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So it looks like he attended the wedding as he is mentioned . Unless parish record is incorrect . But previously we have assumed he has died around 1849 .
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Just because a father is named on a marriage cert doesn't mean he was at the wedding! It was a legal requirement that a father's details were taken and recorded. So his name being on the certificate doesn't mean he was there. Family members did not routinely attend weddings in those days as they do today.
It was very common for information to be taken about the father without asking if they were dead or alive too. So a marriage certificate that suggests the father is alive isn't exactly incorrect, it's just not complete information. There is no mention in the column headings of the requirement to state if the father is deceased.
It's more likely it's correct that Esther was a widow in 1851 (have you looked for her husband staying somewhere else and found any possible matches?).