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I have just started to research my family tree and cannot find the marriage of my great grandfather to my great grandmother, and wondered if anyone had any suggestions.
Charles Hall Trimmer married Barbara Brown.
He was born on 17 December 1874 in Alton, Southampton, England.
2 of their youngest children were born in Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1909 and 1912.
I do not find a trace of him in the 1901 census either, or record of their 2 older children - Donald and Betty (probably Elizabeth).

Many thanks
Linda

Just for ref

Births Mar 1875 (>99%)
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Trimmer Charles Hall Alton 2c 145

For Ref

1891 England Census
about Charles Hall Trimmer
Name: Charles Hall Trimmer
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Alton, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Framlingham
Town: Framlingham
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Plomesgate
Sub registration district: Framlingham
ED, institution, or vessel: Framlingham College

What was his occupation on children's birth certs?

Christine

1891 England Census
about Charles Hall Trimmer
Name: Charles Hall Trimmer
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Alton, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Framlingham
Town: Framlingham
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Plomesgate
Sub registration district: Framlingham
ED, institution, or vessel: Framlingham College
Neighbors: View others on page


Could be his brother. I haven't copied it all as there are loads of boarders

1891 England Census
about William Bradley Trimmer
Name: William Bradley Trimmer
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Alton, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Framlingham
Town: Framlingham
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Plomesgate
Sub registration district: Framlingham
ED, institution, or vessel: Framlingham College
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:


1881 England Census
about Charles Hall Trimmer
Name: Charles Hall Trimmer
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Agnes
Gender: Male
Where born: Alton, Hampshire, England

Civil Parish: Alton
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street address: High St
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Alton
Sub registration district: Alton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Alexander 26
Margaret M.L. Beatton 38
Kate Bridger 26
Annie Gregory 15
Mary Gregory 19
Louisa Smith 22
Agnes Trimmer 39
Agnes Maria Trimmer 13
Charles Hall Trimmer 6
Edna Magt. Trimmer
Mabel Eliza Trimmer 11
Mildred Florence Trimmer 8
Philip Hy. Trimmer 2
William Trimmer 44
Winifred Mary Trimmer 9
Wm.Bradley Trimmer 4
Edith Emily Whitmore 26


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Original
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Now to look for marriage

Could this be one of yours?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
about Philip H Trimmer
Name: Philip H Trimmer
Year of Registration: 1912
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Brown
District: Ely
County: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Volume: 3b
Page: 867 (click to see others on page)

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Mar 1910 (>99%)
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TRIMMER Donald James Kingston 2a 397

Possible for Donald...not to good with geography. think its way out

Sorry Linda

I give up! Could he have been on a boat somewhere?
Cant find the marriage either

Marcelle

I wondered if he was a soldier, that's why I was asking what his occupation was on the birth certs, thought maybe the marriage and other births were abroad.

Christine

Don't know if you have this

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1867 (>99%)
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HALL Agnes Alton 2c 241
LOE Edwin Alton 2c 241
TRIMMER William Alton 2c 241

Is this his birth? On BVRI:

TRIMMER, Charles Hall Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 3 Feb 1875 Recorded in: Alton, Hampshire, England
Father: William TRIMMER
Mother: Agnes
Source: FHL Film Dates: 1813 - 1875

Christine

I was thinking the same thing as they are no where to be seen

Marcelle

Thank you to all of you for those answers. On my grandfather's birth certificate he was a Brewery Manager (yes!!), but I believe that later on he owned a Kipper Fleet in Aberdeen, Scotland. I really was trying to find the marriage certificate, and thought it was just me being dumb as I'm new to this game! I had managed to find all census information and the younger 2 birth certificates, plus his parents marriage certificate. I think he would have got married between 1900 and 1906, but have not had any luck looking through marriages for then. Perhaps he was "abroad" somewhere!

Linda

Is this one of the children?

Name: Agnes Barbara C Trimmer
Year of Registration: 1907
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Ely
County: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Volume: 3b
Page: 485 (click to see others on page)

Have you searched the full indexes or just the trannscribed ones?

Christine

Christine, as I am a really new learner, I don't know the difference between full indexes and transcribed ones, please could you explain. Thanks for Agnes, I'll check her out - could be my gandfather's older sister, as he was born in April 1909.

Thanks
Linda

Hi Linda,

Do you subscribe to Ancestry, if so you can look at all the images qtr by qtr not just the transribed ones.

When you go to the BMD page on Ancestry, click on Compete Indexes, not the partial.

You then enter the name and year + or - however many you want and then search qtr by qtr.

Added, I'm doing 04-06 but they are very slow loading at the moment

Christine

The marriage isn't in those years and it's too slow at the moment to do any more, sorry.

Christine

Thanks so much Christine will do so.

Linda