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Katie Bee said:
The marriage, I was given by a family member, was dated 1919, but in the 1921 Canada census the husband was classed as a lodger.
I wonder where that will take me.
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Is it possible that the whole family were lodgers? Or was the head of household his supposed wife?
 
The head of household was his supposed wife, a widow, living with her son from first marriage and daughter in law.
She was still using her surname from her first marriage on the census.
I have not looked at this family for a while, but I have realised that I have a copy of the marriage registration.
That looks to say 1919.
 
Her son was a witness, so I don't think it was that secret!
Maybe she wanted to be head of the household in the census and if she used her married name her husband would have been head.
 
Katie Bee said:
Her son was a witness, so I don't think it was that secret!
Maybe she wanted to be head of the household in the census and if she used her married name her husband would have been head.
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I was thinking that it was something she wanted to keep from people outside the family - neighbours and officials. But first that marriage entry needs to be carefully examined.
 
Thanks for that Peter, you may be right.

Here are the dates from the marriage record

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One witness was the son, the other witness I do not recognise the name but they gave the same address as the son, which is where the family was living in 1921.
The other slightly strange thing is that she is called Helen on the 1921 census, every other document she is Eleanor Jane in various spellings.
You may be correct in that she was trying to keep the marriage secret from officials for some reason.

I will leave it at that for the moment and see if anything else comes to light.
Thanks for your help.
 
You mention she was a widow - was her husband killed in the war? If so she would have wanted to conceal her marriage in order to protect her pension.
 
GillW said:
Free Ancestry this coming weekend to UK and Irish records.
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There's a link in the Stop Press of the latest newsletter - I added it yesterday morning. Always check for updates - that's what the Stop Press is for!
 
I have just looked at the updated newsletter and clicked on the embedded link, to no avail. Unfortunately, for me anyway, the displayed page of the newsletter remains unchanged except for the change of colour for the link (from blue to pink). I tried to copy and edit the link but that did not work either.

Even without the link, the Stop Press is useful for those who read the newsletter after the update. Might there be an easy way to alert early readers that they should return to find out about further information? Readers are unlikely to return every day just on the off-chance. Perhaps a message displayed at the top of the page within the LC web site, or dare I suggest a popup window within LC, etc?
 
Bryman said:
I have just looked at the updated newsletter and clicked on the embedded link, to no avail. Unfortunately, for me anyway, the displayed page of the newsletter remains unchanged except for the change of colour for the link (from blue to pink). I tried to copy and edit the link but that did not work either.
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I'm not sure what the problem you're having is. The link works fine for me.
Even without the link, the Stop Press is useful for those who read the newsletter after the update. Might there be an easy way to alert early readers that they should return to find out about further information? Readers are unlikely to return every day just on the off-chance. Perhaps a message displayed at the top of the page within the LC web site, or dare I suggest a popup window within LC, etc?
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The Stop Press itself is surely a reminder for readers to revisit? There are updates to the Stop Press in most issues, so anyone who doesn't revisit is likely to miss out.
 
As Peter said in his Stop Press I too have been unable to view records in one of the 'featured collection' parish records (NFK C of E birth and baptism 1813-1915) .
 
Has anyone been able to view any of the parish registers (without a subscription)?
 
Hi, I have been able to view a West Yorkshire Parish Register today without a subscription.
West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
I had to allow scripts in our security program. Before that, it would not even let me search.
K
 
Ancestry has UK military records free this coming weekend.
(I checked 'Stop press' before posting this!)
 
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