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Lancashire 1861 image....what does it read please!

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Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 3 Aug 2005 13:18

Can somebody look at the following 1861 image please, I cannot make out the condition to marriage!........details: Luke Pollitt, 1841, Church Street, Newton Heath Lancashire, RG9/2965, folio 82 page29.......I have a marriage cert for him in 1865 and he is a widower, Im not sure if he is in 1861! Thanks Lib.

Georgette

Georgette Report 3 Aug 2005 13:24

Hello Lib, I've had a look and it looks like 'wide'! It deffinitely doesn't look like the other mars and ums on the page so, it could well be widower. He was only 20, what a shame. Helenxx

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 3 Aug 2005 13:24

Hi Liberty It looks like it says Wide! lol. But I suspect it's Wid which is short for Widow or Widower Jeanette x

Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 3 Aug 2005 13:27

Hi Helen Thanks for taking the time to look! Yes only 20, thats why Im not sure if it reads widower, although they did seem to marry very young back then. Lib

Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 3 Aug 2005 13:29

Jeanette I suppose Wide is near as damn it to Widow! Thanks for looking! Lib

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 3 Aug 2005 13:36

I haven't looked, myself, but could the supposed E be an R?... Widr is not an unusal abbreviation of Widower. Christine

Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 3 Aug 2005 13:44

Christine Yes I would say that is deffinatly a possibillity! Thank you! Lib

Dea

Dea Report 3 Aug 2005 16:55

Looking at a few pages either side it certainly looks as if this says 'wider' - i.e. widdower. I had a little look for some deaths around that time in the area and there were lots so I had a look for a marriage so that I could link it up with a death. I found one registered in June 1857 Manchester 8d 136 - Unfortunately the only other person on the page for that reference was JAMES Murray !!! ??? I will try a few more sites but perhaps this info may help? Regards, Dea