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Mother's maiden name would be on the child's birth certificate

Oh, of course. I'll see if the birth registration of any of the children lists her name. Thanks.

Carol - mother's maiden name is actually only shown on registrations from Sep 1911.

You'd need to buy the actual certificate before that time.

MarieCeleste - I didn't realise that. OK, another certificate to get!

Thanks

The John Knight marrying in 1857 didn't marry a Mary:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915

Name: John Knight
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1857
Registration district: Liskeard
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 129

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Winifred Jane Ames
Ellen Hicks
Samuel Short

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Household:1881

Mary KNIGHT Head W Female 52 St Germans, Cornwall, England
Richard KNIGHT Son Male 13 Menheniot, Cornwall, England


Dwelling Doddy Cross Village
Census Place Menheniot, Cornwall, England

That's very helpful, thanks. I thought 1855 was more likely anyway.

The one marrying in 1855 did:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915

Name: John Knight
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1855
Registration district: Liskeard
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 105

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Mary Jane Maddeford
John Daw Mullen
Elizabeth Worth

Thanks Mike. I'd found that record. No problems in tracking her in the censuses but obviously only in her married name.

Carol, don't know where you're searching records, but you always need to look at who else is on the page.

FreeBMD is best, I think.

Wow, thanks MarieCeleste.

Possibly.... but would need checking


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Marriages Jun 1855

KNIGHT John - Liskeard 5c 105
MADDEFORD Mary Jane - Liskeard 5c 105
MULLEN John Daw Liskeard 5c 105
WORTH Elizabeth Liskeard 5c 105

I posted the 1881 census to discover a child's name as you never gave one.


This looks like Richard's birth cert.

Births Mar 1868
Knight Richard James - Liskeard 5c 74

I was looking at ancestry but the image only shows those whose surname begins with K. I keep forgetting about Free BMD - which I've just looked at now. I think Mary Jane could well be her.

Day Month 12-Apr
Year 1855
Parish Or Reg District Calstock
Groom Fn John
Groom Sn KNIGHT
Groom Age 23
Groom Residence Gunnislake
Groom Condition bachelor
Groom Rank Profession miner
Groom Signed / Marked (S/M) M
Groom Father Name James
Groom Father Rank Profession miner
Bride Fn Mary Jane
Bride Sn MADDAFORD
Bride Age 19
Bride Residence Gunnislake
Bride Condition spinster
Bride Rank Profession
Bride Signed / Marked (S/M) M
Bride Father Name William
Bride Father Rank Profession miner
Banns / Licence (B/L) banns
Witness Fn1 Eliza
Witness Sn1 Woolcock
Witness Fn2 John
Witness Sn2 Coombe
Other Information
Transcriber Notes
Transcriber Myra Cordrey


http://www.cornwall-opc.org/

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Day Month 05-May
Year 1854
Parish Or Reg District Madron
Groom Fn John
Groom Sn KNIGHT
Groom Age 26
Groom Residence Penzance
Groom Condition Faded
Groom Rank Profession CARPENTER
Groom Signed / Marked (S/M) S
Groom Father Name WILLIAM KNIGHT
Groom Father Rank Profession CARPENTER
Bride Fn MARY
Bride Sn DONNITHORNE
Bride Age 20
Bride Residence PENZANCE
Bride Condition SPINST
Bride Rank Profession
Bride Signed / Marked (S/M) S
Bride Father Name WILLIAM DONNITHORNE
Bride Father Rank Profession BUTCHER
Banns / Licence (B/L) BANNS
Witness Fn1 Elizth
Witness Sn1 JENKIN
Witness Fn2 Fred A
Witness Sn2 COCKS
Other Information
Transcriber Notes
Transcriber Diane Donohue

http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Thanks, safc, that's excellent.

Carol, when you're looking at marriage records on ancestry, don't just click on "view image" you also need to clink on the page number where it says (click to see others on page)

Thanks