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Alviegal, Do you mean William Black?

George Brigham certainly didn't marry Margaret White in 1861 .
In that case - back to the assumption that "your" Margaret and William didn't marry.

An aweful lot of people in Northumberland in those days were non-conformist so if your couple were then you won't find the marriage in the ordinary parish records.

A lot of the non-conformist records are transcribed and reasonably easy to look up. The staff at Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn are very good and may do a look up for you (although these days they may charge).

Kath. x

The marriage should still have been registered with the civil authorities……..IF one took place.

KathleenBell, yes I agree wih you about the levels of Non Conformity in the area as a lot of my ancestors were non conformists, eg - Methodism crops up a lot in the family..

I have heard of the archives at Woodhorn, so will keep them in mind.


ErikaH, I know it doesn't look like they married from what you have found, it could be one of the many that the marriage was not registered, which I think only became compulsary in 1875?

1875 was when penalties came in for not registering BIRTHS.

Oh, penalties for Births !! I knew it was somthing like that, just couldn't remember.

So, marriages ought (!) to be registered somewhere.....

Thanks.

By the way, I ordered a digital copyof Jane Hannah Wilkinson's death certificate - I believe it to be her!

She died Sunderland Workhouse aged 39yrs, died of Phtisis Certified (Which is T.B. !). Date of death 6 April, 1874.

Her middle name of Hannah is not mentioned in death certificate, but everything ties in with age and the 1871 &other census'.

At some point I will try the local archives for the workhouse, which evetually became a NHS hospital after the war, for any possible admission / patient detail etc.


Finally found her !!

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Cemetery Registers, Gateshead District - Record Number: 913598.12
Location: Gateshead, County Durham
Cemetery: East Cemetery
Denomination: any
18 Feb 1875 Isabella Wilkinson, of 2 Frank Terrace, age: 75, wife of Thomas Wilkinson