I sent for the marriage certificate for my great grandparents - the parents of my maternal grandfather Thomas Stokes. I was interested to know when in January 1904 they had got married, as granddad was born on January 25th 1904.
The certificate arrived, the date of the marriage January 2nd, 1904 in St Andrew's Parish, Wigan. The witnesses were Thomas Houghton, the bride's step brother and Mary Peters, the groom's sister.
It was interesting in that the link to the Houghton's, confirmed the census and other information I had on my great grandmother Annie Sharp - her stepfather was William Houghton, her mother Ellen Houghton (nee Sharp) - however the certificate had no father for Annie and confirmed Thomas Stokes as the father of Thomas Stokes (the groom).
What the census reveals is that there were 5 Sharp children, including Annie, whose mother Ellen married William Houghton after she was born, the next batch of children were all Houghton's. It seems Annie wasn't married when she had the 5 children.
On all the previous census records Ellen is recorded as living with her mother Elizabeth Sharp - there is no sign of a father for Ellen either, though he could have died young.
The marriage certificate confirmed what I had found in research about Thomas Stokes and about Annie Sharp, and that I was on the right track.
Linda
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