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Missing marriage
I have the family of John Williams and his wife Margaret, who on Ancestry trees had the surname of Samuel before marriage.
This is corroborated by the birth of their son Matthew Simon and subsequent children: WILLIAMS, MATTHEW SIMON SAMUEL GRO Reference: 1853 M Quarter in SWANSEA UNION Volume 11A Page 392 WILLIAMS, SIMON SAMUEL GRO Reference: 1854 D Quarter in SWANSEA UNION Volume 11A Page 392 WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH SAMUEL GRO Reference: 1859 M Quarter in SWANSEA Volume 11A Page 511 However, I can't find registrations for John (born c. 1849) and Margaret (born c. 1850) with the mother's maiden name of Samuel. I haven't found a marriage for John Williams and Margaret Samuel. In the Swansea Registration District there are two marriages for a Margaret Samuel in the correct time frame: First name(s) MARGARET Last name SAMUEL Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1843 Registration month - MarriageFinder ™ MARGARET SAMUEL married one of these people John Stephen, John Smith, John Stephens, James Rees District Swansea First name(s) MARGARET Last name SAMUEL Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1844 Registration month - MarriageFinder ™ MARGARET SAMUEL married one of these people Lott Mathews, John Rees, William Williams, David Jones District Swansea I'm wondering whether she married, was widowed, then married John Williams and that the first children had her previous married name as the mmn. One online tree has the specific marriage as here: 8 Apr 1843 Bethesda Chapel, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom So another possibility is that Margaret had already married and been widowed. However, no marriages for a Margaret Samuel to anyone in the Swansea district before that. She was born c. 1821. |
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