Some Marriage Certificate queries

I have just been looking at this certificate again and have a few queries



Is the groom's occupation "Temporary Civil Servant"?...seems a bit odd.

Why would the bride's father's details have been ommitted?

Next to the witness Henry Oliphant's name is written "A K Platt" - I had thought this meant "otherwise known as Platt" - or is it that there was a 3rd witness called AK Platt?



Thank you

Joan

[Jill]

I think AK Platt is a third witness. Presumably the bride knew nothing about her father.

As to the groom's occupation, I expect during 1917 lots of people ended up doing war work in odd places. Conscription started in 1916 I think so he has side stepped that for some reason.

Thanks Jill

I am trying find out who Hester Appleton was and getting stuck!! LOL - If only her father's name had been on the cert!!

Your explanation for the groom's occupation makes perfect sense - Thank you

[Jill]

There's an Alice K Platt born c1877 living in Kensington listed on the 1911 census (I don't have a sub to that), don't know if that rings any bells as the 3rd witness

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Jill

There's an Alice K Platt born c1877 living in Kensington listed on the 1911 census (I don't have a sub to that), don't know if that rings any bells as the 3rd witness

I have a sub, I'll take a look

[Margaret in Burton]

Can only find Alice K Platt born 1871 in Kensington. A single woman and her sister Emmie living with her.

[Margaret in Burton]

Joan

Can't remember but have we found any of them in 1911?

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Margaret in Burton

Can only find Alice K Platt born 1871 in Kensington. A single woman and her sister Emmie living with her.

Alice and Emmie are born in Clapton, London.

I have found Clarence Edmond Platt in 1911, he is also born in Clapton, London.
There is also a Horace Frederick Platt there.
They seem to be at a sort of lodging house in Guildford

H F Platt on the marriage cert

Originally Posted by Margaret in Burton

Alice and Emmie are born in Clapton, London.

I have found Clarence Edmond Platt in 1911, he is also born in Clapton, London.
There is also a Horace Frederick Platt there.
They seem to be at a sort of lodging house in Guildford

Oooh thank you Margaret...Guildford is interesting - I don;t suppose there are any lodgers there with German- sounding surnames?

Originally Posted by Margaret in Burton

I have a sub, I'll take a look

Thank you Marg