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KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Oct 2017 10:38

It is better to do your own research than rely on others if they don't give source information. Is this your great grandfather's marriage? :-

England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription
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First name(s) WILLIAM HENRY
Last name MCDOWELL
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1869
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ WILLIAM HENRY MCDOWELL married one of these people
Emily Dawe, Edith Harriett Rundle
District Stoke Damerel
District number -
County Devon
Country England
Volume 5B
Page 507
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

If it is then you could buy the marriage certificate which should give his father's name and occupation (if he knew his father), and you can then look for the family in the census.

Kath. x

joysie4

joysie4 Report 2 Oct 2017 10:25

I joined Ancestry two weeks ago I am utterly confused as other members are tracing the same names in my tree and spouces and dates are all different so im thinking of going back to my grt grandfather willim henry mcdowell b 1847 devon as I have certificates

So how can I prove john mcdowell b 8/20/1815 stoke damerel devon
is his father and william mcdowell b1792 is his grandfather and so on as another person gave me this information

any help appreciated joyce m :-S