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Old 06-02-10, 21:57
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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?



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Old 06-02-10, 22:08
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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.
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Old 06-02-10, 22:11
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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
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Old 06-02-10, 22:20
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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
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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
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Old 06-02-10, 22:29
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Thanks again Jill - I hadn't seen that

Nothing rings any bells, because I'm not entirely sure what I am looking for!


What prompted me to send for the certificate was to see whether Clarence Edmund Platt could possibly be the same person as the Clarence T Platt on this cert ( who may well never have existed) - I know it's a long shot!!! and looks utterly unlikely - and the Clarence's father's are different - but, at least so far as the second Clarence (assuming he is a different Clarence) is concerned, I think there was an element of deception/fraud in relation to his marriage/s -sorry it's so complicated



No idea if this makes sense - even to me!! LOL

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Can only find Alice K Platt born 1871 in Kensington. A single woman and her sister Emmie living with her.
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Can't remember but have we found any of them in 1911?
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Alice K Platt is the sister of Clarence Edmund Platt. (1891 census)
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