Cited from General Register Office of England and Wales

Transcription

Marriage at The Register Office in the Registration District of Newport Mon, district of District of Newport, Monmouth and Glamorgan, 1888, no. 119. Married 4 Sep 1888; Alfred Harvey, age 24, condition Bachelor, occupation Engine stoker, residence Cross Keys, Riska and Mary Jane Palmer, age 20, condition Spinster, residence Cross Keys, Riska; groom's father Alfred Harvey, Engine Driver; bride's father George Palmer (deceased), Coal miner; married by Certificate; groom signed name, bride could not sign name; witnesses Thomas Allsop (signed), Annie Harvey (signed)

Comments

Janes states her father to be George Palmer rather than Daniel. Her father died while she was very young and she never knew him. Having met her descendants and seen her family bible I'm confident of the relationship and believe she was simply unaware of her father's name.

Other Information #

Two events have been derived from this evidence.

• Jane Palmer resided on 4 Sep, 1888 in Cross Keys, Mynyddyslwyn
• Alfred Harvey and Jane Palmer married on 4 Sep, 1888 at The Register Office in Newport

Full Citation

General Register Office of England and Wales; Marriage entry for Alfred Harvey and Mary Jane Palmer, Newport Mon, Jul-Sep Qtr 1888, Vol 11A, Page 277, No 119; Certified copy obtained 3 Sep 2013.