Genealogy Chat

I've several instances of people who are married on one census, and on the previous census, one is lodger in the other's house. I also have gt gt grandparents who were both in service. I assume that they were either working in the same household and thus met, or they had the same afternoon off and met elsewhere. My mum and dad met on the bus, as he was a bus conductor and she a passenger. She was introduced by a mutual friend, Mary. Mum and Mary were coming back from a Prom concert and Mum and Dad got into a heated discussion about classical music. Dad invited her out to continue the discussion. nell

My parents met at a dance during the War - Dad was posted to Scotland. My Grandparents were neighbours and went to the same Church. My Gt Grandfather and his two brothers married three girls who were friends. Another GGF married a cousin. GGF x 2 mostly married cousins from the same village. Olde Crone

My mum and dad met at her 21st birthday, some friends took my dad along introduced him to my mum and there ya go!!! my mums parents met cos i think he worked in a garden centre next to where she worked. mums ,dads parents met when she went to warwickshire in service, her hubby to be lived in warwickshire

I met my Husband at work ,my sister met hers through me he worked there too.

Ozibird I do believe in fate sometimes , what a lovely story. off to bed now goodnight

I have the letter that led to my grandparents meeting. Grandad's wife died and he wrote to her friends, one of whom was my gran (he didn't even know her surname). Gran took pity on him, and I have the letters they wrote during their courtship - she lived near Petersfield and he lived & worked in Southampton. Believe me, these letters are a little steamy!!!!! Grans parents met when he had left his wife in London and moved to Bournemouth. She had moved from Suffolk to Bournemouth and her parents in Suffolk suddenly ended up with an infant in the 1891 census! (possible illegitimate child involved in the move!!) They moved to Southampton together and married 25 years later (when g grandads first wife died, and 9 children had been born)!. My mum met my dad when he made a phone call - mum was a 'hello girl' in the late 1940' s. Dad liked her voice, he arranged a date, and they were married when she was 17!! maggie

My mum was only 15 when she met my dad. She had stopped to watch a ceremony at the Scandanavian Church in Bermondsey - I think the King of Denmark or something was visiting it. She and her friend leant their bikes up against the railings but mums bike slid to the ground. Dad was standing with a group of mates (he was rough trade for her!) and he went to walk forward to pick up the bike and his mates shouted, 'Leave It' (they thought mum was a bit posh). Dad ignored them, picked up the bike and handed it to mum. She said (oh the times dad told me this!) 'Thank you. Its nice to see there are still some gentlemen left in this area'. And that was it. He married her 4 years later.

I met my husband in my local pub - he was standing on the table at the time! My parents went to the same school. My grandparents met at church. My husband's great grandparents met over the garden wall. His Dad lived next door but one to her oldest brother. If only I'd done as I was told and checked the neighbours when I was checking the census entries for one family, I would have found the other two years before I did! Sheila

I came to Canada from Australia to be a nanny for 10 months in 1980......and met my boss's brother!!! So the children I was nanny to are now my nieces.

My grandfather was born in India to Irish parents Became a soldier got married in Guernsey to my Gran whose family had lived there for centuries..Their first child was born2 weeks before they got married and all the births of the others are approx 9mths after he had been there on leave. In 1907 he brought his family of 8 children the youngest was abt 3mths old to live in Lancashire My parents met at infant school just after my dad had arrived from Guernsey. They married 26 years later. Bren

Hi I found my gt. gt. gt. grandparents living in the same house as boarders on the 1881 census - not long before they married, so I assume they met there. But I came across the information purely by accident!! I've also got one lad marrying a woman with the same surname as his mother, I'm sure she's his cousin. M

what amazing stories, I knew my Dad used to sing in Pubs and recently found out my Mum used to sneak out of the House to listen to him ,her Mother was against the marriage and she was proved right , he was hateful.So it doesnt always work out well.