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Thanks again to all for your suggestions. I let you know if I get any further with my search....

The witnesses names were H. Leach and M. Dixon., names which unfortunately don't mean anything to me.

Thanks to all who have responded so promptly! I've been trying to put replies to each of you below your comment, but can't seem to do it (getting old!!)

hi marian
what were the witnesses names on the marriage cert sometimes they can give clue,s

jacky

Yes, they were living in Birkenhead in 1901. If you look at James' dob, he was born the year they were married, which probably means Elizabeth was already pregnant. Could this be why they eloped, and fabricated the details? I believe that you couldn't marry without your father's permission before you were 21 in those days.

1871 England Census
about Thomas Thompson
Name: Thomas Thompson
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Cork Lanc, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Dalton
Ecclesiastical parish: Dalton
Town: Dalton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Ulverston
Sub-registration district: Dalton
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 130
Household Members: Name Age
William Carter 40
Mary Carter 35
William Carter 8
Mary Carter 4
Betsy Carter 1
Thomas Thompson 25 Lodger STONE MASON
Hugh Roberts 24

Are you sure it says Mason and not Weaver??

This Thomas father was William Thompson a Reg of Births and Deaths!! Perhaps thats why she gave wrong info on her marriage lines.

1871 England Census
about Thomas Thompson
Name: Thomas Thompson
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Billington, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Billington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Leonard
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Blackburn
Sub-registration district: Billington
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 68
Household Members: Name Age
William Thompson 55
Mary Thompson 37
Thomas Thompson 25
James Thompson 20
Jane Thompson 17
Elizabeth A Thompson 3
William H Thompson 1
Alice Wood 17
Joseph Wood 15
Benjamin Wood 12
James Wood 9
Albert Wood 7

This ones father is a Cotton Weaver.

1881 England Census
about Elizabeth Thompson
Name: Elizabeth Thompson
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Ellen
Gender: Female
Where born: Billington, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Billington
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address: Old Rd Side
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Blackburn
Sub-registration district: Billington
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Thompson 35
Ellen Thompson 39
Elizabeth Thompson 8
William R. Thompson 7
Herbert Thompson 2
Elizabeth Riley 73 MOTHER IN LAW
Elizabeth Riley 25 NEICE
Ellen Riley 16 NEICE

They probably used the same address to save the cost of two sets of Banns....not by any means unusual.

As they lied about their ages, it could also be that Elizabeth's father was a fabrication.....

I'm hoping that someone can help me out with a mystery I have come across whilst researching my Great Grandmother, Elizabeth Thompson. She married Reuben Blakeway on 1/06/1890 in Liverpool, and I ordered a copy of their Marriage Certificate so that I could find the name and occupation etc of her father. When it arrived it stated that Elizabeth was 21 and Reuben was 22, but they were actually 17 & 19 years old respectively. Her father was listed as Thomas Thompson, a stonemason, but I cannot find a Thomas with a daughter, Elizabeth on any of the Census forms. Eliz and Reuben were both on the marriage cert as living in Soho Street, Liverpool and it makes me wonder if they 'ran away' to marry, and lived together while the banns were read etc. Could this be why some details are incorrect? (Reuben's father's name and occupation were correct) If anyone could help, I'd be very grateful. This little puzzle is driving me mad!!