Hi,
I have a copy of an 1849 marriage certificate showing the grooms father's occupaion, I'm pretty certain the father would have already died by this date as he did not show up living with his wife and children in the 1841 census (also his wife remarried in 1850).
Would it have been usual to state a father's name and occupation on a marriage certificate even if he'd died?
Any replies would be much appreciated,
thanks, Lisa
Hello Lisa
I think a lot must depend on how the question is asked. If it is something like, "What is your father's name and what is his occupation?" It doesn't exactly ask if he is still living so the name and the occupation are given, perhaps in good faith.
Sometimes (deceased) will be added when that is said. Personally I wouldn't read too much into the fact that a name and occupation are given where it can be shown that the father was actually deceased.
Mike
I agree with Michael, having encountered a good number of cases where "deceased" was omitted on the marriage register and where the detail of the father's death or burial was already known to me.
many thanks, Lisa
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Hi, Lisa,
Perhaps he had died, but the son (or dtr) was unware of same.
I have such a case in my own family research - dtr left home and was presumably out of touch; her father died in 1894; she marries 10 yrs later and says he is "labourer at waterworks"
HTH
MM