harry Rees Wilson BAYNE. My mum thinks its likely that Mary had married someone else before she met grandad - and in those days divorce was expensive so they lived together. I'm certain any marriage she may have entered would have been prior to 1927 as my uncle was born in that year and was registered as BAYNE. I think its unlikely to be the IVORY surname as its fairly close to the time my uncle would have been conceived Jenny
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Familyfinder	Report	14 Jul 2010 21:19
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	you may be right-she must have married young if so-but can't see another likely-very strange!-or maybe he was married before?
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	14 Jul 2010 21:52
	Registering a child under the father's surname is no proof that a marriage had taken place.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,113 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	14 Jul 2010 21:53
	Uncle could still be registered as BAYNE, even if they hadn't married. I can't see another marriage for Harry though. Could he have married overseas perhaps....? Gwyn
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	14 Jul 2010 21:54
	This is the only bmd record on Ancestry for the name.................... Name: Harry R W Bayne Death Registration Month/Year: 1962 Age at death (estimated): 68 Registration district: Devon Central Inferred County: Devonshire Volume: 7a Page: 315
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	14 Jul 2010 21:55
	Name: Harry R W Bayne Age: 4 Estimated birth year: abt 1897 Relation: Son Father's Name: James A Mother's Name: Florence M Gender: Male Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Stockton Heath Ecclesiastical parish: Stockton Heath St Thomas Town: Stockton Heath County/Island: Cheshire Country: England Registration district: Runcorn Sub-registration district: Budworth ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 63 Household Members: Name Age James A Bayne 31 Florence M Bayne 30 Jeanie Bayne 8 Harry R W Bayne 4 Merabel A Bayne 2
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	14 Jul 2010 21:56
	Name: Mary M F Bayne Death Registration Month/Year: 1967 Age at death (estimated): 70 Registration district: Devon Central Inferred County: Devonshire Volume: 7a Page: 330
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	14 Jul 2010 21:58
	British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Name: Harry R W Bayne Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery Regimental Number: 46802
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	14 Jul 2010 22:01
	There is no bmd record on Ancestry for Mary M F Fowler
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	Jenny	Report	14 Jul 2010 22:01
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	Thankyou to everyone for help and advice. It's always possible that granddad did marry in Canada. I know he spent some time in Canada - possibly after WW1 (he was in the trenches during the war) and before meeting my gran in the mid 1920's. Is there anyway of checking the Canadian marriage records just in case ? Thanks again Jenny
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Familyfinder	Report	14 Jul 2010 22:03
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Devon Central is Exeter-near me how odd! Was looking up in London!
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	Jenny	Report	14 Jul 2010 22:08
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 116 Send Message	Family moved to Exmouth after Mr Hitler kindly sent his bombers to drop a rather large one onto their little house in London. My mum was about 11 when she moved to Exmouth - met and married my dad and has lived in Exeter ever since. She is now 79.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Familyfinder	Report	14 Jul 2010 22:09
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 3,141 Send Message	Ahhh-I see -Exmouth is nice though-nice Mr Hitler!!!

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