Curses! This is one case where I chose wrongly. I decided to send for the marriage certificate of Elizabeth and Edward Sullivan to try to clear up the previously-mentioned puzzle. Foolishly, I looked up the reference number for Edward but decided to send for the certificate in Elizabeth’s name – and guessed that would be Hutchings as that is how the family appeared in the census about then. I then received a letter from the GRO saying they could not find such a reference. When I checked, the name she was married under was Edwards. Curses!

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August 8, 2009 at 11:50 am
Gareth
now now – we can’t have that sort of language!
August 8, 2009 at 11:42 pm
M&D
Ah, my one loyal reader – I accept your reprimand in the spirit in which it was given 😀